JLPT Study MCP Server
Connects Claude Desktop to personal Japanese study data, including Anki due cards and a study session log, enabling card retrieval, session logging, streak tracking, and interactive quizzes.
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JLPT Study MCP Server
A tiny Model Context Protocol server that connects Claude Desktop to my personal Japanese study data — Anki due cards and a local study session log. Built after completing Anthropic's Introduction to MCP and MCP Advanced Topics courses, as a way to apply what those courses taught instead of just collecting the certificates.
What it demonstrates
| MCP Primitive | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Tool | get_due_cards — pulls due flashcards live from Anki via AnkiConnect |
| Tool | log_study_session — appends a study session to a local JSON log |
| Tool | study_streak — computes current daily streak from logged sessions |
| Resource | study://progress — read-only summary stats Claude can pull in as context |
| Prompt | quiz_me — a reusable template that turns due cards into an interactive quiz |
| Transport | stdio (local, per Introduction to MCP course) |
Setup
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Install Anki (free) and the AnkiConnect add-on, then restart Anki.
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Create a virtual environment and install dependencies:
python3 -m venv venv source venv/bin/activate # Windows: venv\Scripts\activate pip install -r requirements.txt -
Register the server with Claude Desktop by adding it to
claude_desktop_config.json(see below). -
Restart Claude Desktop. You should see a 🔨 tools icon confirming the server connected.
Example usage in Claude Desktop
- "What Japanese cards do I have due today?"
- "I just finished a 25 minute Bunpro lesson on te-form, log it."
- "What's my study streak?"
- "Quiz me on today's deck."
Stretch goal
v1 uses stdio transport (local only). A planned v2 migrates to StreamableHTTP so the server could run on a small remote host instead of only on my own machine — applying the transport concepts from the Advanced Topics course.
Tech
Python, MCP Python SDK (FastMCP), AnkiConnect API.
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