# canvas-parent-mcp

Canvas LMS (Instructure) MCP server — student/observer read access with optional file download

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Trust:** 85/100 (A), scored on the package rubric
- **Verification:** verified (build provenance)
- **Version:** 2.1.5
- **Author:** Claude Code
- **License:** MIT
- **npm:** canvas-parent-mcp
- **Source:** https://github.com/chrischall/canvas-parent-mcp
- **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: 113 days — stale; the grade is a claim about the present made from dated evidence

## Security scan

- **Status:** clean
- **Scanned:** 2026-06-14T11:10:58.533Z
- **Version scanned:** 1.1.6
- **CVEs:** none found by OSV at scan time

## Tools

18 declared. Statically extracted from the shipped source — a floor on the surface, not a census.
- `canvas_list_announcements`
- `canvas_list_assignments`
- `canvas_list_missing_submissions`
- `canvas_list_calendar_events`
- `canvas_list_upcoming_events`
- `canvas_list_conversations`
- `canvas_get_conversation`
- `canvas_list_courses`
- `canvas_get_course`
- `canvas_list_discussion_topics`
- `canvas_list_course_files`
- `canvas_download_file`
- `canvas_list_enrollments`
- `canvas_list_observees`
- `canvas_list_planner_items`
- `canvas_get_profile`
- `canvas_get_submission`
- `canvas_list_recent_submissions`

## Install

**Verdict: review** — Installable, but 1 thing to check first: The last scan is 113 days old — the evidence behind this verdict is dated.
**Cautions** (coverage gaps and advisories — never blocking)
- The last scan is 113 days old — the evidence behind this verdict is dated.
**Config** (claude-code):
```json
"{\n  \"mcpServers\": {\n    \"canvas-parent\": {\n      \"command\": \"npx\",\n      \"args\": [\n        \"-y\",\n        \"canvas-parent-mcp\"\n      ],\n      \"env\": {\n        \"CANVAS_PASSWORD\": \"<YOUR_CANVAS_PASSWORD>\",\n        \"CANVAS_TOKEN\": \"<YOUR_CANVAS_TOKEN>\",\n        \"CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET\": \"<YOUR_CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET>\",\n        \"CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN\": \"<YOUR_CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN>\"\n      }\n    }\n  }\n}"
```
**Credentials it will ask for** (names only — Forge never holds a value):
- `CANVAS_PASSWORD` — Canvas Password (optional)
- `CANVAS_TOKEN` — Canvas Token (optional)
- `CANVAS_CLIENT_SECRET` — Canvas Client Secret (optional)
- `CANVAS_REFRESH_TOKEN` — Canvas Refresh Token (optional)
Placeholders only. Forge never holds, brokers, or transmits a credential value — replace each <YOUR_NAME> in your own config file. Do not send a value back to Forge; no Forge endpoint accepts one.
- This entry needs 4 credentials (0 required). The generated config carries placeholders, so it will fail in the editor rather than at runtime if they are left unset.

## Blast radius

Moderate blast radius — holds an oauth grant; runs on your machine.
- Floor 31, ceiling 31 (tier: moderate)
- 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.

## Machine-readable views of this entry

- Signed JSON: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/packages/canvas-parent-mcp
- Install plan: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/packages/canvas-parent-mcp/install-plan
- Alternatives: https://forgeregistry.com/api/v1/alternatives/canvas-parent-mcp
- HTML page: https://forgeregistry.com/registry/canvas-parent-mcp
- MCP: POST https://forgeregistry.com/api/mcp → `forge_get_package` / `forge_install_plan`

## About this document

Generated by Forge (https://forgeregistry.com) — a compact rendering of the same record served, signed, at the JSON URL above. Trust and scan facts are the registry's own measurements; anything Forge did not measure is named as unmeasured rather than omitted.