Canvas-mcp Server

Ask Claude about your Canvas courses, assignments, deadlines, modules, and grades from one place.

Local serverstdio

What is the Canvas-mcp Server?

Canvas LMS (Local-First) is an MCP project maintained in the admin978/canvas-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “Ask Claude about your Canvas courses, assignments, deadlines, modules, and grades from one place”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using canvas-local-mcp. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

Recorded tools

Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.

ToolWhat it does
list_courseslist_assignments
list_moduleslist_announcements
get_pageget_file_info
get_gradesplanner_items
upcoming_eventstodo

How to install the Canvas-mcp Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-local": {
      "command": "canvas-local-mcp"
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.