Materio MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that enables AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT, and others to directly search and read Materio's educational PDF resources — no manual file uploads needed.

When a user asks @materio about a topic, the AI can use this server to:

• 📚 Browse all available semesters, subjects, and resources
• 🔍 Search for specific topics, chapters, question banks, and more
• 📄 Read full PDF content and answer questions using the material's own terminology
• 🔗 Get URLs to share or reference specific PDFs

How It Works

User → AI Assistant → MCP Server → Materio CDN → PDFs
                          ↓
                   Resource Library
                   (resource.lib.json)

1. The server fetches Materio's resource library from cdn-materioa.vercel.app
2. It indexes all semesters, subjects, categories, and topics
3. When the AI needs a PDF, it fetches it from the CDN and extracts the text
4. The AI uses the extracted text to answer questions with proper terminology

Available Tools

Tool	Purpose
materio_list_resources	Browse all available resources (filterable by semester)
materio_search	Search across all resources by keyword
materio_get_pdf	Fetch and read the full text content of a PDF
materio_get_pdf_url	Get the CDN download URL for a PDF
materio_get_subject_overview	Get a complete overview of a subject's resources

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Deployment Options

Option 1: Deploy to Vercel (Remote — for ChatGPT, remote Claude, etc.)

Quick Deploy

cd materio-mcp-server
npx vercel

Or link to your Vercel account and deploy:

npx vercel --prod

What Gets Deployed

• Endpoint: https://your-project.vercel.app/mcp (POST for MCP, GET for health check)
• Transport: Streamable HTTP (stateless JSON-RPC)
• Function: api/mcp.js — 60s timeout, 1GB memory

Using the Deployed Server

Once deployed, configure your AI client with the remote URL:

Claude Desktop (remote MCP):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "materio": {
      "url": "https://your-project.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

ChatGPT (Custom GPT / Actions): Use the endpoint URL https://your-project.vercel.app/mcp as the MCP server URL in your GPT configuration.

Health Check:

curl https://your-project.vercel.app/mcp

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Option 2: Run Locally (stdio — for Claude Desktop)

Install

cd materio-mcp-server
npm install

Configure Claude Desktop

Add to %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows) or ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "materio": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["D:\\v4\\materio\\materio-mcp-server\\index.js"]
    }
  }
}

⚠️ Update the path to match your system.

Then restart Claude Desktop.

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Usage Examples

Once configured, you can ask your AI assistant things like:

• "What subjects are available in semester 4?"
• "Find me notes on Deadlocks in Operating System"
• "Read the Laplace Transform chapter from Maths-2 and explain the key concepts for exams"
• "Get me the question bank for DBMS"
• "What topics are covered in Object Oriented Programming with Java?"
• "Read the Inheritance chapter and create a study guide covering all exam-relevant points"

Project Structure

materio-mcp-server/
├── server.js         # Shared core — all tools, utilities, server factory
├── index.js          # Local entry point (stdio transport)
├── api/
│   └── mcp.js        # Vercel entry point (HTTP transport)
├── vercel.json       # Vercel deployment config
├── package.json      # Dependencies and metadata
└── README.md         # This file

Technical Details

• Runtime: Node.js ≥ 18
• Transport: stdio (local) / Streamable HTTP (Vercel)
• CDN: https://cdn-materioa.vercel.app
• Resource Library: Fetched from CDN and cached for 5 minutes
• PDF Parsing: Uses pdf-parse to extract text from PDFs
• Character Limit: PDF text output is capped at 80,000 characters
• Vercel Function: 60s timeout, 1GB memory (for large PDF parsing)

License

MIT — © 2024-2026, Materio by JTC.