Populi runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 790 installs a week from npm. Last commit 28 Oct 2026.
Populi API v2 for student information systems: search the API, read data, optionally write
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Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add populi-mcp -e 'POPULI_BASE_URL=<POPULI_BASE_URL>' -e 'POPULI_API_KEY=<POPULI_API_KEY>' -- npx -y @kisasa/populi-mcp{
"mcpServers": {
"populi-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kisasa/populi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"POPULI_API_KEY": "<POPULI_API_KEY>",
"POPULI_BASE_URL": "<POPULI_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}[mcp_servers.populi-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@kisasa/populi-mcp"]
env = { POPULI_BASE_URL = "<POPULI_BASE_URL>", POPULI_API_KEY = "<POPULI_API_KEY>" }{
"mcpServers": {
"populi-mcp": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kisasa/populi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"POPULI_API_KEY": "<POPULI_API_KEY>",
"POPULI_BASE_URL": "<POPULI_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"populi-mcp": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kisasa/populi-mcp"
],
"env": {
"POPULI_API_KEY": "<POPULI_API_KEY>",
"POPULI_BASE_URL": "<POPULI_BASE_URL>"
}
}
}
}Put your own values in place of
<POPULI_BASE_URL> (Your Populi instance URL, with or without the /api2 suffix), <POPULI_API_KEY> (Populi API key token (Account & Settings > API > Keys). Use an sk_sandbox_ key against a sandbox instance while evaluating).
The author’s registry entry marks them as required.
Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
POPULI_ALLOW_WRITES (Set to true to enable the populi_write tool (create, update, delete). Default is read-only), POPULI_FILES_DIR (Folder for downloads and uploads (the only place files are read from or written to). Default ~/populi-mcp-files), POPULI_TIMEOUT_MS (Per-request timeout in milliseconds, 1000 to 600000. Default 120000).
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