A minimal Canvas LMS MCP (Machine Conversation Protocol) server for easy access to education data through your Canvas LMS instance. This server provides a bridge between AI systems (like Cursor) and Canvas Learning…
canvas-lms-mcp is an MCP project maintained in the ahnopologetic/canvas-lms-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “ A minimal Canvas LMS MCP (Machine Conversation Protocol) server for easy access to education data through your Canvas LMS instance. This server provides a…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The documented pypi package is canvas-lms-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.
The example declares CANVAS_API_TOKEN, CANVAS_BASE_URL. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
Check the linked publisher documentation and your connected client's tool list. Names and availability can vary with the server version and account permissions.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| list_courses | |
| get_course | |
| get_course_syllabus | |
| get_course_modules | |
| get_module_items | |
| list_assignments | |
| get_assignment | |
| list_assignment_groups | |
| get_page | |
| list_submissions | |
| list_announcements | |
| list_discussions | |
| get_discussion_view | |
| list_calendar_events | |
| list_planner_items | |
| get_enrollments | |
| list_quizzes | |
| get_quiz | |
| list_files | |
| get_file | |
| get_tabs | |
| list_favorites |
{
"mcpServers": {
"canvas": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"canvas-lms-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CANVAS_API_TOKEN": "YOUR_CANVAS_API_TOKEN",
"CANVAS_BASE_URL": "https://your-institution.instructure.com"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| CANVAS_API_TOKEN | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
| CANVAS_BASE_URL | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Check documentation |
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