io.github.chrischall/canvas-parent-mcp MCP Server

io.github.chrischall/canvas-parent-mcp

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What is the io.github.chrischall/canvas-parent-mcp MCP server?

Canvas LMS (Instructure) for Claude — courses, grades, assignments, planner, files

How to install io.github.chrischall/canvas-parent-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
Canvas instance base URL, e.g. https://cms.instructure.com
CANVAS_USERNAME
Canvas login username/email (recommended) — pair with CANVAS_PASSWORD for auto-login. No SSO/2FA.
CANVAS_PASSWORD
secret
Canvas password (recommended) — required iff CANVAS_USERNAME is set
CANVAS_TOKEN
secret
Canvas personal access token (advanced) — most schools have disabled token creation
CANVAS_CLIENT_ID
Canvas OAuth client ID (advanced — for SSO accounts that can't use username/password)
CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET
secret
Canvas OAuth client secret (advanced)
CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN
secret
Canvas OAuth refresh token (advanced) — bootstrap via canvas-parent-mcp-qr-login
CANVAS_NAME
Friendly name for the Canvas instance (defaults to the host portion of the base URL)
CANVAS_SESSION_CACHE
Set to false to disable the on-disk session cache and re-authenticate on every process start. Defaults to enabled.
CANVAS_SESSION_FILE
Absolute path for the session cache file. Defaults to $MCP_DATA_DIR/.canvas-parent-mcp/session.json.

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-parent-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "canvas-parent-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_BASE_URL": "<YOUR_CANVAS_BASE_URL>",
        "CANVAS_USERNAME": "<YOUR_CANVAS_USERNAME>",
        "CANVAS_PASSWORD": "<YOUR_CANVAS_PASSWORD>",
        "CANVAS_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CANVAS_TOKEN>",
        "CANVAS_CLIENT_ID": "<YOUR_CANVAS_CLIENT_ID>",
        "CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET": "<YOUR_CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET>",
        "CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN": "<YOUR_CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN>",
        "CANVAS_NAME": "<YOUR_CANVAS_NAME>",
        "CANVAS_SESSION_CACHE": "<YOUR_CANVAS_SESSION_CACHE>",
        "CANVAS_SESSION_FILE": "<YOUR_CANVAS_SESSION_FILE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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