Canvas Course Materials MCP Server

A remote MCP server that gives Claude access to your Canvas LMS course materials and files, enabling you to list courses, retrieve files, modules, syllabus, pages, assignments, grades, quizzes, and more via natural language.

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// key findings

🚨

Secret credentials may flow to a network call

2 flows detected: CANVAS_API_TOKEN. We can’t prove the destination matches the brand the credential belongs to.

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You'll be asked for 2 credentials: CANVAS_API_TOKEN, MCP_SHARED_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 from step 1)

configCANVAS_BASE_URL— fly secrets set =https://canvas.yourschool.edu CANVAS_API_TOKEN=your_token_here MCP_SHARED_SECRET=$(openssl rand -hex 32)

🔐 secretMCP_SHARED_SECRET— (a long random string — run openssl rand -hex 32 to generate one)

configPORT— Server listens on port 3000 (or $) at /mcp/devsecret (or plain /mcp if you omit MCP_SHARED_SECRET).

// full audit trail

The full breakdown of what we checked, the deductions that landed, the network hosts, the dependency advisories, and concrete fix guidance is available to verified publishers.

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commit: befe6f6671e73e83a3879471649f55aa048d6920

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verified: 7/6/2026, 10:31:39 AM

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