CertArc

com.certarcPublished by certarc.comOfficial publisherv1.0.1Updated Nov 7, 2026

Free CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM and AAIA practice questions, and read-only access to your study.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

CertArc gives an assistant free CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM and AAIA practice questions plus read-only views of a learner's study progress, readiness and calendar.

What you can do
  • Ask scenario practice questions and check the learner's chosen answer for correctness and explanations
  • Look up exam domains, their weights and published study guides for one certification
  • Review readiness score, study patterns, blind spots and confidence versus results
  • Read results for sprints, practice exams, baseline and final assessments, with per-question review
  • View the study calendar, progress summary and the next recommended study action
When to use it
Useful when someone is preparing for one of these five certifications and wants to be quizzed, understand their weak domains, or see what to study next. The practice tools work without an account; the progress tools need the learner to link their own CertArc account.
Requirements
Remote endpoint at certarc.com over streamable HTTP; no package or API key declared. Practice questions and exam outlines need no account. Personal progress, readiness, results and calendar tools require the learner to sign in to CertArc themselves with Google or a one-time email code.
Before you install
Personal study data (results, readiness, calendar, access status) is exposed to the assistant once an account is linked, so connect only when the learner asks about their own study. The server is read-only and does not record answers, start sessions or change plans. Sign-in codes should be entered by the learner, not the assistant. Returned links point to CertArc's site and sign-up.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open CertArc in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Enable the server for the chats that should use its tools.

Web executable via Streamable HTTP. Remote servers run from the web runtime once configured in a workspace.

Use with an agent

Paste this prompt into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or another agent — or into SourceWeft chat. The agent reads this server's install guide, shows you its publisher, endpoint and sign-in, and adds it to your client once you agree. Keys never go into a command.

Read https://sourceweft.com/mcp/com.certarc%2Fcertarc/install.md and connect the MCP server it describes to my client. Before changing any config, show me its publisher, endpoint and sign-in method and wait for my OK. Never put an API key in a command or in a file I would commit; ask me where it should come from.

Read the install guide the agent follows

Other MCP clients

Add this to your client's mcpServers config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "certarc": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://certarc.com/mcp/claude"
    }
  }
}

README

CertArc MCP server

CertArc is independent practice for the CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM and AAIA exams. This remote MCP server lets an AI assistant give a learner free CertArc practice questions. With the learner's sign-in, it also gives read-only access to their own CertArc study.

This repository holds no server code. It documents the hosted server and its MCP Registry entry (server.json).

  • Server URL: https://certarc.com/mcp/claude
  • Transport: Streamable HTTP
  • Registry name: com.certarc/certarc
  • Website: https://certarc.com

Connect

AssistantHow
ChatGPTAdd CertArc from its ChatGPT listing
ClaudeAdd a custom connector with the URL https://certarc.com/mcp/claude
HermesPlugin package in hermes/: free practice, no account needed
OpenClawPlugin package in openclaw/: free practice, no account needed
Other MCP clientsAdd https://certarc.com/mcp/claude as a remote server. The free tools work without an account; see Sign-in

Setup steps for each assistant are on certarc.com/integrations.

Tools

All 12 tools are read-only. None of them answers for the learner, finishes a session or changes a plan.

Free, no account needed

ToolWhat it does
practice_questionReturns one scenario question from CertArc's free public practice set for a certification
check_practice_answerAfter the learner chooses, returns whether the answer is correct, the correct option and CertArc's explanation for every option
get_exam_domainsReturns an exam's domains and their weights, with links to CertArc's public guides
search_learning_resourcesReturns CertArc study-guide titles and links for a topic

Ask the learner for an option and how sure they are (Confident, Unsure or Guess) before checking an answer. Never reveal an answer before they choose.

The learner's own study (sign-in required)

ToolWhat it does
open_study_panelStudy overview: progress, saved schedule and next study option
get_study_summarySprint progress, target exam date and access status
get_readinessReadiness Score, how it is built and how to raise it
get_resultsSprint, practice exam, baseline and final results
get_result_reviewWhat happened in one sprint or exam: Incorrect answers, confidence, miss reasons and domains
get_study_patternsWhere confidence and results disagree, and the learner's miss reasons
get_study_planThe study calendar, with each entry's date and status
get_next_study_actionThe next eligible sprint in study order

Sign-in

The learner signs in to CertArc in their browser, with Google or a one-time code sent by email. The assistant never sees or enters the code. Assistants never create accounts.

Account sign-in currently works from ChatGPT, Claude and Grok. In Grok, add https://certarc.com/mcp/grok/account as a custom connector. In other MCP clients only the free tools are available.

Questions and data

  • CertArc's questions are original scenarios. They are not official ISACA or ISC2 questions, or recalled exam content.
  • CertArc is not affiliated with ISACA or ISC2, and does not promise any exam outcome.
  • Privacy: https://certarc.com/privacy
  • Support: https://certarc.com/support

License

The files in this repository are under the MIT License. That doesn't cover CertArc's hosted server, questions, explanations or name.

