getcourse-mcp
Automates a GetCourse account from an AI agent — grant lesson/training access, manage users and groups — with no official API.
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getcourse-mcp
Automate a GetCourse account from an AI agent — grant lesson/training access, manage users and groups — with no official API.
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Why
GetCourse has no public API for the things admins do every day — opening a lesson for a student, adding someone to a training, moving users between groups. Those actions live only in the admin UI.
getcourse-mcp exposes them as MCP tools. It drives a browser you're already logged into over CDP, so it reuses your real session cookie and CSRF token — no scraping of passwords, no fragile API keys. An AI agent (Claude, etc.) can then find a user, inspect their groups and grant access in one turn.
- 🔑 Uses your live session — connects over CDP to a logged-in Chromium/Yandex browser
- 👥 Access by groups — the GetCourse model: training/lesson access = group membership
- 🧩 5 focused tools — status, find user, list groups, check membership, add to groups
- 🪶 TypeScript, ESM — thin, strict, MIT, no account secrets in the repo
How access works in GetCourse
Access to a training (and its lessons) is granted by group membership. "Full access" to a course often means membership in a Module 1 group plus a group that starts the drip schedule (module 1 now, the rest on a timer). To "give access like another student", read their groups and reproduce them:
gc_find_user # student@example.com → id, name
gc_check_membership # which of these groups is student X in?
gc_add_user_to_groups # add student Y to the same groups
Requirements
-
A Chromium-based browser (Chrome / Yandex) launched with a debug port on a separate profile, logged into your account:
browser.exe --remote-debugging-port=9222 --user-data-dir=C:\gc-cdp-profile -
Node ≥ 18.
Setup
npm install
cp .env.example .env # set GETCOURSE_BASE_URL (and GETCOURSE_CDP_URL if not :9222)
npm run build
Register it with your MCP client (see .mcp.json.example):
{
"mcpServers": {
"getcourse": {
"command": "node",
"args": ["dist/index.js"],
"env": { "GETCOURSE_BASE_URL": "https://your-account.getcourse.ru" }
}
}
}
Tools
| Tool | Purpose |
|---|---|
gc_status |
Check that an admin is logged in in the CDP browser. |
gc_find_user |
Find a user by email → id, name, type, status. |
gc_list_training_groups |
Access groups of a training (id + name). |
gc_list_user_groups |
Groups a user belongs to (id + name). |
gc_check_membership |
Is a user in the given groups? (instant, via the user list) |
gc_add_to_groups |
Add an existing user to groups via the card (preserves other groups). dryRun. |
gc_remove_from_groups |
Remove a user from groups = revoke access. dryRun. |
gc_add_user_to_groups |
Add via the bulk import (creates the user if new) = grant access. dryRun. |
gc_copy_access |
Give a user the same groups as a reference student. dryRun. |
gc_update_user |
Edit card fields (first/last name, phone, city, comment). Email is out of scope. dryRun. |
gc_find_offers |
Search sales offers by name → id + price + actuality. |
gc_find_orders |
List a user's orders (dealId + status). |
gc_create_order |
Create an order = grant access via a purchase (the only way for "buyers-only" trainings, where groups don't grant access). ⚠️ single-step: dryRun:false creates the order immediately. |
gc_set_order_status |
Change a deal's status (e.g. cancel a duplicate: cancelled + cancelReasonId). |
gc_user_summary |
One call: profile + groups + orders for a user. |
gc_list_mailing_categories |
List mailing categories (tag-like segmentation) — id + name. |
gc_add_to_mailing_category |
Add a user to a mailing category. |
gc_remove_from_mailing_category |
Remove a user from a mailing category. |
Usage
Run the MCP server over stdio, or call a tool directly for scripting:
node dist/index.js # MCP (stdio)
npx tsx src/run.ts gc_find_user '{"email":"user@example.com"}'
# → Found: Jane Doe | user@example.com | student | active | id: 100200300
npx tsx src/run.ts gc_add_user_to_groups \
'{"email":"user@example.com","groupIds":["100001","100002"]}'
# → OK [done] import submitted
npx tsx src/run.ts gc_check_membership \
'{"email":"user@example.com","groups":[{"id":"100001","name":"Module 1"}]}'
# → ✅ Module 1 (100001)
Implementation notes
- Granting access (
gc_add_user_to_groups) uses the bulk Add users form (/pl/user/user/import?type=text): email + selected groups. For an existing user the "overwrite on match" flag is required (overwriteExisting, defaulttrue), otherwise the groups are not applied — the import carries only the email, so no profile data is touched. - A direct mass action exists (
POST /pl/logic/operation/prepare?operationType=user_addtogroup), but in the current UI it is a selection-builder wizard — a candidate to wire up as an alternative path. - Membership is checked through the user list filtered by a
user_ingrouprulerule (params.value.selected_id), which reflects membership immediately (the training student list mirrors access asynchronously and is not reliable for verification).
Contributing
Contributions are welcome — open an issue or a PR. Good first ideas:
- direct
user_addtogroupmass action instead of the import form - a "copy all groups from one student to another" tool
- revoking access (
gc_remove_user_from_groups) - exporting students; test coverage
- Fork and branch:
git checkout -b feature/my-change npm install, make changes;npm run buildandnpx tsc --noEmitmust pass- Never commit secrets (cookies/passwords/
.env) or real account data - Open a PR describing what and why
Security
Secrets (cookies/passwords) live only in the browser and your environment — never in the repo. .env and a local .mcp.json are git-ignored.
License
MIT
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