canvas mcp changelog

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− - Latest release: v1.16.0 (MIT license)+ - Latest release: v1.18.0 (MIT license)

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− | `create_rubric` | Create rubric with criteria, ratings, and optional assignment association |− | `update_rubric` | Safely replace rubric text/points while preserving every criterion/rating ID; two-step preview and confirmation |− | `associate_rubric` | Associate existing rubric with an assignment |− | SIS ID | `sis_course_id:ABC123` or `ABC123` | If configured |− and SIS IDs are matched against your course list, ignoring case and surrounding− whitespace; a value that matches more than one of your courses is refused with− the candidate IDs, so pass the numeric ID then. Tools that put the course in a− request path (for example `list_course_files`) refuse an identifier that matches− no course instead of sending it to Canvas.+ | `create_rubric` | Create a rubric with criteria and ratings, optionally attaching it to an assignment that has no rubric |+ | `update_rubric` | Edit existing rubric text or points while preserving every criterion/rating ID. Requires preview and confirmation |+ | `associate_rubric` | Associate an existing rubric with an assignment, replacing the current association. Use only for an explicit association change |+ | SIS ID | `sis_course_id:ABC123` or `ABC123` | The bare form works only for one of your courses; otherwise use the `sis_course_id:` prefix |+ and SIS IDs are matched against your course list, ignoring case and whitespace+ differences. A value that matches more than one of your courses is refused with+ the candidate IDs and course codes, so pass the numeric ID then. A value that+ matches no course is refused instead of being sent to Canvas; if it is part of a+ course name or code, the refusal lists up to five "Did you mean" candidates with+ their IDs. Retry with one of those IDs; the server never picks one for you.

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1.17.0 → 1.18.0

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1.16.1 → 1.17.0

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− > Canvas MCP is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that bridges AI assistants with Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). It provides up to 125 tools for students, educators, and developers to interact with Canvas using natural language. It is designed for MCP-compatible clients and includes optional privacy controls for FERPA-conscious workflows.− - Up to 125 MCP tools for comprehensive Canvas integration− - [MCP Server Registry](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers): Listed in the official MCP server registry+ > Canvas MCP is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that bridges AI assistants with Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). It provides up to 128 tools for students, educators, and developers to interact with Canvas using natural language. It is designed for MCP-compatible clients and includes optional privacy controls for FERPA-conscious workflows.+ - Latest release: v1.16.0 (MIT license)+ - Up to 128 MCP tools for comprehensive Canvas integration+ - [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers?search=io.github.vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp): Listed in the official MCP Registry as `io.github.vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp`

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− CANVAS_ROLE=educator   # 94 tools by default, 96 with every gated tool enabled− CANVAS_ROLE=all        # Default profile; 113 tools by default, 126 with all feature-gated tools enabled− | `list_submissions` | Student submissions for grading |+ CANVAS_ROLE=educator   # 96 tools by default, 98 with every gated tool enabled+ CANVAS_ROLE=all        # Default profile; 115 tools by default, 128 with all feature-gated tools enabled+ | `list_submissions` | Compact student submission metadata by default; `include_body=True` adds fenced plain text with an explicit `manage_grades` check, existing anonymization redaction, 12,000 input characters per body and 60,000 total output characters; truncation and omitted records are marked. No comments or attachments |+ | `create_course_groups` | Preview a NEW course group set, groups and memberships from CSV (`group_name,description,canvas_user_id`); explicit confirmation token required; rejects duplicate/conflicting rows and existing set names; requires `manage_groups_add`, `manage_groups_manage`, `read_roster` |+ | `resume_course_group_creation` | Preview then confirm remaining work using the prior run's server-issued `run_id`; fresh token and full membership revalidation; reports every detected conflict and refuses all writes. Only recorded created IDs are targets; never moves students or adopts existing groups |+ ### Educator: Create Course Project Groups+ Call `create_course_groups(course_identifier, group_set_name, csv_data)` with+ CSV columns `group_name,description,canvas_user_id`, one active student per row.+ Repeat the group name and identical description for its members. Names and emails+ are never matched to people; obtain explicit numeric Canvas IDs first. Duplicate+ student rows, conflicting assignments/descriptions and existing group-set names+ are refused. At most 200 students, 50 groups and 250,000 CSV characters per run.+ The first call writes nothing. Show the entire preview, then call again with+ identical arguments and the single-use confirmation token after explicit approval.+ Partial results report created IDs, member outcomes and a `run_id`. Call+ `resume_course_group_creation(run_id)` for a fresh preview, then confirm that+ preview's fresh token. Resume may create pending groups inside the recorded set;+ it never targets caller-supplied or name-matched existing IDs. Every detected+ membership conflict stops the remaining batch and is shown before any new write.+ Verified memberships are skipped; changed previously confirmed memberships are+ refused. Unknown group/set creation outcomes require manual inspection.+ Run records are caller-bound, server-local, expire after 24 hours and are lost on+ restart; HTTP replicas need affinity. Canvas has no atomic membership compare+ and set: do not concurrently edit this group set during the operation. There is+ no deletion, reassignment or rollback. Both tools are educator writes, withheld+ on HTTP unless enabled by `ALLOWED_WRITE_TOOLS`.+ On Windows, `download_course_file` does not enforce owner-only access: downloaded+ files inherit the destination folder's Windows permissions, even in the default+ temporary folder, and other local users may be able to read them. Explain this+ before downloading; use a folder with verified private Windows permissions, or+ `read_course_file` to avoid saving a local copy. A successful Windows download+ also returns this warning. POSIX downloads are created with mode `0o600`.