Source: README.md at commit 54c7a34

Tools

12

practice_question

Practice question

Use this when someone wants CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM, or AAIA practice questions or sample exam questions, or asks for a quiz or to "test me". No account needed. Returns one scenario question from CertArc's free public practice set: the scenario, its options and a question ID, never the answer. The answer and CertArc's explanations come only from checking the learner's chosen option. Not for real exam questions.

Parametersprogramrequiredposition

check_practice_answer

Check practice answer

Use this when the learner has chosen an answer to a CertArc practice question. Returns whether it is correct, the correct option and CertArc's explanation for every option. A confident wrong answer is a blind spot. Does not record anything.

ParametersanswerrequiredprogramrequiredconfidencequestionIdrequired

get_exam_domains

Exam domains

Use this when someone asks what the CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM, or AAIA exam covers. No account needed. Returns the exam domains and their weights, with links to CertArc's public guides and, where it has one, its free practice set. Not for personal progress.

Parametersprogramrequired

search_learning_resources

Learning guides

Use this when someone asks for CertArc study guides on a topic. Returns published guide titles and links for one certification (the learner's latest when the account is linked). Never returns exam questions or answer keys. Not a general web search.

Parametersqueryrequiredprogram

open_study_panel

Study overview

Use this when the connected learner wants to see their CertArc study overview: progress, saved schedule and next study option for one certification. Read-only. Not for another learner, exam answers or changing plans.

Parametersprogram

get_study_patterns

Study patterns

Use this when the connected learner asks why they miss questions, where their blind spots are, how their confidence matches their results, or which domains are weakest. Also use it for pace and timing questions. Returns domains weakest first with blind spots, knowledge-area results, Confident/Unsure/Guess against Correct/Incorrect, tagged miss reasons, and the dashboard's pace (average seconds a question against the exam pace, exam projection, rushing risk, slowest area, timing by knowledge area, confidence, domain and session) and practice activity (last practice date, practice days in the last 7 and 30 days, total practice time) for one certification. Study signals, not a pass prediction; never question content.

Parametersprogram

get_readiness

Readiness and how to improve it

Use this when the connected learner asks about their readiness score, how it is built, how to raise it, or which sprint or exam to retake for the most points. Returns CertArc's Readiness Score with its parts, the points Within reach on finished work and Still ahead in sessions not taken, the Improve your score steps with links to each module's results in CertArc, and the weekly readiness trend when CertArc has recorded it. A study measure, not an exam prediction.

Parametersprogram

get_results

Sprint and exam results

Use this when the connected learner asks how they did on sprints, practice exams, the baseline or the final assessment. Returns each completed one by its CertArc name with Take 1 and Take 2 scores (mode, correct, percent, date), the current composite, after a retake the movement (Breakthroughs, Persisted, Regressions, net change) and mastery, sessions in progress with answered counts, and what the Final Readiness Assessment still needs before it unlocks. Scores only; never questions.

Parametersprogram

get_result_review

Result review

Use this when the connected learner asks what happened in one sprint or exam: which answers were Incorrect, their confidence, miss reasons, domains, knowledge areas and time per answer, with that take's breakdown by domain, knowledge area, confidence, miss reason and pace, on a retake how each answer moved from Take 1 (Fixed, Slipped, Still missed, Right both times), whether the module can be retaken now (modes, what blocks it, when it unlocks) and the review still to do, as its CertArc result page decides. Takes a module as listed in the learner's results, and optionally take 1 or 2 (default latest). Answer facts only, never question text or answers; includes a link to the full review in CertArc.

Parameterstakemodulerequiredprogram

get_study_summary

Study progress

Use this when the connected learner asks about their CertArc progress. Returns aggregate sprint progress, the target exam date and days to the exam, and the learner's access (Paid, Trial or None and the day it ends) for one certification. Never prices or payments; never for another person.

Parametersprogram

get_study_plan

Study calendar

Use this when the connected learner asks what to study today or this week, what is overdue, or what is on their CertArc calendar. Returns the calendar as CertArc shows it: every entry with its date and status (Completed, In progress, Overdue, Due today, Scheduled, Locked), the next session by the calendar's own rule, this week, overdue entries, counts, the plan start, exam date and days to the exam. Dates are in the learner's plan time zone. Does not change the plan.

Parametersprogram

get_next_study_action

Next study option

Use this when the connected learner asks what to study next in CertArc. Returns their CertArc assessment and its link while it is unfinished, otherwise the next eligible sprint in study order and a link to its domain; the calendar may recommend another. Does not start or complete a session.

Parametersprogram

Version history

2
  1. v1.0.1LatestNov 7, 2026
  2. v1.0.0Oct 30, 2026

Score

100% of the applicable checks met

How complete this listing is, computed from the registry entry, the endpoint and public sources. Not a rating of the server and not a statement that it is safe or working today: reachability is a dated check, and no installs or reviews go into the score.

  • Reached in the last 30 daysRequired25 pts
  • Auth declaredRequired10 pts
  • Tools listedRequired15 pts
  • DescriptionRequired15 pts
  • Logo10 pts
  • Documentation15 pts
  • License10 pts