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Canvas MCP Server

#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ Canvas MCP Server - Refactored A Model Context Protocol server for Canvas LMS integration. This is the refactored version of the Canvas MCP server with modular architecture. """ import os import sys from mcp.server.fastmcp import FastMCP # Import all modules from tools.courses import register_course_tools from tools.assignments import register_assignment_tools from tools.discussions import register_discussion_tools from tools.other_tools import register_other_tools from tools.rubrics import register_rubric_tools from resources.resources import register_resources_and_prompts # Date/Time Formatting Standard # --------------------------- # This MCP server standardizes all date/time values to ISO 8601 format (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ) # with the following conventions: # - All dates include time components (even if they're 00:00:00) # - All dates include timezone information (Z for UTC or +/-HH:MM offset) # - UTC timezone is used for all internal date handling # - Dates without timezone information are assumed to be in UTC # - The format_date() function handles conversion of various formats to this standard # Initialize FastMCP server mcp = FastMCP("canvas-api") # Configuration API_BASE_URL = os.environ.get("CANVAS_API_URL", "https://canvas.illinois.edu/api/v1") API_TOKEN = os.environ.get("CANVAS_API_TOKEN", "") def register_all_tools(): """Register all MCP tools, resources, and prompts.""" print("Registering Canvas MCP tools...", file=sys.stderr) # Register tools by category register_course_tools(mcp) register_assignment_tools(mcp) register_discussion_tools(mcp) register_other_tools(mcp) register_rubric_tools(mcp) # Register resources and prompts register_resources_and_prompts(mcp) print("All Canvas MCP tools registered successfully!", file=sys.stderr) def main(): """Main entry point for the Canvas MCP server.""" # Check for API token if not API_TOKEN: print("Error: CANVAS_API_TOKEN environment variable is required", file=sys.stderr) print("Please set it to your Canvas API token", file=sys.stderr) sys.exit(1) print(f"Starting Canvas MCP server with API URL: {API_BASE_URL}", file=sys.stderr) print("Use Ctrl+C to stop the server", file=sys.stderr) # Register all tools register_all_tools() try: # Run the server directly mcp.run() except KeyboardInterrupt: print("\nShutting down server...", file=sys.stderr) finally: # We'll rely on Python's cleanup to close the client pass if __name__ == "__main__": main()

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