BC Curriculum MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives BC teachers structured access to the entire BC Ministry of Education K–12 curriculum. Connect with one line of config — no installs, no accounts, no technical setup.

Author: Paul de Groot — Vancouver, BC

What It Does

This server crawls curriculum.gov.bc.ca and makes the full BC K–12 curriculum queryable through 12 MCP tools. Teachers and curriculum designers can ask natural-language questions about Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies, Content standards, grade progressions, cross-subject connections, and more — grounded in the actual published curriculum data.

Data Coverage

• Grades K–12 (Kindergarten through Grade 12)
• 9 English-stream subjects: ADST, Arts Education, Career Education, English Language Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Physical & Health Education, Science, Social Studies
• Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies, and Content (the three-column KDU structure) with elaborations
• Core Competencies (Communication, Thinking, Personal & Social)
• First Peoples Principles of Learning (FPPL)
• Assessment resources and Instructional samples
• Full-text search across all curriculum content

Quick Start

Option 1: Remote server (no install needed)

Add this to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bc-curriculum": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bc-curriculum-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Or via Claude Code CLI:

claude mcp add bc-curriculum --transport http --url https://bc-curriculum-mcp.fly.dev/mcp

Option 2: Run locally via npx

npx bc-curriculum-mcp-server

This runs the server in stdio mode — compatible with any MCP client. You'll need a local bc-curriculum.sqlite database (clone the repo, install Playwright, and run the crawler — see For Developers below).

Option 3: Install globally via npm

npm install -g bc-curriculum-mcp-server
bc-curriculum-mcp

Once connected, ask things like:

• "What are the Big Ideas for ADST grade 10?"
• "Show me how science competencies build from grade 3 to 7"
• "Find curriculum connections between math and ADST for grade 9"
• "What are the First Peoples Principles of Learning?"
• "What are the curricular competencies for Kindergarten math?"

Available Tools

Architecture

┌──────────────────────┐       ┌─────────────────────────┐
│  Your Machine        │       │  Fly.io (free tier)     │
│                      │       │                         │
│  Playwright crawler  │──────▶│  Express + SQLite       │
│  builds SQLite DB    │ SFTP  │  read-only MCP server   │
│                      │       │  256MB RAM              │
└──────────────────────┘       └─────────────────────────┘
                                        │
                                        ▼
                               Claude Desktop / Cowork / VS Codee / Antigravity

... [View full README on GitHub](https://github.com/pdg6/bc-curriculum-mcp-server#readme)