QuizBase

com.runriva.quizbasePublished by quizbase.runriva.comOfficial publisherv0.1.1Updated Oct 24, 2026

MCP server for trivia: 1.4M+ questions (EN+PL), 24 categories, 12 tools + 4 prompts, OAuth 2.1.

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Overview

AI-generated overview

QuizBase gives an assistant a large trivia question catalog to sample, browse, filter and report on, with attribution and quality flags.

What you can do
  • Sample random questions matching filters such as category, difficulty, language or topic
  • Browse the catalog with cursor pagination, including delta sync by update time
  • Fetch a single question by ID with full source, author, license and quality attribution
  • Read catalog counters and breakdowns by language, source, category, difficulty, topic and tag
  • Explore taxonomy: categories, subcategories, tags, curated topics and region codes
  • Submit a correction, copyright or factual error report for a question
When to use it
Useful when building quizzes, practice sets or warm-up content, or when an assistant needs to look up trivia questions with provenance and licensing details. Also fits catalog exploration and content planning across categories and languages.
Requirements
Remote streamable HTTP endpoint; no local install. Requires a bearer token in the Authorization header: a publishable key or a secret server-side key, minted from the provider's site. Free tier is limited to 500 requests per day.
Before you install
The Authorization header carries a secret key; keep the secret key server-side and use the publishable key only where exposure is acceptable. The report tool sends content corrections and copyright concerns to the provider. Respect per-question license and attribution fields when redistributing questions.

Installation

In SourceWeft

  1. Open QuizBase in the dashboard and add it to a workspace.
  2. Connect Authorization token credentials. They are stored privately and never shown on public pages.
  3. 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.runriva.quizbase%2Fmcp/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": {
    "quizbase": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

12

quizbase_random

Get random trivia questions

Fetch 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 sets. NOT WHEN: you need a specific question ID (use quizbase_question_by_id) or want to explore a topic deeply with facets (use quizbase_topic_by_slug). KEY FILTERS: - amount: 1-50, default 10. - lang: ISO 639-1. Default "en". Supported: en, pl. Strict — unknown language returns 400. - category (slug): e.g. geography, history, science-and-nature. Full list via quizbase_categories. - difficulty: trivial | easy | medium | hard | expert. LLM-calibrated. Records not yet LLM-rated hold the importer placeholder (mostly "medium" for factoid sources). - type: multiple | boolean (default both; no text_input in random). - regions (cultural affinity, AND): empty in data = no cultural advantage assumed. Lowercase ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 ('us', 'pl', 'gb') + cultural codes ('jewish', 'christian-catholic', 'islam'). Filter for content statistically more likely known by residents/members. Discover via quizbase_regions. - source (array): include only these source databases (one or more of 12: opentdb, opentriviaqa, kqa-pro, entityq, mintaka, mkqa, nq-open, creak, qasc, arc, webq, quizbase). - exclude_source (array): drop these sources, e.g. ["entityq"] for human-curated only. Applied after source. - license (SPDX): CC-BY-SA-4.0 | CC-BY-SA-3.0 | MIT | etc. Restrict to redistribution-friendly content. - topic (curated slug): higher precision than tags. Alias resolver matches subcategories+tags. List via quizbase_topics. - topics_any: OR over curated topics, max 10. - tags (AND), tags_any (OR), subcategory: raw taxonomy. Use topic if available. - quality: 'high' (default, recommended) = cleanest, most broadly-useful. 'standard' = broader pool incl. niche/too-specific (more volume). 'all' = audit/research, includes flagged — when 'all', each question

Parameterslangtagstypetopicamountsourceexcludelicensequalityregionscategorytags_any+4 more

