ParentSquare MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives Claude access to ParentSquare, a school-parent communication platform. Since ParentSquare has no public API, this server scrapes the web interface using saved session cookies.

Available on the MCP Registry as io.github.thehesiod/psquare and on PyPI as parentsquare-mcp.

Disclaimer

This project is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by ParentSquare, Inc. "ParentSquare" and all related names, logos, and trademarks are the property of ParentSquare, Inc.

This server communicates with ParentSquare's undocumented internal APIs (scraping the web UI and calling its non-public /api/v2/ JSON endpoints) — these are not published, not guaranteed to be stable, and may change or be blocked at any time without notice. Use of those interfaces may violate ParentSquare's Terms of Service; you are responsible for reviewing the ToS and deciding whether your use is acceptable.

Use at your own risk. The authors and contributors accept no responsibility for any consequences of using this software, including but not limited to: account suspension or termination, data loss or corruption, missed or incorrect notifications, MFA lockouts, leaked session cookies, IP blocks, or any other direct or indirect damages. No warranty is provided — see LICENSE for the full MIT no-warranty clause.

If ParentSquare publishes an official API, this project should be considered deprecated in favor of that.

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Features

Feed & Posts

• get_feeds — Browse paginated school feed with titles, authors, summaries, and attachment names

• get_post — Full post details with body text, comments, poll results, signup items, and inline image/PDF content (Claude can "see" attached calendars, flyers, etc.)

• get_group_feed — Posts from a specific group

Calendar

• get_calendar_events — Events from ICS calendar as structured JSON (title, start/end, location, description)

• Falls back to guiding Claude to search feed posts for image/PDF calendars when ICS is empty

Communication

• list_conversations / get_conversation — Read message threads

• get_directory — Staff directory as structured JSON (name, role, phone, user_id)

• get_staff_member — Full staff details with email, office hours, and inline profile photo

Media & Files

• list_photos — Photo gallery with URLs

• list_files — Document files

• download_file — Download any attachment to local disk

Participate

• list_signups — Sign-up and RSVP posts with progress tracking (e.g. "53/103 Items")

• list_notices — Alerts and secure documents

• list_polls — Polls with vote counts and winning options

• list_forms — Permission slips and signable forms

• list_payments — Payment items with prices and summary stats

• list_volunteer_hours — Logged volunteer hours with totals

Groups & Discovery

• list_schools — Schools and students as structured JSON

• list_school_features — Available sections per school (parsed from sidebar)

• list_groups — Groups with member counts, descriptions, and membership status

• list_links — Quick-access links (Google Drive, external sites)

Student

• get_student_dashboard — School, grade, classes, and teachers as structured JSON

Authentication

• submit_mfa_code — Complete MFA verification with a 6-digit code

• Supports MCP elicitation for inline MFA prompts

• Session cookies persisted to ~/.parentsquare_cookies.json

• Credentials loaded from environment variables or 1Password CLI on session expiry

Setup

Prerequisites

Credentials can be provided in either of two ways (checked in this order):

1. Environment variables — set PS_USERNAME and PS_PASSWORD

2. 1Password CLI (op) — with a "Parentsquare" item containing username and password fields

Install in Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio parentsquare -- uvx --from "parentsquare-mcp @ git+https://github.com/thehesiod/psquare-mcp" parentsquare-mcp

To enable PDF text extraction for post attachments (optional, AGPL-3.0 licensed):

claude mcp add --transport stdio parentsquare -- uvx --from "parentsquare-mcp[pdf] @ git+https://github.com/thehesiod/psquare-mcp" parentsquare-mcp

That's It

No further configuration needed. The server auto-discovers your schools, students, and user ID from ParentSquare on first use. Authentication is handled automatically — when the session expires, the server loads your credentials from environment variables (or 1Password CLI) and re-authenticates (including MFA if needed).

To use environment variables with Claude Code, add an env block to your MCP config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parentsquare": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["parentsquare-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "PS_USERNAME": "your@email.com",
        "PS_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Security note: environment variables place your password in plaintext inside your MCP config file. If you chose a password manager specifically to avoid that, prefer the 1Password CLI path.

How It Works

The server uses requests + BeautifulSoup to scrape ParentSquare's server-rendered HTML pages. Each tool follows the pattern:

1. Fetch the HTML page via PSClient.get_page() or JSON via PSClient.get_json() (auto-relogins on session expiry)

2. Parse with a dedicated parser in parsers/ that extracts structured data into dataclasses

3. Return results as either structured JSON dicts (for data-lookup tools) or markdown text (for content-rich tools)

Data-lookup tools (list_schools, get_directory, get_calendar_events, get_student_dashboard, get_staff_member) return structured JSON for easy programmatic access. Content tools (get_post, get_feeds, get_conversation) return markdown.

On first use, the server auto-discovers your schools, students, and user ID from ParentSquare (no config file needed).

For get_post, image attachments are downloaded and returned as MCP Image objects (so Claude can see them), and PDF attachments have their text extracted via pymupdf. get_staff_member also returns inline profile photos.

Groups use a GraphQL endpoint (/graphql) instead of HTML scraping. The directory and staff details use the internal /api/v2/ JSON:API.

Dependencies

License

MIT — see LICENSE. Note: the optional pymupdf dependency is AGPL-3.0 licensed.

mcp-name: io.github.thehesiod/psquare