Canvas LMS MCP Server

Enables Claude to interact with the Canvas LMS API to manage courses, assignments, grades, and communications. It supports both remote and local deployments, allowing users to query academic data and submit assignments via natural language.

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No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

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You'll be asked for 3 credentials: CANVAS_API_TOKEN, ENCRYPTION_KEY, OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

🔐 secretCANVAS_API_TOKEN— your_token_here

configCANVAS_BASE_URL— "": "https://canvas.yourschool.edu",

configDB_PATH

🔐 secretENCRYPTION_KEY

configOAUTH_CLIENT_ID

🔐 secretOAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET

configOAUTH_REDIRECT_URI

configPORT— 5. Deploy — the server starts on the assigned automatically

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code hash: 1d9d576052043a60498744fd588796dd57dbbc075fa04f2c2ad8aae787c18d2f

verified: 6/12/2026, 10:56:07 AM

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