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Canvas LMS

Canvas LMS MCP Connector for Claude

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Manage Canvas LMS courses, assignments, and users directly through your AI agent — streamline educational workflows and administrative tasks.

45 tools Official Updated Oct 1, 2026 Official Vinkius Partner
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Connect your Canvas LMS instance to any AI agent to automate course administration and student management through natural conversation.

What you can do

  • Course Management — List, create, update, or delete courses. Fetch detailed metadata for specific course IDs.
  • Account Administration — Navigate account hierarchies, list sub-accounts, and update organizational details.
  • User Operations — Create and update user profiles, or retrieve specific user details and activity streams.
  • Assignments & Tasks — List all assignments within a course and track your personal 'To Do' items and activity stream.
  • Workflow Automation — Use your AI as a teaching assistant or admin to handle repetitive setup tasks in the LMS.

How it works

  1. Subscribe to this server
  2. Enter your Canvas Domain (e.g., school.instructure.com) and Personal Access Token
  3. Start managing your virtual classroom from Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible client

Who is this for?

  • Educators & Tutors — quickly check assignment lists or update course details without navigating complex menus
  • LMS Administrators — automate user creation and account management across sub-accounts
  • Students & Developers — track personal todos and activity streams directly from the terminal or code editor
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45 tools expose this connector's capabilities to your AI agent.

get_activity_stream

Get current user activity stream

get_sub_accounts

Get sub-accounts for a specific account

list_conversations

List conversations (Inbox)

list_module_items

List items in a specific module

create_assignment

Create a new assignment in a course

create_conversation

Create a new conversation

create_course

Create a new Canvas course

create_role

Create a new role in an account

create_sis_import

Import SIS data

get_account

Get details for a specific Canvas account

get_course

Get details for a specific Canvas course

get_folder

Get details for a specific folder

get_page

Get details for a specific page

get_quiz

Get details for a specific quiz

get_sis_import_status

Get status of a SIS import

grade_submission

Grade a submission

list_accounts

List Canvas accounts

list_announcements

List announcements

list_courses

List your Canvas courses

list_files

List files in a course

list_quizzes

List quizzes in a course

update_account

Update an existing Canvas account

update_user

Update an existing Canvas user

create_discussion_topic

Create a new discussion topic in a course

create_quiz

Create a new quiz in a course

create_user

Create a new Canvas user

delete_course

Delete or conclude a Canvas course

execute_graphql

Execute a GraphQL query against Canvas

get_assignment

Get details for a specific assignment

get_conversation

Get details for a specific conversation

get_file

Get details for a specific file

get_todo

Get current user todo items

get_user

Show user details

list_admins

List admins in an account

list_assignments

List assignments for a course

list_discussion_topics

List discussion topics in a course

list_folders

List sub-folders within a folder

list_modules

List modules in a course

list_pages

List pages in a course

list_roles

List roles in an account

list_submissions

List submissions for an assignment

submit_assignment

Submit an assignment

update_assignment

Edit an existing assignment

update_course

Update an existing Canvas course

create_admin

Make a user an admin in an account

See how to talk to your AI agent using Canvas LMS.

List all my Canvas courses.

I've retrieved your courses. You are currently enrolled in: 'Introduction to Biology' (ID: 101), 'Advanced Mathematics' (ID: 202), and 'History 101' (ID: 303).

Show me my current todo items from Canvas.

You have 3 items on your todo list: 'Submit Lab Report' (due tomorrow), 'Quiz: Calculus' (due Friday), and 'Peer Review: Essay' (due Sunday).

List the assignments for course ID 202.

For 'Advanced Mathematics' (ID: 202), I found the following assignments: 'Problem Set 1', 'Midterm Exam', and 'Final Project Proposal'.

Yes! Use the `get_todo` tool to retrieve your current todo items or `get_activity_stream` to see recent updates and announcements across your courses.

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