Canvas MCP Server V2.0

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:637-647 (registration)

  Registration of the 'canvas_get_rubric' tool in the TOOLS array, including its input schema definition.

    name: "canvas_get_rubric",
    description: "Get details of a specific rubric",
    inputSchema: {
      type: "object",
      properties: {
        course_id: { type: "number", description: "ID of the course" },
        rubric_id: { type: "number", description: "ID of the rubric" }
      },
      required: ["course_id", "rubric_id"]
    }
  },

• src/client.ts:469-472 (handler)

  Handler function in CanvasClient that executes the Canvas API call to retrieve the specific rubric by course and rubric ID.

  async getRubric(courseId: number, rubricId: number): Promise<CanvasRubric> {
    const response = await this.client.get(`/courses/${courseId}/rubrics/${rubricId}`);
    return response.data;
  }

• src/index.ts:639-647 (schema)

  Input schema validation for the tool parameters: course_id and rubric_id.

    inputSchema: {
      type: "object",
      properties: {
        course_id: { type: "number", description: "ID of the course" },
        rubric_id: { type: "number", description: "ID of the rubric" }
      },
      required: ["course_id", "rubric_id"]
    }
  },

• src/types.ts:387-398 (schema)

  TypeScript interface defining the structure of a Canvas rubric object returned by the tool.

  export interface CanvasRubric {
    id: number;
    title: string;
    context_id: number;
    context_type: string;
    points_possible: number;
    reusable: boolean;
    public: boolean;
    read_only: boolean;
    free_form_criterion_comments: boolean;
    criteria: CanvasRubricCriterion[];
  }

• src/client.ts:464-467 (helper)

  Related helper method to list all rubrics in a course, which may be used in conjunction.

  async listRubrics(courseId: number): Promise<CanvasRubric[]> {
    const response = await this.client.get(`/courses/${courseId}/rubrics`);
    return response.data;
  }