Canvas MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP_AUTH_TOKEN | No | Required for remote mode. Protects the remote MCP endpoint and acts as the single user secret for the built in OAuth flow. | |
| CANVAS_BASE_URL | Yes | Canvas origin, such as https://school.instructure.com | |
| CANVAS_MAX_PAGES | No | Maximum Canvas pagination pages followed per call. | 20 |
| CANVAS_TIMEOUT_MS | No | Canvas request timeout. | 30000 |
| CANVAS_WRITE_MODE | No | Permission boundary. Usually student, teacher, read_only, or full. | student |
| CANVAS_ACCESS_TOKEN | Yes | Personal Canvas access token created inside Canvas | |
| CANVAS_REDACTION_KEY | No | Stable teacher mode aliases. Defaults to an automatic fallback. | |
| CANVAS_REQUIRE_CONFIRMATION | No | Requires end user confirmation for protected writes. | true |
Instructions
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.
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
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|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
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No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
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No resources | |
This server cannot be deployed
Maintenance
ActivityMaintained
ResponsivenessNo issues