- Resolve Standards
- Deconstruct them into granular Learning components
- Trace Learning progressions across standards
What you’ll need
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MCP Server URL:
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API keys generated in the Learning Commons Platform ↗ to include in your request headers for authentication:
orIf using an SDK, verify how to pass in the MCP authorization key for your client.
Steps
1
Set up environment variables
.env
2
Connect to the MCP server
Make a request to the MCP server with your question — for example, asking about skills and unfinished learning for California standard
4.OA.A.3:3
Review the response
Your AI client will call Knowledge Graph MCP tools to return structured results (e.g., Standards, Learning components, or Learning progressions).Inspect
mcp_call output entries for tool names, arguments, and results.Tools
Please review the Knowledge Graph
License before using these tools.
A common workflow may use all 3 tools:
- Resolving a standard code to its official statement
- Retrieving the associated learning components for targeted instruction
- Tracing progressions to identify prior or follow-on standards
Inputs
| Tool | Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Find standard statement | statementCode | string | ✓ | e.g., RI.5.2 or 8.F.B.4 |
jurisdiction | string | Jurisdiction where standard is adopted (e.g., Maryland) | ||
| Find learning components from standard | caseIdentifierUUID | string | ✓ | UUID of the standard in the CASE Network |
| Find learning progressions from standard | caseIdentifierUUID | string | ✓ | UUID of the standard in the CASE Network |
direction | string | ✓ | backward for prerequisites and forward for
subsequent |
Related topics
Quickstart
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