canvas-cliCanvas LMS CLI

Agent-friendly command-line interface for Canvas LMS. 50+ commands, stable JSON output, mutation safety gates.

Guide

GitHub

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Courses & Modules

List, search, and manage courses, modules, and module items.

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Assignments & Submissions

Create assignments, submit work, download submissions, grade with rubrics.

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Discussions & Inbox

Read and post discussion replies, send and manage inbox messages.

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Files & Pages

Upload, download, and manage course files and wiki pages.

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Safety Gates

--dry-run, --confirm, --read-only on all mutations. Audit logging.

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Agent-Ready

JSON envelope output, stable error codes, secret redaction.

Quick Start

bash

# Install
brew tap thedavidweng/tap
brew install --cask canvas-cli

# Authenticate
canvas auth login

# Use
canvas courses list --json
canvas assignments list COURSE_ID --json

Key Commands

Command	Description
`canvas courses list`	List enrolled courses
`canvas assignments list`	List assignments in a course
`canvas submissions list`	List submissions for an assignment
`canvas discussions list`	List discussion topics
`canvas inbox list`	List inbox conversations
`canvas files list`	List files in a course
`canvas api get`	Raw API passthrough