Canvas LMS MCP
Canvas LMS MCP with 80+ tools and 5 agent skills for students and educators. v1.3.0 released. FERPA-compliance documentation for educators; data-stays-private guidance for students. Hosted server option plus local install.
“Canvas LMS MCP with 80+ tools and 5 agent skills for students and educators. 119 GitHub stars and 54 commits on main in the last 30 days. v1.3.0 released. FERPA-compliance documentation for educators; data-stays-private guidance for students.”
INSTALL THIS SERVER
{
"mcpServers": {
"canvas": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"canvas-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CANVAS_API_TOKEN": "<your-canvas-api-token>",
"CANVAS_API_URL": "https://canvas.instructure.com"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"canvas": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"canvas-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CANVAS_API_TOKEN": "<your-canvas-api-token>",
"CANVAS_API_URL": "https://canvas.instructure.com"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"canvas": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"canvas-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CANVAS_API_TOKEN": "<your-canvas-api-token>",
"CANVAS_API_URL": "https://canvas.instructure.com"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"canvas": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"canvas-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CANVAS_API_TOKEN": "<your-canvas-api-token>",
"CANVAS_API_URL": "https://canvas.instructure.com"
}
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"canvas": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"canvas-mcp"
],
"env": {
"CANVAS_API_TOKEN": "<your-canvas-api-token>",
"CANVAS_API_URL": "https://canvas.instructure.com"
}
}
}
}
8 TOOLS AVAILABLE
OUR ASSESSMENT
- 119 GitHub stars and MIT licence.
- 54 commits on main in the last 30 days, joint top cadence.
- 80+ tool surface covers the Canvas LMS API.
- 5 agent skills shipped for installation via skills.sh on any agent.
- Claude Code slash commands documented.
- Hosted server option (zero-install path) plus local install path.
- FERPA-compliance documentation for educators.
- Works with Claude, Cursor, Codex, and 40+ other agents per the README.
- Single-maintainer governance.
- Canvas LMS API tokens grant scoped access to the user account; agents should run under read-only or limited-scope tokens for production.
- Niche audience: a strong fit for higher-ed and K-12 environments using Canvas.
Canvas API tokens are user-scoped: the MCP sees what the token holder sees. Scope tokens via Canvas API Token settings; rotate on a schedule. For students, the MCP runs locally and reads from the student account only. For educators, FERPA compliance considerations apply when running across student-record data.
Higher-ed and K-12 institutions using Canvas LMS who want agents accessible to students and educators; students who want AI assistance with assignments, calendar, and module navigation; educators who want FERPA-compliant agent surfaces against the Canvas API.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
ADOPTION METRICS
// Reading this119 stars on the vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp repo. 54 commits on main in the last 30 days, joint top cadence in this batch.
// Reading thisHighest-cadence Canvas LMS MCP at time of review across the candidate set.
SOURCES & VERIFICATION
We don't take any single directory's word for it. Before scoring, we cross-reference 4 public MCP sources, install the server ourselves against the clients we cover, and record when we last re-verified.
The same server, 4 different lenses. We reconcile these signals into our editorial score, which is why our number sometimes diverges from a directory-aggregate star count.
| Source | Their rating | Their star count | Their downloads | Last synced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AutomationSwitch This page | 4.4editorial | 119 | — | MAY 3, 2026 |
| PulseMCP | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| MCP.so | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Glama | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
| Smithery | — unrated | unavailable | unavailable | MAY 3, 2026 |
// Counts are directory-reported; we don't adjust them. Discrepancies usually come from different snapshot times or star-caching.
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