# StudentLoan.help: federal repayment plan calculator

> Federal student loan repayment estimates: RAP, IBR, Standard, Tiered Standard, PSLF, refinance.

- name: help.studentloan/studentloan-help
- version: 1.2026.1101.1
- connection class: R0 (autonomous)
- trust: 82/100 flags: no-repository
- quality: 100/100 (strong)
- owner: not claimed
- descriptor: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/help.studentloan%2Fstudentloan-help
- tools: https://api.protogrid.dev/v1/servers/help.studentloan%2Fstudentloan-help/tools

**An agent can connect right now, no human step.** Remote endpoint, no authentication, reachable on the last probe.

## Connection (mcpServers)

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "studentloan-help": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://studentloan.help/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```


## Trust

- hygiene: 80
- liveness: 97
- freshness: 100
- provenance: 55
- drivers: +dns-namespace +website +reachable +uptime-93% +updated-12d-ago -no-repository
- Derived from observable signals (official registry feed and our own credential-free probes); no code audit performed.

## Quality 100/100 (strong)

### protocol: 100 (weight 25)

- pass `protocol.modern`: supports 2026-07-28 (server/discover)
- pass `protocol.stateless`: answers without a session
- pass `protocol.transport`: streamable HTTP
- pass `protocol.list_ttl`: tool list is cacheable (ttlMs 3600000)

### authorization: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `auth.prm`, `auth.as_metadata`, `auth.cimd`: no remote uses OAuth
- n/a `auth.secret_in_url`: no templated URL

### tool hygiene: 100 (weight 30)

- pass `tools.descriptions`: every tool has a description
- pass `tools.description_length`: descriptions are concise
- pass `tools.schemas`: every tool has an object input schema
- pass `tools.annotations`: 3 of 3 tools declare readOnlyHint or destructiveHint
- pass `tools.directory_hints`: every tool declares readOnlyHint, destructiveHint, idempotentHint and openWorldHint
- pass `tools.token_cost`: about 2,168 tokens to load every tool
- pass `tools.api_dump`: tools are not a one-to-one API dump
- pass `tools.hidden_text`: no hidden text in tool names, descriptions, schemas or annotations

### stability: 100 (weight 15)

- pass `stability.changes`: no tool changes in 30 days
- pass `stability.rug_pull`: no tool changed its meaning under the same name
- pass `stability.new_links`: no tool change named a new site

### dependencies: n/a (weight 15)

- n/a `deps.known_vulns`, `deps.mcp_sdk_version`, `deps.resolvable`: no npm or PyPI package

- tools: 3, about 2,168 tokens to load them all
- tool set hash: de48c34e2ec0d951261e2005706f1dbd
- badge: [![protogrid quality](https://protogrid.dev/badge/help.studentloan/studentloan-help.svg)](https://protogrid.dev/servers/help.studentloan/studentloan-help)
- Checks run on what our credential-free, read-only probes observe; tools are never called and no code audit is performed.

### Tool changes

_No tool definition changes recorded._

## Remotes

- https://studentloan.help/mcp (streamable-http, auth none, reachable true, uptime30d 0.93333334)

## Packages

_none_

## Tools (3)

- `compare_refinance_offer`: Given an APR and term a lender has offered, returns the refinanced monthly payment and total, compares it with the cheapest federal plan (or with PSLF, which refinancing would end), and lists the federal protections lost. Same math as the studentloan.help calculator. It shows no lender rates of its own.
- `compare_repayment_plans`: Estimates each federal repayment plan on the borrower's own numbers (RAP, IBR, 10-year Standard, Tiered Standard under the 2026 rules): first monthly payment, total paid, years to payoff or forgiveness, amount forgiven, which plans are open given loan dates, the cheapest plan, PSLF timing for government or 501(c)(3) workers, and Parent PLUS options. Same math as the studentloan.help calculator. Estimates only.
- `get_plan_rules`: The published rules behind each federal student loan plan as studentloan.help states them: RAP, IBR, Standard, Tiered Standard, PSLF, Parent PLUS, the end of SAVE and the 2026 poverty guidelines. Returns the formulas, dates and limits with the statute or regulation and a page link. Omit topic for the list of topics.