canvas-week-plan

Canvas week plan

Turn Canvas deadlines into a plan the user can act on, not just a list of dates.

Steps

1. Call canvas_list_planner with days_ahead: 14 for the full picture across courses.
2. For anything substantial (a project, an exam, a multi-part assignment), call canvas_get_assignment to read what it actually asks for — the plan is only useful if it reflects the real work.
3. When a deadline references course material (a reading, a lecture deck, a lab handout), use canvas_read_file or canvas_read_syllabus to check what it covers, so effort estimates aren't guesses.
4. Call canvas_get_grades or canvas_grade_breakdown to see what each item is worth. A 20% exam and a 2-point quiz should not get equal space in the plan.

Output

Group by day, Monday through Sunday, using the user's local time (US Central unless told otherwise — Canvas due times of 04:59/05:59 UTC mean 11:59 PM the previous day).

For each day, list the items due with:

• Course and item name
• Points, and the share of the final grade when it's material
• A realistic sense of the work required, based on what you actually read

Then add:

• Start early on: anything where the work clearly exceeds the time left if begun the night before
• Low stakes: items worth little, so the user can triage under pressure

Prefer honesty over completeness — if two deadlines collide on the same evening, say so directly. Skip filler sections when there's nothing to put in them. If the week is genuinely light, a three-line answer is the right answer.