KeenIELTS

Name: KeenIELTS
Author: keenielts

Free IELTS prep: band-scored student essays and interactive Listening/Reading drills graded in-chat.

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What it can do

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Free IELTS prep: band-scored student essays and interactive Listening/Reading drills graded in-chat.

How to connect

How to connect KeenIELTS to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://keenielts.com/mcp

Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
Go to Settings → Connectors.
Click Add custom connector.
Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect KeenIELTS to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://keenielts.com/mcp

Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect KeenIELTS to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://keenielts.com/mcp

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (9)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_model_answers	Search real student IELTS Writing answers scored by AI examiner. Args: task: IELTS Writing task number — 1 (reports/letters) or 2 (essays). band: whole band to filter on; matches half-bands too (8 -> 8.0-8.5). query: free-text match against the question/prompt. limit: max results (1-50). Each result links to a full page with the question, the student's answer, and criterion-by-criterion examiner feedback. Use get_model_answer for the full content, or compare_question to see the same prompt at other bands.
get_model_answer	Get one student IELTS Writing answer in full: the question, the essay, and the AI examiner's band scores + feedback on all four official IELTS marking criteria (Task Achievement, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range & Accuracy). Get section_id/attempt_id pairs from search_model_answers or compare_question.
compare_question	List every public band-scored answer to ONE IELTS Writing question — the same prompt answered by different students at different band scores, useful for showing what separates a Band 6 from a Band 8 on identical input. Fetch individual answers with get_model_answer.
list_drills	List short, targeted IELTS practice drills that can be taken right here in the conversation (fetch with get_drill, grade with check_drill_answers). Args: skill: 'listening' or 'reading'. category: optional IELTS question-type filter. Listening: completion, multiple-choice, matching, labelling. Reading: true-false-not-given, completion, matching-headings, matching-information, multiple-choice-short-answer.
get_drill	Get one drill's content so the user can attempt it in conversation. The questions are markdown; `{{3}}` marks a gap the user fills for question 3, and `{{3:A/B/C}}` means question 3 is a choice between the slash-separated options. For listening drills, give the user the audio link to play before answering. Collect the user's answers, then call check_drill_answers to grade them — do NOT guess at or reveal correct answers yourself; they are only returned by check_drill_answers.
check_drill_answers	Grade a user's drill answers server-side (same grader the website uses — case/whitespace tolerant, accepts standard IELTS answer variants). Args: skill: 'listening' or 'reading'. slug: the drill slug from get_drill. answers: question number -> the user's answer, e.g. {"1": "true", "2": "B", "3": "24 April"}. Returns per-question results with the accepted answers and explanations (safe to share with the user now that they have answered), plus a score.
list_practice_tests	Catalog of full-length IELTS practice tests on keenielts.com — books, difficulty, and test counts for all four skills (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking). Full tests are taken on the website (timed, with audio players and AI band scoring), not in this conversation — point the user at the URLs. Taking tests and getting AI band scores is free.
search	Search KeenIELTS: real student IELTS Writing model answers with band scores, Listening/Reading practice drills, and IELTS practice resources. Returns result ids for use with fetch.
fetch	Fetch the full content of a KeenIELTS search result by id: a model answer with examiner feedback, a practice drill, a question compared across band scores, or a site page.