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QuizBase MCP server

Connect QuizBase and your agent gets 12 tools, among them quizbase_categories, quizbase_languages, quizbase_list. It answers at https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp over streamable HTTP, and it listed its tools to an anonymous client, so no sign-in was needed for that. Our probes reached it 10 of 10 times since 5 September 2026; the last check, on 18 October 2026, succeeded.

Status
Answering
Tools
12
Official
yes, served from runriva.com
Reliability
10 of 10 checks
Response time
190 ms
Transport
streamable HTTP
Last checked
18 October 2026

MCP server for trivia: 1.4M+ questions (EN+PL), 24 categories, 11 tools + 4 prompts, OAuth 2.1.

Description as the publisher wrote it.

The 12 tools QuizBase offers

ToolWhat it does
quizbase_categoriesList of 24 top-level categories with i18n labels. USE WHEN: building a category picker, validating ?category= input. Stable enum (rarely changes). For higher-resolution browsing → quizbase_subcategories or quizbase_topics.
Inputs: lang
quizbase_languagesReturns supported language whitelist (ISO 639-1) with question counts per language. USE WHEN: showing language picker, validating ?lang= input, deciding fallback. Day 1: en + pl.
Inputs: lang
quizbase_listCursor-paginated browse over the catalog. Quality-first: by default excludes questions flagged for review (use quality='all' for full pool). USE WHEN: full catalog sync, delta sync (updated_since), exhaustive enumeration by filter. NOT WHEN
Inputs: lang, category, difficulty, type, subcategory, tags
quizbase_question_by_idFetch one question with FULL per-record attribution (source, author, license, modifications, lastModified, sourceId, url) and `quality: "high" | "needs_review"` (always present — deep-link semantic means full row). USE WHEN: deep link to a
Inputs: id, lang
quizbase_randomFetch N random trivia questions matching filters. Quality-first: by default excludes questions flagged for review (use quality='all' to include for audit/research). USE WHEN: building a quiz, sampling content for warmup, generating practice
Inputs: amount, lang, category, difficulty, type, subcategory
quizbase_regionsDiscover region codes used by the catalog. **Cultural affinity** — a question is tagged with a region if residents of that country, or members of that cultural/religious group, are statistically more likely to know the answer (NOT geography
Inputs: lang, q, kind, cursor, limit
quizbase_reportSubmit a content correction, copyright concern, or factual error report. USE WHEN: user (via your interface) flags a wrong answer, broken translation, attribution issue, or DMCA concern. INPUTS: at least one of (questionId UUID, questionTex
Inputs: questionId, questionText, questionUrl, type, comment, reporterEmail
quizbase_statsPublic catalog counters with live breakdowns by language, source, category, difficulty, topic, tag. USE WHEN: showing catalog overview, picking a category programmatically, building landing copy, deciding "do we have enough X-content for th
Inputs: lang
quizbase_subcategoriesRaw subcategory dump (LLM-organic kebab-case, middle taxonomy layer between category and tags) with display label and count. USE WHEN: navigating between top-level category and individual tags, exploring topic structure. Filter questions vi
Inputs: lang, q, cursor, limit
quizbase_tagsRaw tag dump (10k+ entries) with display label and question count. USE WHEN: building a tag picker, searching "is X a tag", running analytics. Curated higher-level groupings → quizbase_topics. INPUTS: q (substring), cursor, limit (max 500).
Inputs: lang, q, cursor, limit
quizbase_topic_by_slugFetch one curated topic with facets (byCategory, byDifficulty, byLanguage, coOccurringTags, coOccurringSubcategories) and 3 sample questions. USE WHEN: zooming into a topic, deciding multi-round quiz structure. Returns {topic: null, error:
Inputs: slug, lang
quizbase_topicsDiscover curated topics (2,184 entries with aliases). USE WHEN: planning a multi-round quiz, exploring "what is available about X", showing topic browser. Sorted by count DESC, slug ASC. Cursor-paginated. INPUTS: q (substring on label/alias
Inputs: lang, q, kind, cursor, limit

Add QuizBase to your AI client

Every block below points at https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp. Pick your client and copy.

Claude Code: one command in your terminal
claude mcp add --transport http quizbase https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp
Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"]
    }
  }
}
Cursor: ~/.cursor/mcp.json, or .cursor/mcp.json in a project
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
VS Code and GitHub Copilot: .vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Zed: Zed settings.json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Windsurf: ~/.codeium/mcp_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "serverUrl": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
JetBrains AI Assistant: Settings, Tools, AI Assistant, MCP, New MCP Server, as JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Continue: .continue/mcpServers/neuronto.yaml
name: QuizBase
version: 0.0.1
schema: v1
mcpServers:
  - name: QuizBase
    type: streamable-http
    url: https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp
Gemini CLI: ~/.gemini/settings.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "httpUrl": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Codex CLI: MCP server config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Warp: MCP servers, + Add, paste JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase": {
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
Goose: a one-click extension link
goose://extension?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquizbase.runriva.com%2Fmcp&type=streamable_http&id=quizbase&name=QuizBase

Is QuizBase up right now?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 190 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10. Status here comes from Neuronto's own probes, not from the publisher.

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Questions about QuizBase

Is there an official QuizBase MCP server?

Yes. It is published by runriva.com and served from quizbase.runriva.com, the vendor's own domain: https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp.

How many tools does QuizBase have?

12, as returned by the server's own tools/list on 31 August 2026: quizbase_categories, quizbase_languages, quizbase_list, quizbase_question_by_id, quizbase_random, quizbase_regions, quizbase_report, quizbase_stats, and 4 more.

Is QuizBase down?

It answered our last check on 18 October 2026 in 190 ms. Over 10 checks since 5 September 2026 it answered 10.

How do I add QuizBase to Cursor?

Put the server under mcpServers in ~/.cursor/mcp.json with the URL https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp. The exact JSON is above, with the same setup for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, Gemini CLI and the rest.

Does QuizBase need an API key?

It listed its tools to an anonymous client, so reading the tool list needs no key. Individual tools can still ask for credentials in their own inputs.

Where this comes from

Publisher: com.runriva.quizbase. Endpoint host: quizbase.runriva.com. ARD identifier: urn:air:com.runriva.quizbase:mcp:mcp. First indexed 31 August 2026. The tools are exactly what the server returned; nothing on this page is inferred from its name. Ranking in Neuronto search is never for sale.

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