Canvas Parent MCP Server

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 mcp add canvas-parent-mcp -- npx -y canvas-parent-mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-parent-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "canvas-parent-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

[mcp_servers.canvas-parent-mcp]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "canvas-parent-mcp"]

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-parent-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "canvas-parent-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-parent-mcp": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "canvas-parent-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: CANVAS_BASE_URL (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 (Canvas password (recommended) — required iff CANVAS_USERNAME is set), CANVAS_TOKEN (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 (Canvas OAuth client secret (advanced)), CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN (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.). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.