MCP server for Brightspace (D2L): check grades, due dates, announcements, rosters & more using Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client.
Connect Brightspace to Claude, Cursor or any other MCP client and it stops being a tab you switch to. MCP server for Brightspace (D2L): check grades, due dates, announcements, rosters & more using Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, or any MCP client. The brightspace mcp server is what makes that connection.
Talk to your Brightspace courses with AI. Ask about grades, due dates, announcements, and more. Works with Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and Windsurf.
The toolset is worth reading before you wire it up, because it tells you what the integration is really for:
Topic — ExamplesGrades — "Am I passing all my classes?" · "Compare my grades across all courses"Assignments — "What's due in the next 48 hours?" · "Summarize every assignment I haven't turned in yet"Announcements — "Did any professor post something important today?" · "What did my CS prof announce this week?"Roster — "Who are the TAs for ECE 264?" · "Get me my instructor's email"Discussions — "What are people saying in the final project thread?" · "Summarize the latest discussion posts"Planning — "Build me a study schedule based on my upcoming due dates" · "Which class needs the most attention right now?"Installation goes through your MCP client rather than a global install: point it at brightspace-mcp-server on npm and it is fetched when the client starts. The copy-paste blocks for Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor are further down this page.
This sits in the team communication group, where several servers overlap in what they claim to do but differ sharply once you actually set them up. Brightspace's toolset — Topic, Grades, Assignments and 4 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow.
This entry was verified against Brightspace's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| Topic | Examples |
| Grades | "Am I passing all my classes?" · "Compare my grades across all courses" |
| Assignments | "What's due in the next 48 hours?" · "Summarize every assignment I haven't turned in yet" |
| Announcements | "Did any professor post something important today?" · "What did my CS prof announce this week?" |
| Roster | "Who are the TAs for ECE 264?" · "Get me my instructor's email" |
| Discussions | "What are people saying in the final project thread?" · "Summarize the latest discussion posts" |
| Planning | "Build me a study schedule based on my upcoming due dates" · "Which class needs the most attention right now?" |
{
"mcpServers": {
"github-com-rohanmuppa-brightspace-mcp-server-tree-main": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "brightspace-mcp-server"]
}
}
}Add to claude_desktop_config.json, then restart Claude Desktop.
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