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1.16.0 → 1.16.1

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1.15.0 → 1.16.0

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1.14.0 → 1.15.0

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− - Write tools may be absent: the operator's `ALLOWED_WRITE_TOOLS` decides which tools that change anything exist, and a hosted (HTTP) server allows none unless configured. Treat a missing write tool as the deployment's policy, tell the user, and do not look for a workaround+ Announcement deletion tools refuse ordinary discussions and records Canvas does+ not explicitly identify as announcements, including when confirming a preview.+ - Write tools may be absent: the operator's `ALLOWED_WRITE_TOOLS` decides which tools that change anything exist, and a hosted (HTTP) server allows none unless configured. Treat a missing write tool as the deployment's policy, tell the user, and do not look for a workaround. When tools are withheld, the server's instructions state the policy (read-only, or the allowed write tools by name)

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− CANVAS_ROLE=educator   # 93 tools by default, 95 with every gated tool enabled− CANVAS_ROLE=all        # Default profile; 112 tools by default, 125 with all feature-gated tools enabled+ CANVAS_ROLE=educator   # 94 tools by default, 96 with every gated tool enabled+ CANVAS_ROLE=all        # Default profile; 113 tools by default, 126 with all feature-gated tools enabled+ | `get_student_submission` | One student’s current submitted text and visible text comments; requires `manage_grades`, preserves anonymization redaction, and caps output |+ ## Inbox vs Issues+ _Section added by [Doodle bot], 2026-10-09. Authored and committed by: [Doodle bot]_+ - **Use `_agent-inbox/` for directives:** work an agent should pick up — tasks, notes, conventions. See `_agent-inbox/README.md` for the file format.+ - **Use GitHub issues for conversations:** anything that needs a decision, a discussion thread, or tracking over time — bugs, feature requests, open questions.+ - **Public repos lean toward issues.** In public repos like canvas-mcp, issues are the surface contributors watch, so prefer them. Inbox items in public repos must never include secrets, tokens, or student data.

