canvas-lms-mcp

Admin skill for walking the Canvas account hierarchy: list accounts and sub-accounts, see courses and users under each, look up which canned reports are available, and enroll or remove users from a specific course — one action at a time. Trigger phrases include "admin roster", "list accounts", "sub accounts", "account users", "users in this account", "enroll a user", "remove an enrollment", "account reports", or "what accounts can I see".

Educator skill for tracking peer-review assignments in Canvas. Lists who has been asked to review whom, who has submitted versus who is still pending, and lets you assign new reviewers or send reminder messages — one student at a time. Trigger phrases include "peer reviews", "who hasn't done their peer review", "peer review status", "assign a peer reviewer", "remind students about peer reviews", or "peer review tracker".

Educator skill for tracking week-over-week course health trends in Canvas. Surfaces assignment performance trends, login activity, engagement gaps, and struggling students across a longer time horizon than a daily check. Trigger phrases include "course pulse", "course health", "course trends", "week-over-week performance", "how is the course going", "engagement trends", "who isn't logging in", or "course activity over time".

Educator skill for browsing, reading, replying to, and creating Canvas discussion topics. Surfaces active threads, unread entries, and announcement activity — then lets you post replies or create new topics without leaving your agent session. Trigger phrases include "discussion board", "course discussions", "reply to discussion", "create a discussion", "what's in the discussion forum", "check announcements", or "post to discussion".

Educator skill for reviewing Canvas quiz performance and regrading individual question scores. Surfaces struggling questions, low-scoring students, and per-student answer breakdowns — then lets you adjust scores for specific questions without leaving your agent session. Unique to canvas-lms-mcp (no other Canvas MCP server exposes quiz tools). Trigger phrases include "quiz review", "quiz results", "struggling quiz questions", "quiz scores", "regrade a quiz question", "quiz performance", or "student quiz answers".

Learning designer skill for reviewing and improving Canvas course syllabi and front pages. Reads the syllabus and key pages, proposes clarity and completeness improvements, then optionally applies the edits with your confirmation. Trigger phrases include "syllabus review", "improve the syllabus", "syllabus coach", "course front page", "update course description", "review course pages", or "polish the syllabus".

Learning designer quality-control checklist for Canvas courses. Walks modules, pages, assignments, and rubrics to surface structural issues — broken item sequences, missing rubrics, empty modules, unpublished content — before a course goes live. Trigger phrases include "course QC", "course quality check", "review course structure", "pre-launch audit", "check course content", or "canvas course review".

Educator grading workflow for Canvas. Walks through ungraded submissions one at a time, applying rubric assessments and score comments with explicit confirmation before each write. Trigger phrases include "grade submissions", "start grading", "grading pass", "mark submissions", "grade this assignment", or "rubric grading".

Educator morning briefing for Canvas. Surfaces ungraded submissions, participation gaps, upcoming deadlines, and flagged students across all active courses — in under a minute. Trigger phrases include "morning Canvas check", "what needs my attention today", "grading queue", "educator briefing", "what's pending", or "Canvas daily summary".

Student action list for Canvas. Surfaces every incomplete to-do item, missing submission, and upcoming deadline in one prioritised view — no calendar, no context switching. Trigger phrases include "what do I need to do", "my Canvas to-dos", "student to-do list", "what's missing", "catch me up", or "what should I work on".

Student weekly planner for Canvas. Pulls upcoming assignments, due dates, current grades, pending submissions, and peer review obligations into a single prioritised plan for the week ahead. Trigger phrases include "plan my week", "what's due this week", "weekly Canvas plan", "week ahead", or "upcoming assignments".

Identify at-risk Canvas students and send targeted outreach. Surfaces students with missing assignments, low grades, or declining submission patterns — then lets you message them directly. Trigger phrases include "at-risk students", "struggling students", "who's falling behind", "students to check in with", or "missing submissions".

Audit gradebook changes and grade edit history in Canvas. Surfaces who changed which grades, when, and by how much — across a date range or for a specific student. Unique to canvas-lms-mcp (no competitor exposes gradebook history). Trigger phrases include "grade audit", "who changed this grade", "gradebook history", "grade edits", "check for grade changes", or "grade integrity".

Track student mastery of learning outcomes in Canvas. Shows outcome rollups by student, mastery distribution across the class, and which outcomes have the lowest proficiency rates. Built for accreditation reviews, program assessment, and advising. Trigger phrases include "outcome tracker", "learning outcomes", "mastery data", "accreditation report", "outcome mastery", or "who hasn't mastered".