Canvas MCP

Name: Canvas MCP
Author: aryankeluskar

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Tools for Canvas LMS and Gradescope that let agents look up courses, resources, modules and upcoming assignments.

Setup

Choose your client, copy the config, then fill in any required environment variables.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code

Local

claude mcp add canvas-aryankeluskar --env CANVAS_API_KEY='<CANVAS_API_KEY>' --env GEMINI_API_KEY='<GEMINI_API_KEY>' -- uv --directory /Users/aryank/Developer/canvas-mcp run canvas.py

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.canvas-aryankeluskar]
command = "uv"
args = ["--directory", "/Users/aryank/Developer/canvas-mcp", "run", "canvas.py"]
env = { CANVAS_API_KEY = "<CANVAS_API_KEY>", GEMINI_API_KEY = "<GEMINI_API_KEY>" }

# codex mcp add canvas-aryankeluskar --env CANVAS_API_KEY='<CANVAS_API_KEY>' --env GEMINI_API_KEY='<GEMINI_API_KEY>' -- uv --directory /Users/aryank/Developer/canvas-mcp run canvas.py

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/Users/aryank/Developer/canvas-mcp",
        "run",
        "canvas.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_API_KEY": "<CANVAS_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/Users/aryank/Developer/canvas-mcp",
        "run",
        "canvas.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_API_KEY": "<CANVAS_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/Users/aryank/Developer/canvas-mcp",
        "run",
        "canvas.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_API_KEY": "<CANVAS_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/Users/aryank/Developer/canvas-mcp",
        "run",
        "canvas.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_API_KEY": "<CANVAS_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "command": "uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/Users/aryank/Developer/canvas-mcp",
        "run",
        "canvas.py"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_API_KEY": "<CANVAS_API_KEY>",
        "GEMINI_API_KEY": "<GEMINI_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Remote

claude mcp add --transport http canvas-aryankeluskar https://canvas-mcp--aryankeluskar.run.tools

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.canvas-aryankeluskar]
url = "https://canvas-mcp--aryankeluskar.run.tools"

# codex mcp add canvas-aryankeluskar --url https://canvas-mcp--aryankeluskar.run.tools

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "url": "https://canvas-mcp--aryankeluskar.run.tools"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://canvas-mcp--aryankeluskar.run.tools"
    }
  }
}

~/.gemini/settings.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "httpUrl": "https://canvas-mcp--aryankeluskar.run.tools"
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json · Customize › Connectors › Add custom connector

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://canvas-mcp--aryankeluskar.run.tools"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.trae/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canvas-aryankeluskar": {
      "url": "https://canvas-mcp--aryankeluskar.run.tools"
    }
  }
}

Environment variables

CANVAS_API_KEY
GEMINI_API_KEY

Replace the placeholders with your own credentials and keep them out of version control.

Setup

Local

Remote

Environment variables

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