canvas-mcp

Name: canvas-mcp Review
Item: canvas-mcp
Rating: 3.4
Author: Aaron Matthews

Connector Development Usable

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Usable Scanned — metadata only

Integrates Canvas LMS directly into Claude workflows, eliminating manual context switching for teams managing course data, grades, and assignments.

Canvas LMS MCP server — 80+ tools and 5 agent skills for students & educators. Works with Claude, Cursor, Codex, and 40+ agents. v1.1.0

Ask Claude to fetch student grades and attendance records from Canvas for reporting.
Generate assignment submission summaries and feedback for multiple Canvas courses automatically.
Find overdue submissions and create notification lists for class management.

194 starsMIT (commercial OK)FreeNo code needed

Usable rating — This tool is functional but has notable gaps. Review the evaluation notes below before deploying.

Why it matters

Integrates Canvas LMS directly into Claude workflows, eliminating manual context switching for teams managing course data, grades, and assignments. Reduces operational overhead and improves response accuracy for education-focused development.

Best for

Educational technology teams and learning ops engineers building Canvas-integrated applications or automations.

Works in

Claude Code Claude Cowork Claude Chat

Source

https://github.com/vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp

By vishalsachdev

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop AppOpen the Customize panel in the sidebar → browse connectors → search and add. Works in Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Chat.

Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into a Claude Code conversation. Claude will run it for you.

Command

npx canvas-mcp

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

Auto-generated from the tool's public listing — not hands-on verified. Cross-check against the source repo's README before running.

First thing to try

Once it’s connected, paste this into Claude:

Fetch student grades and attendance records from Canvas for reporting

CostFree

Trust Signals Auto-scanned

Stars194Contributors19Last updated2026-08-17LicenseMIT (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone foundSources: GitHub Advisory Database + OSV.dev · Scanned 2026-08-17 · scanner v1

Data & Access

Data processingPrompts sent to Anthropic API. Enterprise/Team plans exclude training.

Community Pulse Emerging

Discussed on Reddit

Power Apps MCP Server with Canvas App coauthoring — Reddit

1 mentions across 1 sources

Reviewer notes

Auto-scanned review. These are observations, not a security certification.

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 194 GitHub stars; 19 contributors; last commit 1d ago; license MIT.

Things to check

Scanned, not hands-on tested — this entry was auto-scanned from public metadata (GitHub metrics, license, security flags). No reviewer has run it, and no tool-specific limitations have been documented yet.

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use

3/5

Versatility

3/5

Reliability

4/5

Security

4/5

Overall score3.40 / 5.00 UsableEvaluatedAug 2026

catalog_hygiene stale-eval refresh: Scored from trust signals (evidence-eval-v1): 194 GitHub stars; 19 contributors; last commit 1d ago; license MIT.

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