Getting it into your agent
One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.
npx skills add vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp --skill canvas-course-qcgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vishalsachdev/canvas-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/skills/vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp/canvas-course-qc)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp/canvas-course-qc"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp/canvas-course-qc/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/skills/vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp/canvas-course-qc"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp/canvas-course-qc.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>- NVIDIA SkillSpector pass
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 | $0.00058 | $0.01310 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00029 | $0.00655 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00012 | $0.00262 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00006 | $0.00131 |
Grade A, and why
canvas-course-qc 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 10d 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 — 151 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Canvas Course QC
Automated quality checklist for Learning Designers to verify a Canvas course is ready for students. Runs structure, content, publishing, and completeness checks — then reports issues by priority.
Prerequisites
- Canvas MCP server must be running and connected.
- Authenticated user must have instructor, TA, or designer role in the target course.
- Best run before the semester starts or before publishing a course to students.
Steps
1. Identify Target Course
Ask the user which course to QC. Accept a course code, Canvas ID, or course name.
If not specified, prompt:
Which course would you like to quality-check?
Use list_courses to look up available courses if needed.
2. Retrieve Course Structure
Call get_course_structure(course_identifier) to get the full module-to-items tree in one call.
This returns all modules with their items, publishing states, and summary statistics.
3. Run Structure Checks
Analyze the module tree for structural issues:
| Check | Priority | What to Look For |
|---|---|---|
| Empty modules | Warning | Modules with 0 items (confusing to students) |
| Naming consistency | Suggestion | Do all modules follow the same pattern? (e.g., "Week N:", "Unit N:") |
| Module count | Suggestion | Does it match expected count for course length? |
| Item ordering | Suggestion | SubHeaders present for organization? |
4. Run Content Checks
Call list_assignments(course_identifier) and check each assignment:
| Check | Priority | What to Look For |
|---|---|---|
| Missing due dates | Blocking | Graded assignments without a due_at date |
| Missing descriptions | Warning | Assignments with empty or null description |
| Missing points | Warning | Assignments without points_possible set |
| Date sequencing | Warning | Due dates that don't follow module order |
| Rubric coverage | Suggestion | Graded assignments without an associated rubric |
For pages, check if any pages in modules have empty body content using get_page_content for pages flagged in the structure.
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.
- 10d ago First seen · 151 lines · 58 tokens per session scan A b72860f0c0d0
canvas-course-qc is a skill published in the GitHub repository vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp (233 stars, last pushed yesterday), licensed MIT. It adds 58 tokens to every session and 1,310 once invoked, about $0.0003 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 2026-08-30.
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