canvas-api-mcp good first issues (Python)

--config omits CANVAS_TIMEOUT, and nothing stops the next variable going missing too 2 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

No structural test enforces which fields are fenced, so read_file went unfenced since 1.0.0 2 months ago

enhancement help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

read_file returns extracted document text unfenced, though get_page and get_syllabus fence theirs 2 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

read_discussion discards Canvas's own participant display names, leaving only numeric user_id 2 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

docs/DESIGN.md is stale: no get_syllabus, no mention of fencing, and 21 documented tools against 19 registered 2 months ago

documentation good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

get_assignment reports partial failure as a 'note' string while whats_due uses a 'warnings' list 2 months ago

bug help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

read_discussion, get_page, and 7 other read tools return instructor/classmate text unfenced, so course content can act as instructions to the model holding post_discussion_reply and submit_assignment 3 months ago

bug help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

canvas_request returns Canvas content completely unfenced, letting any classmate or instructor's text act as instructions 3 months ago

bug help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

Server still negotiates MCP protocol 2025-11-25, blocked on FastMCP allowing mcp>=2 3 months ago

enhancement help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

get_page cannot fetch a course syllabus, though its description and the README both claim it can 3 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

The 30 second HTTP timeout is hardcoded, with no CANVAS_TIMEOUT variable to raise or lower it 3 months ago

enhancement good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

Eleven read-only tools raise CanvasError instead of the documented error dict, crashing the tool call 3 months ago

bug help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

get_assignment's embedded submission omits comments and rubric feedback its own description implies it has 3 months ago

bug help wanted good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

Add --test and --config CLI subcommands for debugging outside an MCP client 3 months ago

enhancement good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

do_read_file's raw file download has no error handling and no test for its no-Authorization-header invariant 3 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

_flatten's unbounded recursion crashes read_discussion on deeply nested reply chains 3 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

Network/transport failures (bad CANVAS_BASE_URL, DNS, connection refused) bubble up as raw errno text instead of an actionable CanvasError 3 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

canvas_request's truncated flag is never tested for the True case — hardcoding it False passes the suite 3 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

No test exercises the actual MCP tool/resource surface — a broken tool wrapper passes the full suite 3 months ago

help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

search_canvas_api misses natural phrasing — the gateway's discovery layer is weak 3 months ago

bug help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

canvas_request cannot reach Canvas GraphQL (/api/graphql gets /api/v1 prefixed) 3 months ago

bug good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

Test gap: no boundary test at LOW_QUOTA_THRESHOLD 3 months ago

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JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

Add an init command for one-command setup 3 months ago

enhancement help wanted

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

Document Windows config paths for MCP clients 3 months ago

documentation good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

Test gap: post_discussion_reply error path is untested 3 months ago

good first issue

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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MCP server for Canvas LMS — 15 student tools plus a gateway reaching all ~1,100 Canvas API endpoints

Python

#ai-agents#canvas-api#canvas-lms#claude#education#mcp#model-context-protocol#python

JohannsenLum/canvas-api-mcp

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