io.github.chrischall/canvas-parent-mcp

io.github.chrischall/canvas-parent-mcp·v1.0.2·Other

Quality Score

/100

Canvas LMS (Instructure) for Claude — courses, grades, assignments, planner, files

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§01 Install

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-parent-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "canvas-parent-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_BASE_URL": "<canvas_base_url>",
        "CANVAS_USERNAME": "<canvas_username>",
        "CANVAS_PASSWORD": "<your-canvas_password>",
        "CANVAS_TOKEN": "<your-canvas_token>",
        "CANVAS_CLIENT_ID": "<canvas_client_id>",
        "CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-canvas_client_secret>",
        "CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<your-canvas_refresh_token>",
        "CANVAS_NAME": "<canvas_name>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-parent-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "canvas-parent-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_BASE_URL": "<canvas_base_url>",
        "CANVAS_USERNAME": "<canvas_username>",
        "CANVAS_PASSWORD": "<your-canvas_password>",
        "CANVAS_TOKEN": "<your-canvas_token>",
        "CANVAS_CLIENT_ID": "<canvas_client_id>",
        "CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<your-canvas_client_secret>",
        "CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<your-canvas_refresh_token>",
        "CANVAS_NAME": "<canvas_name>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cline (cline_mcp_settings.json)

npx -y canvas-parent-mcp

§02 Environment variables

CANVAS_BASE_URL

required

Canvas instance base URL, e.g. https://cms.instructure.com

CANVAS_USERNAME

Canvas login username/email (recommended) — pair with CANVAS_PASSWORD for auto-login. No SSO/2FA.

CANVAS_PASSWORD

secret

Canvas password (recommended) — required iff CANVAS_USERNAME is set

CANVAS_TOKEN

secret

Canvas personal access token (advanced) — most schools have disabled token creation

CANVAS_CLIENT_ID

Canvas OAuth client ID (advanced — for SSO accounts that can't use username/password)

CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET

secret

Canvas OAuth client secret (advanced)

CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN

secret

Canvas OAuth refresh token (advanced) — bootstrap via canvas-parent-mcp-qr-login

CANVAS_NAME

Friendly name for the Canvas instance (defaults to the host portion of the base URL)

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