Canvas API MCP MCP Server

Name: Canvas API MCP MCP Server
Author: io.github.JohannsenLum

io.github.JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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What is the Canvas API MCP MCP server?

MCP server exposing the Canvas LMS REST API (1,116 endpoints) for AI assistants

How to install Canvas API MCP

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

CANVAS_BASE_URL
required
Base URL of your Canvas LMS instance, e.g. https://yourschool.instructure.com
CANVAS_TOKEN
required
secret
Canvas API access token (Canvas: Account > Settings > New Access Token)
CANVAS_MAX_PAGES
Optional cap on the number of pages fetched per paginated Canvas API call

Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-api-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "canvas-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_CANVAS_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CANVAS_TOKEN>",
        "CANVAS_MAX_PAGES": "<YOUR_CANVAS_MAX_PAGES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-api-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "canvas-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_CANVAS_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CANVAS_TOKEN>",
        "CANVAS_MAX_PAGES": "<YOUR_CANVAS_MAX_PAGES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Windsurf

~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-api-mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "canvas-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_CANVAS_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CANVAS_TOKEN>",
        "CANVAS_MAX_PAGES": "<YOUR_CANVAS_MAX_PAGES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "canvas-api-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "canvas-api-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_CANVAS_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CANVAS_TOKEN>",
        "CANVAS_MAX_PAGES": "<YOUR_CANVAS_MAX_PAGES>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add canvas-api-mcp --env CANVAS_BASE_URL=<YOUR_CANVAS_BASE_URL> --env CANVAS_TOKEN=<YOUR_CANVAS_TOKEN> --env CANVAS_MAX_PAGES=<YOUR_CANVAS_MAX_PAGES> -- uvx canvas-api-mcp

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