D365 F&O Drill Engine

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that turns Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations certification prep into a conversation. Runs inside Claude Desktop. Drill by module (Inventory, AR, GL, WMS, Production Control), track your accuracy, review the ones you get wrong.

What it does

Ten MCP tools across four categories:

• Drill / Practice — start a drill session, answer, get scored, review

• Lookup — pull specific concepts on demand

• Reference — quick reference cards for exam-relevant topics

• Discovery — see what categories and how many cards are available

Related MCP server: MCP Dataverse

Who it's for

Anyone preparing for MB-330, MB-500, MB-700, MB-800, or MB-820. Also useful as a day-to-day reference for practitioners who want to sharpen their memory on specific F&O topics without leaving Claude Desktop.

Installation

Prerequisites:

• Python 3.10+

• Claude Desktop

• (Optional) A Dataverse tenant if you want to store your progress remotely. Otherwise, local storage is used by default.

Setup:

1. Clone the repo: ```bash git clone https://github.com/AntonTjiptadi/d365fo-drill-engine.git cd d365fo-drill-engine ```

2. Create a virtual environment and install dependencies: ```bash python -m venv .venv source .venv/bin/activate # or .venv\Scripts\activate on Windows pip install -r requirements.txt ```

3. Copy .env.example to .env and fill in your values (if using Dataverse).

4. Add the MCP server to your Claude Desktop config (~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json on Mac, %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json on Windows):

   ```json { "mcpServers": { "d365fo-drill": { "command": "python", "args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp_server/server.py"] } } } ```

5. Restart Claude Desktop. In a new conversation, you should see the drill tools available.

Usage

In Claude Desktop:

"Start a 10-question drill on Inventory Management."

"Show me what I got wrong in my last session."

"Give me a quick reference card on cost groups."

Content

Drill cards are authored from practitioner experience across 15+ years of D365 F&O delivery and enriched with public Microsoft Learn documentation. Cards are stored locally in content/ by default. Contribution guidelines below.

Contributing

Cards live as structured JSON in content/<category>/. To add or improve a card:

• Fork the repo

• Add or edit the card following the schema in content/SCHEMA.md

• Open a PR with a brief description of what the card covers and why it matters

Limitations

This tool is a study aid, not a replacement for hands-on practice or official Microsoft Learn paths. It reflects one practitioner's synthesis of the exam surface and may be incomplete or biased toward areas I've worked in most.

About

Built by Anton Tjiptadi, Solution Architect working on D365 F&O and agentic AI. If you find this useful, connect on LinkedIn or open a discussion.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.