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mcp-education

Education LMS MCP server — manage courses, assignments, grades, students, and announcements via Canvas LMS. 12 tools for instructors, TAs, and administrators. Works with any Canvas instance (Instructure cloud or…

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What it gives an agent

A purpose-built capability behind one MCP connection.

The server owns its domain logic and publishes a tool contract an MCP client can discover. ADK-Rust can load that contract into an agent, normalize each schema for the chosen model provider, and keep the connection lifecycle outside the agent’s business logic.

Provides education capabilities through a typed MCP contract.

Architecture

How mcp-education fits into an agent system.

The model never needs the implementation details or credentials of the system behind the server. It sees reviewed tool definitions. The MCP client handles discovery and calls, while the server keeps ownership of validation, policy, and communication with its domain system.

ADK-Rust agent

Chooses a capability from the reviewed tool catalog.

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MCP client

Discovers schemas, sends calls, and receives typed content.

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mcp-education

Validates the request and owns 12 documented tool contracts.

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Domain system

Keeps the API, data, credentials, and business rules behind the server.

Connection: stdio · Server framework: ADK MCP SDK + rmcp

This repository does not currently publish a dedicated architecture SVG. The integration diagram above is generated from its documented transport and server boundary; use the official README for implementation-specific details.

Tool catalog

What can an agent ask mcp-education to do?

Each tool has a stable name, a human-readable purpose, and a JSON input contract discovered during MCP initialization. Risk classes come from the project’s registry manifest when one is available.

12 named tools

list_courses

List all courses for the authenticated user

read only

get_course

Get course details including syllabus and enrollment count

read only

list_assignments

List all assignments for a course

read only

get_assignment

Get assignment details including rubric and submissions summary

read only

create_assignment

Create a new assignment in a course

internal write

list_students

List students enrolled in a course

read only

get_submissions

Get submissions for an assignment (all students)

read only

grade_submission

Grade a student submission

internal write

post_announcement

Post an announcement to a course

internal write

get_course_analytics

Get course grades/analytics summary

read only

list_modules

List modules (content structure) for a course

read only

search_course_content

Search course content (pages, assignments, discussions)

read only

Governance

Understand the effect of every tool.

A server connection inherits the authority of its credentials and deployment environment. The declarations below come from this project’s README and MCP registry manifest; your application still decides which tools an agent receives and where approval is required.

9 read only3 internal write

Write operations (create_assignment, grade_submission, post_announcement) are marked as requiring approval in governed environments
The Canvas token scope determines what the agent can access
Use a token with minimal permissions (e.g. TA role for grading only)

MCP surface

What the current documentation declares.

MCP can carry tools, resources, prompts, structured results, progress, cancellation, and long-running work. This record highlights the modern protocol features explicitly mentioned by this repository.

The current README concentrates on its tool surface. Check the source and release notes before relying on optional MCP capabilities beyond tool discovery and invocation.

ADK MCP SDKrmcpRegistry manifest

Install and connect

Follow the project’s documented starting point.

Install the server in the environment that owns its credentials and domain access. Add it to your MCP host, verify the discovered tools, and narrow the toolset before giving it to a production agent.

Install

cargo install mcp-education

MCP client configuration

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "education": {
      "command": "mcp-education",
      "env": {
        "CANVAS_BASE_URL": "https://yourschool.instructure.com",
        "CANVAS_TOKEN": "your_canvas_api_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Commands and configuration are extracted from the public README. Confirm prerequisites, environment variables, and release-specific options in the official documentation before deployment.

Official documentation

Continue with the project maintainers’ source of truth.

This page provides an approachable map of the server. The repository remains authoritative for exact schemas, prerequisites, configuration, examples, tests, releases, and security updates.

Overview ↗README.md Issues and support ↗github.com issues

Keep exploring

mcp-education

A purpose-built capability behind one MCP connection.

How mcp-education fits into an agent system.

ADK-Rust agent

MCP client

mcp-education

Domain system

What can an agent ask mcp-education to do?

Understand the effect of every tool.

What the current documentation declares.

Follow the project’s documented starting point.

Continue with the project maintainers’ source of truth.

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