Canvas MCP Server

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
CANVAS_API_URLYesThe URL for your university's Canvas API (e.g., https://canvas.illinois.edu/api/v1)
CANVAS_API_TOKENYesYour Canvas API token for authentication with the Canvas LMS API

Schema

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription

No tools