quizbase_list

Browse questions catalog with cursor pagination

Cursor-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: you only need N random samples (use quizbase_random) or a single record (use quizbase_question_by_id). PAGINATION: stable cursor over id UUIDv7 DESC. First call: omit cursor. Next: pass meta.nextCursor. Stop when nextCursor is null. KEY FILTERS (full parity with REST): - lang: ISO 639-1, default "en". Supported: en, pl. - category (slug), difficulty (trivial|easy|medium|hard|expert — LLM-calibrated), type (multiple|boolean), subcategory (raw slug). - tags (AND), tags_any (OR, max 10): raw tag slugs. - topic (curated, alias resolver), topics_any (OR over curated): higher precision than tags. - regions (cultural affinity, AND): empty = no cultural advantage assumed. Lowercase ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 ('us', 'pl', 'gb') + cultural codes ('jewish', 'christian-catholic', 'islam'). Filter for content statistically more likely known by residents/members. Discover via quizbase_regions. - source (array): include only these of 12 (opentdb, opentriviaqa, kqa-pro, entityq, mintaka, mkqa, nq-open, creak, qasc, arc, webq, quizbase). - exclude_source (array): drop these sources, e.g. ["entityq"]. Applied after source. - license (SPDX): e.g. CC-BY-SA-4.0, MIT. - quality: 'high' (default) = cleanest, most broadly-useful. 'standard' = broader pool incl. niche/too-specific. 'all' = full pool incl. flagged; when 'all', each question gains a "quality" field ('high' or 'needs_review'). - updated_since (ISO 8601): only questions updated after this — for delta sync caches. BATCH + TRANSLATION MAPPING: - ids (up to 250): fetch those exact records in one call (anti-repeat, deep-links, restoring a saved set). Terminal selector — browse filters and cursor are ignored. Missing ids → meta.missing. - content_language (en|pl): with ids, returns each question's s

Parametersidslangtagstypecountlimittopiccursorsourcelicensequalityregions+8 more

quizbase_question_by_id

Get a single question by UUID

Fetch 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 question, full provenance lookup for redistribution, cache refresh, moderation inspection. INPUTS: id (UUID), lang (affects category.name and label translations only). 404 returned via {question: null, error: "not_found"} — id may be invalid, pending/rejected, canonical-duplicate, or tombstoned.

Parametersidrequiredlang

quizbase_stats

Get public catalog statistics

Public 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 this quiz". OUTPUT FIELDS: - total: approved questions in 'en' + 'pl'. - byLanguage: { en: N, pl: N }. - bySource: { entityq: N, mintaka: N, 'kqa-pro': N, ... } — 12 keys, one per source database. - byDifficulty: { trivial: N, easy: N, medium: N, hard: N, expert: N, unrated: N } — null difficulty mapped to 'unrated'. trivial/expert populated by LLM calibration. - byCategory: top 24 with localized names. - byTopic / byTag: top 30 curated topics + top 30 tags with localized labels. - meta: { generatedAt: ISO 8601, language }. INPUTS: lang (default "en") affects byCategory[].name and byTopic[].label / byTag[].label. DATA FRESHNESS: snapshot regenerated daily (~03:00 UTC) + on demand after batch imports. generatedAt shows when. Counts stable ±0.01% between snapshots. COMMON MISTAKES: polling stats every request (cache it on your side; 5-min Redis TTL on ours); treating bySource keys as stable enum (use quizbase_languages / quizbase_categories for canonical input enums).

Parameterslang

quizbase_topics

List curated topics with aliases

Discover 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), kind (tag|subcategory), cursor, limit (max 500).

Parametersqkindlanglimitcursor

quizbase_topic_by_slug

Get curated topic detail with facets

Fetch 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: "not_found"} when slug is unknown.

Parameterslangslugrequired

quizbase_tags

List raw tags with counts

Raw 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).

Parametersqlanglimitcursor

quizbase_subcategories

List raw subcategories with counts

Raw 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 via quizbase_random?subcategory=<slug>. INPUTS: q, cursor, limit (max 500).

Parametersqlanglimitcursor

quizbase_categories

List all top-level categories

List 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.

Parameterslang

quizbase_languages

List supported languages with counts

Returns 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.

Parameterslang

quizbase_regions

List region codes (cultural affinity) with counts

Discover 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 of the subject). USE WHEN: planning a quiz targeting users from a specific country or cultural background, exploring "what regions are represented". OUTPUT: array of {code, kind, label, count} sorted by count DESC. INPUTS: lang (en|pl), q (substring on code/label), kind (country|cultural), cursor, limit (max 500). Pair with quizbase_random or quizbase_list using `regions:[...]` to fetch matching questions.

Parametersqkindlanglimitcursor

quizbase_report

Submit a content correction or copyright report

Submit 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, questionText, questionUrl), type (translation|factual|inappropriate|attribution|other), comment (optional, max 2000), reporterEmail (optional). OUTPUT on success: {ok:true, reportId}. On failure the result is marked isError:true with structuredContent {error, message} — error codes: invalid_input, not_found, rate_limit_exceeded (per-IP 5/min), internal_error.

ParameterstyperequiredcommentquestionIdquestionUrlquestionTextreporterEmail

Version history

1
  1. v0.1.1LatestSep 16, 2026

Score

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