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− CANVAS_ROLE=student    # ~37 tools (student + shared)− CANVAS_ROLE=educator   # 92 tools (educator + shared)− CANVAS_ROLE=all        # Default profile; 98 tools by default, 103 with all feature-gated tools enabled− Three things to know before using them:− | `update_discussion_topic` | Edit discussion or announcement title/body and settings. Optional guards: `expect_body_sha256` (topics have no `updated_at`), `find`/`replace` on the message, `require` (see Guarded edits) |− | `get_syllabus` | Full Syllabus tab content, untruncated (text/html/both). Educators write it with `update_syllabus` |− | `get_page_content` | Read page content |− | `list_discussion_topics` | Discussion forums (discussions only; set `include_announcements` to also list announcements). Shows `Anonymity:` when Canvas reports an `anonymous_state`. Canvas REST returns 404 for fully anonymous topics; the topic read tools then say the topic exists and must be opened in the Canvas UI, instead of reporting it missing |− | `get_discussion_topic_details` | One topic's details; `raw_dates=True` appends the topic's dates and, for a graded discussion, its assignment and checkpoint dates. Prints the message's SHA-256 for `update_discussion_topic`'s `expect_body_sha256` |− | `list_discussion_entries` | Posts in a discussion |− Same parameters on update_assignment (description). Discussion topics and the− Omit every guard parameter and the tools behave exactly as before.− | Course code | `badm_350_120251_246794` | SIS course code |− | SIS ID | `sis_course_id:ABC123` | If configured |− The server automatically resolves identifiers to Canvas IDs.− No anonymization needed - students only access their own data via Canvas "self" endpoints.+ CANVAS_ROLE=student    # 51 tools by default (student + shared), 62 with every student write tool enabled+ CANVAS_ROLE=educator   # 93 tools by default, 95 with every gated tool enabled+ CANVAS_ROLE=all        # Default profile; 112 tools by default, 125 with all feature-gated tools enabled+ | `get_my_assignment_scores` | Every assignment's score and status in one course, by assignment group (weights, drop rules) |+ | `calculate_grade_scenarios` | Recompute your grade the way Canvas does (compared with Canvas's own score), try what-if scores, and get the percentage needed on remaining work for a target % or letter |+ | `list_my_announcements` | Announcements across ALL active courses (default last 14 days); `list_announcements` is per-course |+ | `get_my_activity_stream` | Recent activity feed grouped by kind: announcements, discussions, conversations, grades/comments (course activity only; no group or non-course inbox items) |+ | `list_my_groups` | Groups you belong to, with course, course ID and member count. To read a group's discussions or announcements, pass its course ID and group ID to `list_discussion_topics(course_identifier, group_id=..., include_announcements=True)` and `get_discussion_with_replies(course_identifier, topic_id, include_replies=True, group_id=...)` |+ | `get_group_members` | Members of one of your groups (no emails) |+ | `list_group_files` | Files stored in one of your groups |+ Shared discussion reads, including the course-wide group listing, require group+ membership in every tool profile unless Canvas explicitly grants `manage_grades`+ or `read_as_admin`. Missing or malformed permission data never grants staff access.+ The group tools only read groups you are a member of; they check your membership+ before every call and refuse other groups even when Canvas would allow the read.+ | `list_quizzes` | Classic quizzes and New Quizzes in a course: dates, limits, your submission state (read-only) |+ | `get_quiz_details` | One quiz's settings plus your own attempts used/remaining and kept score from the latest record (read-only; earlier history and New Quizzes details are limited) |+ | `list_calendar_events` | Calendar across courses, personal and group calendars: events and due dates |+ | `get_calendar_event` | One calendar event in full |+ | `list_planner_notes` | Your own planner notes (personal to-dos) in a date window |+ | `find_message_recipients` | Find instructors, TAs or classmates you can message in a course, with their user IDs (non-staff names pseudonymised while anonymization is on, and a name search then returns staff only) |+ | `create_planner_note` | Add a note to your own planner |+ | `update_planner_note` | Change one of your planner notes (preview, then token) |+ | `delete_planner_note` | Delete one of your planner notes (preview, then token) |+ | `mark_planner_item_complete` | Tick or untick an item in your own planner; for course content this also syncs its "Mark as done" module requirement, so `mark_module_item_done` must be permitted too |+ | `create_personal_calendar_event` | Add an event to your personal calendar |+ | `delete_personal_calendar_event` | Delete an event from your personal calendar (preview, then token) |+ | `send_message` | Send a new Inbox message to 1-5 people in a course (two calls: preview, then confirm) |+ | `reply_to_conversation` | Reply to an Inbox conversation you are already in (two calls: preview, then confirm) |+ Four things to know before using them:+ 4. **Planner and personal-calendar deletes and note edits are two calls too.**+    Show the preview, then confirm with the token. These tools only touch the+    student's own notes and personal calendar; course, group and appointment+    events are refused, so do not retry those with other IDs.+ 5. **Planner-note creation, planner completion, and personal-event creation write immediately.**+    `create_planner_note`, `mark_planner_item_complete`, and+    `create_personal_calendar_event` have no preview or confirmation-token step.+    Get the user's approval before calling them. Completing or un-completing+    course content can change module progression and re-lock later modules.+ 6. **`send_message` and `reply_to_conversation` are two calls too.** Show the

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− > Canvas MCP is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that bridges AI assistants with Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). It provides 99 tools for students, educators, and developers to interact with Canvas using natural language. It is designed for MCP-compatible clients and includes optional privacy controls for FERPA-conscious workflows.− - 99 MCP tools for comprehensive Canvas integration− - Student self-service: get_my_upcoming_assignments, get_my_course_grades, get_my_todo_items, get_my_peer_reviews_todo+ > Canvas MCP is an open-source Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that bridges AI assistants with Canvas Learning Management System (LMS). It provides up to 125 tools for students, educators, and developers to interact with Canvas using natural language. It is designed for MCP-compatible clients and includes optional privacy controls for FERPA-conscious workflows.+ - Up to 125 MCP tools for comprehensive Canvas integration+ - Student self-service: get_my_upcoming_assignments, get_my_course_grades, get_my_todo_items, get_my_peer_reviews_todo, list_quizzes, get_quiz_details

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1.13.0 → 1.14.0