About Quera
Quera is a read-only MCP server for public data from Iran’s developer platform. It serves clients and agents looking for tech jobs, companies, programming contests, practice problems, and Quera College courses.
Key features
- 01Search tech jobs with filters
- 02Find companies and read profiles
- 03Browse programming contests and events
- 04Search problems and read statements
- 05Browse courses and bootcamps
Use cases
- 01Find remote or location-based developer jobs
- 02Explore companies hiring for a role
- 03Locate contests and practice problems
- 04Compare Quera course options and prices
MCP support
Exposes 14 read-only tools to MCP clients over stdio for public Quera data. It cannot apply for jobs, submit solutions, or register for events.
Configuration
Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.
uvx quera-mcpQUERA_MCP_PROXYOptional HTTP proxy URL for the Quera requests; system proxy settings are ignored. Also accepts a comma-separated list: one is used until it gets blocked or fails to connect, then the next.Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.
Tools
Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.
Details
From the project READMEquera-mcp: Quera (کوئرا) jobs, contests, problems and courses MCP server for AI agents
quera-mcp is an unofficial, read-only MCP server that gives AI agents the public data of Quera (quera.org), the Iranian developer platform. Its 9 tools search tech jobs and companies (Magnet), list programming contests, search and read problems from the public problemset, and browse the College course catalog. No API key or Quera account is needed. It works in Claude, Cursor, Copilot and any other MCP client.
For AI agents · Quick start · What it can do · Tools · FAQ · فارسی
For AI agents
- What: unofficial MCP server (model context protocol) for quera.org: tech job search with filters (keyword, level, remote, city, tech stack, job type, company, sort), full job postings, company search and profiles, running/upcoming/past programming contests, problem search and statements, and the College course catalog with prices.
- Install:
uvx quera-mcporclaude mcp add quera -- uvx quera-mcp. Transport: stdio. Needs uv (Python 3.10+). - Auth: none, no API key or account. Optional
QUERA_MCP_PROXY(HTTP proxy URL, or a comma-separated list); system proxy settings are ignored. - Access: read-only. It cannot log in, apply to jobs, submit solutions or register for anything, so no confirmation is needed before calling any tool.
- Tools: 14, all prefixed
qr_. Typical sequences:qr_jobs->qr_job->qr_company;qr_companies->qr_company;qr_problem_filters->qr_problems->qr_problem;qr_contests->qr_event;qr_courses;qr_bootcamps;qr_blog;qr_salaries. - Use when: the user asks about developer jobs in Iran (Tehran, remote, junior, Python...), which companies hire, programming contests, practice problems, or Quera course options and prices.
- Do not use when: the user wants other job boards, personal Quera data (profiles, submissions, rankings) or to apply or submit anything.
- Output: compact JSON. Salaries are Toman per month when the employer published them; contest times are UTC. Text is Persian or English as the author wrote it.
What it can do
- Search jobs on Quera Magnet with the site's own filters: keyword, seniority (intern to lead), remote, city, tech stack, full/part-time/project, company, industry, sorting by newest, trending or salary
- Read a job in full: description, requirements, benefits, skills, salary, deadline and related jobs
- Search companies (3,000+) by name, city, size, industry and tech stack, and read a profile with its open jobs
- List contests: what is running or upcoming, the latest finished ones, and an archive per topic and organizer
- Search problems among about 2,000 public problems by name, topic, difficulty and source, and read the statement
- Browse College courses by learning path, level and keyword, with list prices
Example prompts:
- "Remote junior Python jobs on Quera, newest first."
- "Which companies in Isfahan are hiring backend developers?"
- "Show the open jobs and tech stack of Kaya."
- "Is there a Quera contest coming up? Which ones did Digikala organize?"
- "Easy practice problems about data structures."
- "Which Quera course teaches Django and how much is it?"
- آگهیهای استخدام دورکاری برنامهنویس پایتون در کوئرا را نشان بده.
Quick start
You need uv. No API key or account.
claude mcp add quera -- uvx quera-mcp
Claude Desktop, Cursor and other clients:
{
"mcpServers": {
"quera": { "command": "uvx", "args": ["quera-mcp"] }
}
}
Tools
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
qr_jobs | Search open tech jobs (15 per page) with filters; list filters such as level and technologies take one value or a list |
qr_job | One posting in full |
qr_job_filters | Cities, industries, company sizes and popular tech codes the filters accept |
qr_companies | Search company profiles |
qr_company | A company profile and its open jobs |
qr_contests | Running, upcoming and finished contests, or the archive of one topic |
qr_problems | Search the public problemset |
qr_problem | One problem statement with stats |
qr_courses | College course catalog with prices |
qr_salaries | Published salaries in open jobs, summarized by seniority level |
qr_problem_filters | Topic slugs and contest ids qr_problems accepts |
qr_event | An event page (CodeCup, hackathon): schedule, prizes, sub-events |
qr_bootcamps | Bootcamps open for registration with price and seats, or one in full (syllabus, instructors) |
qr_blog | Search or read the Quera blog |
FAQ
Does it need a Quera account? No. It reads the same public pages anyone sees.
Is it official? No. It is an independent project and is not affiliated with Quera.
Where does it work? Quera answers both inside and outside Iran. Set QUERA_MCP_PROXY if your network blocks it.
Why are there so few jobs? Quera Magnet is a small curated board (tens of open postings); the site's own filters decide what is listed.
فارسی
quera-mcp یک سرور MCP غیررسمی و فقطخواندنی برای کوئرا (quera.org) است: جستجوی آگهیهای استخدام و شرکتها، مسابقات برنامهنویسی، مسئلههای بانک سؤال و دورههای کالج کوئرا. نیازی به حساب یا کلید API نیست.
نصب: claude mcp add quera -- uvx quera-mcp
License
MIT. Author: Sepehr Radmard (سپهر رادمرد), github.com/sepehr071, linkedin.com/in/sepehr-radmard.
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