canvascli

SKILL.md canvas-cli Use canvas-cli for Canvas LMS — courses, assignments, grades, submissions, discussions, files, and more. Uses SAML SSO with TOTP (session cached after first login).

Setup (once)

canvas-cli configure canvas-cli whoami

Common commands

Courses: canvas-cli courses Course detail: canvas-cli courses <id> Course users: canvas-cli courses <id> users Assignments: canvas-cli assignments <course> Assignment detail: canvas-cli assignments <course> <id> Grades overview: canvas-cli grades Course grades: canvas-cli grades <course> Submission: canvas-cli submissions <course> <assign> Submit text: canvas-cli submit <course> <assign> --text "content" Submit URL: canvas-cli submit <course> <assign> --url <url> Todo: canvas-cli todo Upcoming: canvas-cli upcoming Missing: canvas-cli missing Calendar: canvas-cli calendar --start <YYYY-MM-DD> --end <YYYY-MM-DD> Modules: canvas-cli modules <course> Module items: canvas-cli modules <course> <module> Discussions: canvas-cli discussions <course> View discussion: canvas-cli discussions <course> <topic> Reply: canvas-cli discussions <course> <topic> --reply "message" Announcements: canvas-cli announcements [course] Files: canvas-cli files <course> Download: canvas-cli download <file_id> -o <path> Notifications: canvas-cli notifications Debug login: canvas-cli debug-login

Notes

Session cookies are saved after first login — no TOTP needed on subsequent runs until session expires. Use --json on any command for raw JSON output (useful for scripting/piping). Use --per-page <n> to control pagination (default 50). Grades are color-coded: green (A), cyan (B), yellow (C), red (D/F). Missing/overdue items are highlighted in red. File sizes are human-readable (KB/MB/GB). Config is stored at ~/.canvas-cli/config.json (permissions 0600).