Canvas API MCP Server

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Canvas API MCP runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 220 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 15 Aug 2026.

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

Installs per day peak 60 · avg 29 · +6% w/w

a month agotoday

220

Installs / week

pypi · canvas-api-mcp

Stars

10 open issues

15 Aug 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

Python

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Canvas API 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-api-mcp -- uvx canvas-api-mcp

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: CANVAS_BASE_URL (Base URL of your Canvas LMS instance, e.g. https://yourschool.instructure.com), CANVAS_TOKEN (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). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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answering

Canvas API MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Canvas API MCP?

Canvas API 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-api-mcp was installed 220 times last week.

How do I connect Canvas API 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-api-mcp straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Canvas API MCP?

The pypi package canvas-api-mcp was installed 220 times in the last week. Week over week that is +6%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Canvas API MCP open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in Python, 3 stars on GitHub and 10 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.