Coursera MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| COURSERA_EMAIL | No | Your Coursera account email. Required for tools that access personal data like enroll_course, get_my_courses, and get_certificates. | |
| COURSERA_PASSWORD | No | Your Coursera account password. Required for tools that access personal data like enroll_course, get_my_courses, and get_certificates. | |
| BROWSERBASE_CDP_URL | No | Browserbase CDP endpoint for cloud browsers. If not provided, a local Chromium instance is launched. |
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
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search_coursesA | Search Coursera for courses by topic, skill, or keyword. Returns course titles, providers, ratings, difficulty, and URLs. |
| get_course_detailsC | Get detailed information about a specific Coursera course including syllabus, instructor, duration, skills, and reviews. |
| enroll_courseB | Enroll in a Coursera course. Requires authentication via COURSERA_EMAIL and COURSERA_PASSWORD environment variables (or passed directly). |
| get_my_coursesA | List all enrolled Coursera courses with progress and status. Requires authentication. |
| get_certificatesA | View all earned Coursera certificates with titles, issuers, dates, and verification URLs. Requires authentication. |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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