mini-course-generator-mcp

# Mini Course Generator MCP Server

Build, publish and track interactive micro-courses from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client.

[Mini Course Generator](https://minicoursegenerator.com) is an AI course builder and LMS used by over 20,000 training providers. This remote MCP server lets your AI assistant create real courses (structured lessons, quizzes and interactive blocks like flip cards, hotspot images and accordions), publish them, and read how learners are doing.

- **Endpoint:** `https://mcp.minicoursegenerator.com`
- **Transport:** Streamable HTTP (remote, hosted)
- **Auth:** OAuth 2.1 (sign in with your Mini Course Generator account, no API key needed)
- **Website:** https://minicoursegenerator.com/mcp/
- **Also available as:** an official app in the ChatGPT apps directory

> This repository documents the hosted server for MCP directories. The server itself is closed source and runs on Mini Course Generator's infrastructure.

## What you can do

- **Turn existing knowledge into a course.** Ask your assistant to read Confluence, Notion, Slack or Google Drive and build a multi-section course with a quiz after every section.
- **Build in one prompt.** Create a course, its landing page, modules, sections and lessons (info pages and quizzes) from a single description.
- **Add media.** Import images, audio and video, or host SCORM 1.2 packages inside a lesson.
- **Publish and theme.** Publish whole modules or single lessons, and set layout, fonts and colours.
- **Run the course afterwards.** Read analytics, learner progress, finishers and per-question answers, then fix the questions everyone gets right or the lessons that confuse people.

## Connect

### Claude (claude.ai, Claude Desktop)

Settings → Connectors → **Add custom connector**, then paste:

```
https://mcp.minicoursegenerator.com
```

Sign in when prompted.

### ChatGPT

Open the **Mini Course Generator** app in the ChatGPT apps directory and connect your account.

### Claude Code

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http mini-course-generator https://mcp.minicoursegenerator.com
```

### Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf and other clients

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mini-course-generator": {
      "url": "https://mcp.minicoursegenerator.com"
    }
  }
}
```

Clients that only support stdio can use [`mcp-remote`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-remote):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mini-course-generator": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.minicoursegenerator.com"]
    }
  }
}
```

## Tools

45 tools. Tools marked **destructive** ask for confirmation in most clients.

### Account and authoring guide
| Tool | What it does |
|------|--------------|
| `whoami` | Shows which Mini Course Generator account is connected. |
| `get_content_format` | Returns the course authoring guide. Your assistant reads it before building. |

### Courses
| Tool | What it does |
|------|--------------|
| `course_list` | Lists your courses. |
| `course_create` | Creates a course with a public landing page. |
| `course_update` | Renames a course or changes its description. |
| `course_add_certificate` | Adds a completion certificate to a course. |

### Modules
| Tool | What it does |
|------|--------------|
| `module_create` | Creates an empty module (as a draft). |
| `module_push` | Creates a full module with sections and lessons in one step (as a draft). |
| `module_get` | Gets a module with its sections and lessons. |
| `module_list` | Lists the modules in a course. |
| `module_update` | Changes a module's name, description or language. |
| `module_theme` | Sets a module's layout, typography and colours. |
| `module_move` | Reorders a module within its course. |
| `module_publish` | Publishes all lessons and pending edits. |
| `module_unpublish` | **Destructive.** Moves a module back to draft. |
| `module_delete` | **Destructive.** Deletes a module and everything in it. |

### Sections and lessons
| Tool | What it does |
|------|--------------|
| `section_create` | Adds a section to a module. |
| `section_update` | Renames a section. |
| `section_delete` | **Destructive.** Deletes a section and its lessons. |
| `lesson_create` | Adds an info or quiz lesson. |
| `lesson_get` | Gets a lesson's title, type and content. |
| `lesson_selections` | Gets a quiz or survey lesson's options. |
| `lesson_update` | **Destructive.** Retitles a lesson or replaces its content. |
| `lesson_move` | Reorders a lesson or moves it to another section. |
| `lesson_publish` | Publishes one lesson. |
| `lesson_unpublish` | **Destructive.** Moves one lesson back to draft. |
| `lesson_discard_changes` | **Destructive.** Discards a lesson's unpublished edits. |
| `lesson_delete` | **Destructive.** Deletes a lesson. |

### Media
| Tool | What it does |
|------|--------------|
| `media_upload_url` | Gives a temporary upload link for a file. |
| `image_upload` | Imports an image from a URL into your media library. |
| `audio_upload` | Imports audio from a URL. |
| `video_upload` | Hosts a video for a lesson. |
| `scorm_upload` | Hosts a SCORM 1.2 package for a lesson. |
| `scorm_replace` | **Destructive.** Replaces a hosted SCORM package in place. |
| `scorm_delete` | **Destructive.** Deletes a hosted SCORM package. |

### Learners and analytics
| Tool | What it does |
|------|--------------|
| `course_analytics` | Aggregate analytics for a course. |
| `module_analytics` | Aggregate analytics for a module. |
| `course_learners` | Learners on a course with progress, score and certificate state. |
| `course_finishers` | Learners who completed a course. |
| `module_finishers` | Learners who completed a module. |
| `module_answers` | One learner's answer to every question in a module. |
| `learner_list` | Every learner across all courses. |
| `learner_get` | One learner's record across every course. |

## Example prompts

- "Read our onboarding space in Confluence and turn it into a 6-section course with a quiz after each section."
- "Create a 10-minute course on our new refund policy and publish it."
- "Which quiz question in the Sales Basics course does everyone get right? Make it harder."
- "List the learners who started Compliance 101 but haven't finished."

## Pricing

The MCP server is free to use with any Mini Course Generator account, including the free plan. See [pricing](https://minicoursegenerator.com/pricing/).

## Security and privacy

- OAuth 2.1 with short-lived tokens. Your assistant only gets access you approve, and you can revoke it at any time.
- The server holds no data of its own. Every call goes through the Mini Course Generator API with your account's permissions.
- Hosted in the EU (Frankfurt).
- [Privacy policy](https://minicoursegenerator.com/privacy-policy/)

## Support

- Knowledge base: https://intercom.help/mini-course-generator/en/
- Email: support@minicoursegenerator.com