nodecode-certarc
CertArc: free CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM and AAIA practice questions, exam outlines and study-guide links, inside Nodecode. A Nodecode rewrite of CertArc/certarc-mcp by CertArc.
Get it
Tell the agent "add the certarc cell", or run nodecode add nc://certarc.
Set it up
Nothing to set. The cell calls CertArc's public endpoint, https://certarc.com/mcp/grok, and that endpoint needs no account and no key.
Optional, in the certarc section of ~/.nodecode/config.jsonc:
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
program |
the exam /certarc asks about when none is named: cism, cissp, cisa, aaism or aaia. Empty asks each time. |
base_url |
where every call goes, when you answer through a proxy of your own. |
timeout_seconds |
one call's ceiling. |
Use it
Ask for a practice question and name the exam: "test me on CISSP", "give me a CISM question", "what does the AAIA exam cover", "find a CertArc guide on incident response". The agent finds four tools:
| Tool | What it answers |
|---|---|
certarc_practice_question |
one scenario question, its options and its question id, never the answer; a set is 10 questions |
certarc_check_answer |
whether the learner's choice was right, the correct option and CertArc's explanation for every option; a confident wrong answer comes back as a blind spot |
certarc_exam_domains |
the exam's domains and their weights, with links to CertArc's guides and free practice set |
certarc_learning_guides |
guide titles and links, matched on the words in a title |
A session goes: the question, the choice and how sure they were (confident, unsure or guess), then the check and the explanation. Answers may carry a startUrl, CertArc's free assessment: the agent offers it once, and the learner signs in themselves. /certarc cism asks the first CISM question; /certarc alone says what the cell points at.
Nothing here is a score. The questions are CertArc's own scenarios, not ISACA or ISC2 questions, and no answer is recorded.
What it is
The original is configuration only: a manifest pointing a harness at CertArc's hosted MCP server, and one skill. This cell calls that server itself, in Common Lisp, one JSON-RPC tools/call per tool over nlk:http, and lays each answer out as the lines a model reads. No Node, no Python, no key, and no vendored copy of anything.
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
cell.lisp |
the section, the four tools, /certarc, and the one refusal |
nodecode-certarc.asd |
the system and its test system |
test/cell-test.lisp |
the tests, every request a stubbed nlk:http |
License
MIT. The original is Copyright (c) 2026 The CertArc authors: see LICENSE and NOTICE. That covers this rewrite, not CertArc's hosted server, its questions, its explanations or its name.
