QuizBase MCP MCP server

Official MCP server for QuizBase, a multilingual trivia API. It provides 12 tools, 3 resources, and 4 prompts to access over 1.2 million quiz questions across 24 categories in English and Polish. Agents can retrieve random questions, browse the catalog, fetch specific items by ID, and access metadata like categories, topics, and tags, supporting both OAuth 2.1 and API key authentication.

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No sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-10-05Operated by QuizBase

MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp

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What you can do with it

Retrieve random trivia questions for games or learning apps
Browse and filter the full question catalog by category or difficulty
Fetch specific question details and attribution metadata by UUID
Access taxonomy resources like categories, topics, and tags

Tools advertised by the last live check:

quizbase_random
quizbase_list
quizbase_question_by_id
quizbase_stats
quizbase_topics
quizbase_topic_by_slug
quizbase_tags
quizbase_subcategories
quizbase_categories
quizbase_languages
quizbase_regions
quizbase_report

Connect from your client

Each snippet registers the same endpoint; pick the client you use.

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers a Streamable HTTP server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.

Claude Code configuration

claude mcp add --transport http quizbase-mcp https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).

Codex configuration

codex mcp add quizbase-mcp --url https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable quizbase-mcp in your MCP settings.

Cursor configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase-mcp": {
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure). The type must be streamableHttp for a remote HTTP server.

Cline configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start quizbase-mcp and inspect its tools.

VS Code configuration

{
  "servers": {
    "quizbase-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.

Gemini CLI configuration

gemini mcp add --transport http quizbase-mcp https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp

Claude Desktop

Merge this into claude_desktop_config.json (macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\), then restart Claude Desktop.

Claude Desktop configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase-mcp": {
      "url": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.

Windsurf configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "quizbase-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://quizbase.runriva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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