Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcp/main/CLAUDE.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcpWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcp/claude-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcp/claude-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcp/claude-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcp/claude-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.04747 | $0.04747 |
| Opus 5 | $0.02374 | $0.02374 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00949 | $0.00949 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00475 | $0.00475 |
Grade A, and why
canvas-lms-mcp CLAUDE.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 11d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 473 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
CLAUDE.md - Canvas LMS MCP Server Development Guide
Project Overview
This project implements a Test-Driven Discovery approach to building an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for Canvas LMS at Texas Tech University (https://texastech.instructure.com).
The core philosophy is to verify Canvas API endpoints via live tests first, then generate a specification of what works, and finally build an MCP server exposing only verified endpoints.
Milestone Status
✅ MILESTONE 1: Scaffolding & Secure Configuration (COMPLETE)
- Python project initialized with
uv - Dependencies installed:
mcp[cli],httpx,python-dotenv,pytest,pydantic -
config.pymodule created with.envandtest_hints.jsonloading - Security: Fails immediately if
.envis missing
✅ MILESTONE 2: Interactive Test Suite (COMPLETE)
Live API tests have been executed via Postman. Results summary:
- Total Pass: 45
- Total Fail: 3 (all expected 403 on
/filesendpoint) - Execution Time: 7.9 seconds
Verified Endpoints (200 OK):
| Endpoint | Course IDs Tested | Status |
|---|---|---|
GET /api/v1/users/self/profile |
N/A | ✅ Verified |
GET /api/v1/courses |
N/A | ✅ Verified |
GET /api/v1/users/self/todo |
N/A | ✅ Verified |
GET /api/v1/users/self/upcoming_events |
N/A | ✅ Verified |
GET /api/v1/courses/{id}/assignments |
58606, 53482, 51243 | ✅ Verified |
GET /api/v1/courses/{id}/modules |
58606, 53482, 51243 | ✅ Verified |
GET /api/v1/announcements |
58606, 53482, 51243 | ✅ Verified |
GET /api/v1/courses/{id}/discussion_topics |
58606, 53482, 51243 | ✅ Verified |
GET /api/v1/courses/{id}/enrollments |
58606, 53482, 51243 | ✅ Verified |
Failed Endpoints (403 Forbidden - Expected):
| Endpoint | Reason |
|---|---|
GET /api/v1/courses/{id}/files |
Student accounts typically lack file access |
✅ MILESTONE 3: Specification Generator (COMPLETE)
- Create
generate_spec.pyscript - Script re-runs successful API calls to verify endpoints
- Analyzes JSON response schemas
- Saves
verified_canvas_spec.jsonwith endpoint metadata and sample schemas
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 11d ago First seen · 473 lines · 4,747 tokens per session scan A 651e2ee381a3
canvas-lms-mcp CLAUDE.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository sweeden-ttu/canvas-lms-mcp (0 stars, last pushed 6mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 4,747 tokens to every session, about $0.0237 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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