Schema | canvas-mcp

canvas-mcp

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`CANVAS_TOKEN`	Yes	Your Canvas personal access token
`CANVAS_BASE_URL`	Yes	Your Canvas institution root URL, without /api/v1 (e.g., https://canvas.example.edu)

Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.

This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{ "listChanged": false }
`prompts`	{ "listChanged": false }
`resources`	{ "subscribe": false, "listChanged": false }
`experimental`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
list_coursesC	List enrolled courses. Returns id, name, course_code, term.
list_assignmentsB	List assignments in a course. Includes due_at, points, submission status.
upcoming_eventsA	Upcoming planner items (assignments, calendar events) across all courses. Canvas returns roughly the next two weeks.
planner_itemsD	Planner items for the user. ISO dates (YYYY-MM-DD).
list_announcementsD	Course announcements.
list_modulesC	Course modules with items.
get_file_infoC	Get file metadata including download url.
get_gradesB	Current grades. Per-course if course_id provided, otherwise all enrollments.
get_pageB	Fetch a course wiki page by its url slug.
todoA	User's TODO list (ungraded assignments to look at).

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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