# brightspace-mcp-server

MCP server for Brightspace (D2L). Check grades, due dates, assignments, announcements, syllabus, rosters and more via Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Windsurf, or any MCP client.

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Trust:** 85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- **Verification:** verified (build provenance)
- **Version:** 3.13.1
- **Author:** Rohan Muppa
- **License:** MIT
- **npm:** brightspace-mcp-server
- **Source:** https://github.com/RohanMuppa/brightspace-mcp-server
- **Compatible clients:** claude-code, cursor, copilot, gemini (basis: transport)

## Trust

85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- Publisher verified: no
- Build provenance: verified attestation
- npm trusted publishing (OIDC): yes
- Install scripts: nothing suspicious found
- Prompt-injection scan: not run
- Obfuscation scan: not run
- Evidence age: 0 days

## Security scan

- **Status:** clean
- **Scanned:** 2026-10-11T01:50:01.000Z
- **Version scanned:** 3.13.9
- **CVEs:** none found by OSV at scan time

## Tools

25 declared. Statically extracted from the shipped source — a floor on the surface, not a census.
- `download_dropbox_submission_file` — Download a specific file from a student's (or group's) dropbox submission to a local directory,
- `download_file`
- `get_announcement_files` — Read the files an instructor attached to an announcement: prompt questions, a rubric, an updated schedule, slides. Call it with just courseId to see which annou
- `get_announcements`
- `get_assignment_files` — Read the files an instructor attached to an assignment: the spec or instructions PDF, a starter workbook, a rubric document. Call it with just courseId to see w
- `get_assignment_rubric` — Fetch the full grading rubric for a dropbox assignment: every criteria group, criterion, and achievement level with its points and description, plus the student
- `get_assignments` — Fetch assignments and quizzes for a specific course or all enrolled courses. Shows dropbox submissions and quizzes with due dates, status, and rubric info. Use 
- `get_calendar_events` — Fetch course calendar events — exams, midterms, labs, recitations, review sessions, schedule changes, and deadlines instructors typed straight onto the calendar
- `get_classlist_emails` — Fetch all email addresses for everyone in a course — instructors, TAs, and students.
- `get_course_content`
- `get_discussions` — Fetch discussion board content for a course including forums, topics, and posts. Use this when the user asks about discussion boards, forum posts, class discuss
- `get_dropbox_feedback` — Retrieve the existing feedback already saved for a specific user or group in a dropbox folder,
- `get_dropbox_folders` — List all assignment/dropbox folders for a course, for an instructor or TA. Returns folder ID,
- `get_dropbox_submissions` — List every student's (or group's) submission to a dropbox folder, for an instructor or TA —
- `get_dropbox_user_submissions` — Retrieve all submissions made by one specific student (or group) in a dropbox folder, for an
- `get_my_courses` — Fetch your enrolled Brightspace courses with names, codes, and IDs. Use this when the user asks about their courses, enrolled classes, what they're taking this 
- `get_my_grades` — Fetch your grade breakdown for a specific course or all enrolled courses. Shows grade items with points, percentages, and comments. Use this when the user asks 
- `get_my_groups` — List the current user's project/discussion groups in a course, with each group's members.
- `get_roster` — Fetch the roster for a course including instructors, TAs, and optionally students with their names, emails, and roles. Use this when the user asks about classma
- `get_rubrics_for_object` — Retrieve the full rubric table (criteria, levels, and point values) attached to a dropbox
- `get_server_info`
- `get_syllabus`
- `get_upcoming_due_dates` — Fetch upcoming due dates across all your courses, derived from the due dates on assignments (dropbox folders), quizzes, and graded discussion topics themselves,
- `get_video_transcript` — Read the transcript of a video embedded in course content, such as a recorded lecture or explainer clip.
- `search_course`

## Install

**Verdict: install** — No blocking findings and no open coverage gaps — safe to install as configured.
**Config** (claude-code):
```json
"{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"brightspace-mcp-server\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"-y\",\n        \"brightspace-mcp-server\"\n      ]\n    }\n  }\n}"
```

## Blast radius

Contained to moderate — no credential declaration found, from the publisher, the upstream registry, or the README. Known so far: runs on your machine; read-only tool surface.
- Floor 13, ceiling 31 (tier: unknown)
- `unknown` means the floor and ceiling land in different bands — not measured enough to name one. It does not mean low.
- This is impact, not likelihood. A high radius is not a defect: a filesystem server is supposed to write files. It is never part of the trust score.

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## About this document

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