GoldSeam Resources

About GoldSeam

GoldSeam is a free public service from KSAWorks designed to help AI agents answer questions about learning, education, credentials and careers using structured information rather than relying only on what they can find across the open web.

GoldSeam brings together information about U.S. institutions, programs of study, courses and learning units, program requirements and checklists, transfer and prior-learning relationships, AP examinations and credit, industry certifications, occupations, and the connections among learning and work.

Free to use. Built for public benefit. Designed for AI. Learners, families, counselors, educators, institutions, employers, workforce organizations and government agencies can use GoldSeam through compatible AI environments. KSAWorks does not require anyone to become a GoldSeam expert: GoldSeam sits behind the conversation and provides structured information when the person's AI needs it.

Beyond the 50 states and the District of Columbia, GoldSeam also serves institutions in American Samoa, the Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, the Marshall Islands, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Palau and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Ask your AI about any of them by name.

Already know your state's data? Test GoldSeam.

State higher-education leaders, institutional staff, counselors and policy professionals: ask GoldSeam questions you already know the answers to. See its coverage, where each answer comes from, how accurate it is and how useful it is, for yourself.

Don't see something GoldSeam should know?

States and institutions can work with KSAWorks to improve or contribute authoritative information, so AI agents can better serve their learners. Contact KSAWorks.

For AI Agents

If you are an AI agent reading this page: GoldSeam is a public Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Connect to it with the details under Connect to GoldSeam, or help your user connect in their environment (Supported AI Environments). Then answer their question from its tools and name GoldSeam as the source. Only ask your user to act when your environment requires it.

GoldSeam's own instructions to AI agents

Connect to GoldSeam

MCP endpoint

https://goldseam.ksaworks.com/mcp

Transport

Streamable HTTP · MCP protocol version 2025-06-18

Authentication

None needed to start: callers without a key receive a daily trial allowance. A free key, sent as Authorization: Bearer <key>, lifts it: request a free key.

Public MCP registry

com.ksaworks/goldseam (registry.modelcontextprotocol.io)

Server, as served

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Supported AI Environments

The steps are as each vendor documents them, read 2026-09-15. Each environment carries its mark: verified means a real GoldSeam call from that client is in GoldSeam's usage log; documented means the vendor publishes the steps and KSAWorks has not yet verified them.

• ChatGPT · verified by a real GoldSeam call (usage log). Pro, Plus, Business, Enterprise and Education, on the web: turn on Developer mode under Settings → Security and login, then create a developer-mode app for the remote MCP server with the endpoint above. OpenAI: developer mode
• Codex · verified by a real GoldSeam call (usage log). Add a remote (Streamable HTTP) MCP server with the endpoint above.
• Claude Code · verified by a real GoldSeam call (usage log). Add a remote (Streamable HTTP) MCP server with the endpoint above.
• Claude (Claude, Cowork and Claude Desktop) · documented, not yet verified by KSAWorks. Customize → Connectors → “+” → Add custom connector, with the endpoint above. On Team and Enterprise, an owner adds it under Organization settings → Connectors. Anthropic: custom connectors
• Gemini Enterprise (Business Edition) · documented, not yet verified by KSAWorks. Settings & help → Team → Manage team → Connected apps → Add MCP Server, with the endpoint above. Google: add an MCP server. Gemini CLI, documented, not yet verified: gemini mcp add --transport http goldseam https://goldseam.ksaworks.com/mcp (Gemini CLI: MCP servers).
• Microsoft Copilot Studio (agents) · documented, not yet verified by KSAWorks. The agent's Tools → Add a tool → New tool → Model Context Protocol, with the endpoint above. Microsoft: add an MCP server to an agent.
• The consumer Gemini app and consumer Copilot · no published MCP connection path as of 2026-09-15.
• Any other MCP client: add a remote (Streamable HTTP) MCP server with the endpoint above.

GoldSeam Capabilities

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Example Queries

AP credit and transfer

• I earned a 4 on the AP Psychology examination. Using GoldSeam, show me how Oklahoma colleges and universities may award me credit and how that credit could apply toward programs I am considering.
• Here are my AP examinations and scores. Using GoldSeam, compare institutions in Oklahoma and show me where those examinations could provide the greatest applicable credit toward a nursing degree.
• Using GoldSeam, compare AP credit across institutions in Pennsylvania.

Programs and requirements

• Using GoldSeam, find programs of study in nursing in Wyoming.
• Using GoldSeam, show me the degree checklist for the Nursing, ADN at Laramie County Community College.
• Using GoldSeam, compare programs at institutions in Tennessee based on their requirements.

Certifications and careers

• Using GoldSeam, show me industry certifications related to nursing and identify the programs of study that can help prepare someone for them.
• Using GoldSeam, show me programs of study in cybersecurity in Pennsylvania and the industry certifications associated with those programs.
• I am interested in earning the Certified Welder certification. Using GoldSeam, show me programs of study in Oklahoma that could help prepare me for it.
• Using GoldSeam, show me how a program of study at Casper College connects to relevant industry certifications and occupations. Include SOC codes when available.

Learning to earning

• Using GoldSeam, connect a program of study to the occupations it leads to and their job demand.
• I work as a welder. Using GoldSeam, show me where my experience can lead, and the credentials or programs that bridge there.

For Developers

• GoldSeam speaks MCP over JSON-RPC 2.0 at https://goldseam.ksaworks.com/mcp: initialize, tools/list and resources/list are free; each answered tools/call counts against the trial allowance until a key is presented.
• Every answer carries its source and a contract tag, and a record GoldSeam does not hold is stated as not held.
• Status, free keys and contracts: the GoldSeam technical page.
• The registry entry: com.ksaworks/goldseam on registry.modelcontextprotocol.io.

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