Use Canvas from Claude
Add the Canvas connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use it from every channel in that Space.
ConnectorCanvas
Canvas integration for Claude and Codex
Create a Canvas connection, then control which Spaces can use its approved tools and data without pasting credentials into prompts or threads.
CategoryEducation
Use Canvas from Codex
Add the Canvas connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use it from every channel in that Space.
Use Canvas from Sidekick
Connect your own OpenClaw to Sidekick while Type provides the conversations, permissions, connections, skills, and automations.
Education
What the Canvas connector can do
Canvas is a learning management system supporting online courses, assignments, grading, and collaboration, widely used by schools and universities for virtual classrooms
One connection, many Spaces
Connect Canvas once, then decide which Spaces can use it in threads, skills, automations, and coding work.
Representative actions
- Abort Quiz Report Generation
Aborts the generation of a quiz report or removes a previously generated one. Use when you need to cancel a report generation request or clean up an old report.
- Add conversation message
Tool to add a message to an existing Canvas conversation. Use when sending a follow-up message to a conversation thread with specified recipients.
- Add course to favorites
Tool to add a course to the current user's favorites. Use when you need to favorite a course for the authenticated user. If the course is already in the user's favorites, nothing happens.
- Add group to favorites
Tool to add a group to the current user's favorites. Use when you need to mark a group as favorite for the authenticated user. If the group is already in the user's favorites, nothing happens.
- Add last attended date
Tool to add or update the last attended date for a student enrollment in a course. Use when tracking student attendance by recording the last date a student attended the course.
Representative triggers
- Canvas Assignment Graded
Polls Canvas for newly graded submissions for a specific assignment.
- New Canvas Assignment Submission
Polls Canvas for new submissions to a specific assignment.
- New Canvas Discussion Message
Polls Canvas discussion topics for new messages.
Connection
API and auth details
Canvas LMS exposes a domain-specific REST API under /api/v1 and supports OAuth2 or bearer access tokens for courses, users, assignments, enrollments, files, and grading workflows.
- Source
- Official docs verified 2026-06-03
- Auth schemes
- OAuth, Bearer token
- Base URL
- https://{canvas-domain}/api/v1
- Official site
- https://canvas.instructure.com/doc/api/
- Connection test
- /users/self
Official endpoint references
Source links
FAQ
Questions people ask before connecting Canvas
Can Claude use Canvas?
Yes. Add a Canvas connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use its approved tools and data from any channel in that Space.
Can Codex work with Canvas through Type?
Yes. Add a Canvas connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use its approved tools and data from any channel in that Space.
Is this the same as a Canvas MCP server?
Not exactly. Type uses connectors and connections to give selected Spaces access to approved app tools and data. Some connectors use hosted MCP, while others use OAuth, API keys, service accounts, or custom APIs.
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