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Claude Canvas MCP

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Claude Canvas MCP

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables Claude to interact with Canvas LMS. This server provides tools for managing courses, announcements, assignments, students, and more through the Canvas API.

Features

  • List active courses and their details

  • Retrieve course modules, pages, and content

  • View assignments, quizzes, and discussions

  • Access student enrollment information

  • Post announcements and comments

  • View submission details and grades

  • Upload and download files

  • Manage rubrics and grades

Prerequisites

  • Node.js (v16 or higher)

  • A Canvas API token

  • Canvas instance URL (defaults to "http://canvas.docker/")

  • Claude Desktop application

Installation

  1. Clone this repository and install dependencies:

git clone https://github.com/johnnyrobot/claude-canvas-mcp.git cd claude-canvas-mcp npm install

  1. Build the TypeScript project:

npm run build

  1. Configure your environment variables:

# Copy the example environment file cp .env.example .env # Edit the .env file with your Canvas information nano .env

Claude Desktop Integration

  1. Open Claude Desktop's configuration file:

MacOS:

code ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Windows:

code %AppData%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

  1. Add the Canvas MCP server configuration:

{ "mcpServers": { "canvas": { "command": "node", "args": [ "/path/to/claude-canvas-mcp/build/index.js" ], "env": { "CANVAS_API_TOKEN": "your_token_here", "CANVAS_DOMAIN": "http://canvas.docker/" } } } }

  1. Restart Claude Desktop to apply changes

Available Tools

list-courses

Lists all active courses for the authenticated user

  • No required parameters

  • Returns course names, IDs, and term information

get-course

Gets detailed information about a specific course

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

list-modules

Lists all modules in a course

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

list-module-items

Lists all items in a module

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

    • moduleId: string

list-assignments

Gets all assignments in a course

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

  • Optional parameters:

    • includeContent: boolean (default: false)

get-assignment

Gets detailed information about an assignment

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

    • assignmentId: string

list-students

Gets a complete list of students enrolled in a course

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

  • Optional parameters:

    • includeEmail: boolean (default: false)

post-announcement

Posts an announcement to a specific course

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

    • title: string

    • message: string

list-submissions

Gets all student submissions for an assignment

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

    • assignmentId: string

get-submission

Gets a specific student's submission for an assignment

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

    • assignmentId: string

    • studentId: string

post-submission-comment

Posts a comment on a student's submission

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

    • assignmentId: string

    • studentId: string

    • comment: string

list-files

Lists files in a course

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

  • Optional parameters:

    • folderId: string

upload-file

Uploads a file to a course

  • Required parameters:

    • courseId: string

    • fileName: string

    • fileContent: string

  • Optional parameters:

    • folderId: string

License

MIT License

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hybrid server

The server is able to function both locally and remotely, depending on the configuration or use case.

A Model Context Protocol server that enables Claude to interact with Canvas LMS, providing tools for managing courses, announcements, assignments, students, and more through the Canvas API.

  1. Features
    1. Prerequisites
      1. Installation
        1. Claude Desktop Integration
          1. Available Tools
            1. list-courses
            2. get-course
            3. list-modules
            4. list-module-items
            5. list-assignments
            6. get-assignment
            7. list-students
            8. post-announcement
            9. list-submissions
            10. get-submission
            11. post-submission-comment
            12. list-files
            13. upload-file
          2. License

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