canvas_mcp

Item: canvas_mcp
Rating: 73
Author: M8ven

Enables reading and writing Canvas LMS course content using browser session cookies, without needing an API key.

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// key findings

✅

58 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour

31 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

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// required environment variables

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

configCANVAS_BASE_URL— export ="https://yourschool.instructure.com"

configCANVAS_COOKIE— export ="canvas_session=AbCdEfGh...; _csrf_token=...; log_session_id=..."

configBROWSER— export =firefox # or chrome, edge, brave, safari, etc.

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commit: 46f1b071cc064200447ddcb25a327034429eb4a0

code hash: 6fa86e2d2faab9a3a8b5a6089f542f4c3b831d2f8fc50940658a85eeac996ce7

verified: 6/22/2026, 1:21:42 PM

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