canvas-control: Instructions file for Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

canvas-control CLAUDE.md is an instructions file for Claude Code from tomtranjr/canvas-control. It costs 2,927 tokens per session, scanned A, original, MIT.

A project guide for Canvas LMS tools: a command-line program for managing course files, grades, and assignments, plus a server that connects these actions to AI assistants.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it when developing or maintaining the Canvas LMS command-line tool or its AI-assistant integration.
Why use it?
It gives coding assistants the project structure, setup steps, and important command details they need to work on the codebase correctly.

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CLAUDE.md · 264 lines

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CLAUDE.md

This file provides guidance to AI assistants working on the canvas-control codebase.

Project Overview

canvas-control is a Canvas LMS CLI and MCP server. It provides:

  • A command-line tool (cvsctl) for downloading course files, viewing grades, and submitting assignments
  • An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server (cvsctl-mcp) for AI assistant integration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Claude Code)

Package name: canvasctl (import path) / canvas-control (PyPI name) CLI entry point: cvsctl MCP entry point: cvsctl-mcp

Repository Layout

canvas-control/
├── pyproject.toml              # Project config, dependencies, entry points
├── uv.lock                     # Locked dependency versions
├── README.md                   # User-facing documentation
├── docs/
│   ├── cli-reference.md        # Full command tree and flags
│   ├── configuration.md        # Token setup and path config
│   └── guides.md               # Workflow examples and troubleshooting
├── scripts/
│   └── canvas-health-check.py  # Standalone health check utility
├── src/canvasctl/              # Main package
│   ├── __init__.py
│   ├── __main__.py             # Delegates to cli.main()
│   ├── auth.py                 # Token resolution (env var or prompt)
│   ├── canvas_api.py           # Canvas REST API client (httpx)
│   ├── cli.py                  # Typer CLI — all commands live here
│   ├── config.py               # TOML config load/save via platformdirs
│   ├── courses.py              # Course formatting/sorting helpers
│   ├── downloader.py           # Download orchestration and task planning
│   ├── grades.py               # Grade display, sorting, CSV/JSON export
│   ├── interactive.py          # questionary-based interactive TUI
│   ├── manifest.py             # Download manifest persistence
│   ├── mcp_server.py           # FastMCP server exposing Canvas tools
│   └── sources.py              # Content source extraction (files, assignments, etc.)
└── tests/
    ├── conftest.py             # Adds src/ to sys.path
    ├── test_auth.py
    ├── test_canvas_api.py
    ├── test_canvas_api_new_methods.py
    ├── test_cli_assignments.py
    ├── test_cli_config.py
    ├── test_cli_courses.py
    ├── test_cli_download.py
    ├── test_cli_grades.py
    ├── test_config.py
    ├── test_downloader.py
    ├── test_grades.py
    ├── test_live_smoke.py      # Requires real Canvas credentials (marked `live`)
    ├── test_manifest.py
    ├── test_mcp_server.py
    └── test_sources.py

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