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Canvas Lms by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Canvas Lms
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: modbender

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Canvas LMS Skill

Access Canvas LMS data via the REST API.

Setup

Generate an API token in Canvas: Account → Settings → New Access Token

Store token in environment or .env file:

export CANVAS_TOKEN="your_token_here"
export CANVAS_URL="https://your-school.instructure.com"  # or canvas.yourschool.edu

Authentication

Include token in all requests:

curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/..."

Common Endpoints

Courses & Profile

# User profile
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/profile"

# Active courses
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses?enrollment_state=active&per_page=50"

# Dashboard cards (quick overview)
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/dashboard/dashboard_cards"

Assignments & Due Dates

# To-do items (upcoming work)
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/todo"

# Upcoming events
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/upcoming_events"

# Missing/overdue submissions
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/missing_submissions"

# Course assignments
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments?per_page=50"

# Assignment details
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{id}"

# Submission status
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{id}/submissions/self"

Grades

# Enrollments with scores
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/enrollments?include[]=current_grading_period_scores&per_page=50"

Extract grade: .grades.current_score

Course Content

# Announcements
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/announcements?context_codes[]=course_{course_id}&per_page=20"

# Modules
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/modules?include[]=items&per_page=50"

# Files
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/files?per_page=50"

# Discussion topics
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/discussion_topics?per_page=50"

# Inbox
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/conversations?per_page=20"

Response Handling

List endpoints return arrays
Pagination: check Link header for rel="next"
Dates are ISO 8601 (UTC)
Use --max-time 30 for slow endpoints

Parse with jq:

curl -s ... | jq '.[] | {name: .name, due: .due_at}'

Or Python if jq unavailable:

curl -s ... | python3 -c "import sys,json; data=json.load(sys.stdin); print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))"

Tips

Course IDs appear in todo/assignment responses
File download URLs are in the url field of file objects
Always include per_page=50 to get more results (default is often 10)

---name: canvas-lmsdescription: Access Canvas LMS (Instructure) for course data, assignments, grades, and submissions. Use when checking due dates, viewing grades, listing courses, or fetching course materials from Canvas.--- # Canvas LMS Skill Access Canvas LMS data via the REST API. ## Setup 1. Generate an API token in Canvas: Account → Settings → New Access Token 2. Store token in environment or `.env` file: ```bash export CANVAS_TOKEN="your_token_here" export CANVAS_URL="https://your-school.instructure.com" # or canvas.yourschool.edu ``` ## Authentication Include token in all requests: ```bash curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/..." ``` ## Common Endpoints ### Courses & Profile ```bash # User profile curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/profile" # Active courses curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses?enrollment_state=active&per_page=50" # Dashboard cards (quick overview) curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/dashboard/dashboard_cards" ``` ### Assignments & Due Dates ```bash # To-do items (upcoming work) curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/todo" # Upcoming events curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/upcoming_events" # Missing/overdue submissions curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/missing_submissions" # Course assignments curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments?per_page=50" # Assignment details curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{id}" # Submission status curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/assignments/{id}/submissions/self" ``` ### Grades ```bash # Enrollments with scores curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/users/self/enrollments?include[]=current_grading_period_scores&per_page=50" ``` Extract grade: `.grades.current_score` ### Course Content ```bash # Announcements curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/announcements?context_codes[]=course_{course_id}&per_page=20" # Modules curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/modules?include[]=items&per_page=50" # Files curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/files?per_page=50" # Discussion topics curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/courses/{course_id}/discussion_topics?per_page=50" # Inbox curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_TOKEN" "$CANVAS_URL/api/v1/conversations?per_page=20" ``` ## Response Handling - List endpoints return arrays - Pagination: check `Link` header for `rel="next"` - Dates are ISO 8601 (UTC) - Use `--max-time 30` for slow endpoints Parse with jq: ```bash curl -s ... | jq '.[] | {name: .name, due: .due_at}' ``` Or Python if jq unavailable: ```bash curl -s ... | python3 -c "import sys,json; data=json.load(sys.stdin); print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))" ``` ## Tips - Course IDs appear in todo/assignment responses - File download URLs are in the `url` field of file objects - Always include `per_page=50` to get more results (default is often 10)

Frequently asked questions

Canvas Lms