Canvas MCP Server
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Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOG_LEVEL | No | Logging level, e.g. 'debug'. | |
| CANVAS_DOMAIN | Yes | Canvas domain for your institution, e.g. your_school.instructure.com. | |
| MCP_HTTP_HOST | No | Host address for the streamable HTTP transport. | |
| MCP_HTTP_PATH | No | HTTP path for the streamable HTTP transport. | |
| MCP_HTTP_PORT | No | Port for the streamable HTTP transport. | |
| MCP_TRANSPORT | No | Transport mode for the MCP server. Use 'stdio' for local MCP clients or 'streamable-http' for HTTP integrations. | stdio |
| CANVAS_TIMEOUT | No | Timeout value for Canvas API requests. | |
| CANVAS_API_TOKEN | Yes | Canvas API access token used to authenticate with the Canvas LMS API. | |
| MCP_HTTP_STATEFUL | No | Whether to enable stateful streamable HTTP sessions. | |
| MCP_HTTP_JSON_RESPONSE | No | Whether to return JSON responses for the streamable HTTP transport. | |
| MCP_HTTP_ALLOWED_ORIGINS | No | Allowed origins for the streamable HTTP transport. |
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
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No tools | |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
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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
ActivityActive
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