Canvas MCP Server

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Canvas MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 81 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 23 Jul 2026.

Local-first MCP server for Canvas LMS. Stdio transport, no third-party broker.

Installs per day peak 48 · avg 19 · -19% w/w

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23 Jul 2026

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Today is the operative word: we check Canvas MCP every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add canvas-mcp -- uvx canvas-local-mcp

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "canvas-local-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.canvas-mcp]
command = "uvx"
args = ["canvas-local-mcp"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "canvas-local-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "canvas-local-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "uvx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: CANVAS_BASE_URL (Canvas institution root URL (no /api/v1 suffix), e.g. https://your-institution.instructure.com), CANVAS_TOKEN (Canvas personal access token (Account -> Settings -> Approved Integrations -> New Access Token)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Canvas MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Canvas MCP?

Canvas MCP runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package canvas-local-mcp was installed 81 times last week.

How do I connect Canvas MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls canvas-local-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Canvas MCP?

The pypi package canvas-local-mcp was installed 81 times in the last week. Week over week that is -19%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Canvas MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python and 4 stars on GitHub. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.