Canvas

Aborts the generation of a quiz report or removes a previously generated one. Use when you need to cancel a report generation request or clean up an old report.

Tool to add a message to an existing Canvas conversation. Use when sending a follow-up message to a conversation thread with specified recipients.

Tool to add a course to the current user's favorites. Use when you need to favorite a course for the authenticated user. If the course is already in the user's favorites, nothing happens.

Tool to add a group to the current user's favorites. Use when you need to mark a group as favorite for the authenticated user. If the group is already in the user's favorites, nothing happens.

Tool to add or update the last attended date for a student enrollment in a course. Use when tracking student attendance by recording the last date a student attended the course.

Tool to add recipients to an existing group conversation. Use when you need to add new participants to an ongoing conversation. Response includes the latest message showing who was added.

Tool to send a previously created content share to additional users. Use when you need to add more recipients to an existing content share.

Tool to provide or update answers to quiz questions for a quiz submission. Use when submitting answers for a quiz attempt. Requires a valid validation_token from quiz submission creation and the latest attempt number.

Tool to assign unassigned members to groups within a group category. Use when you need to distribute users who are not yet in any group within the category. Returns a Progress object for async tracking by default, or group memberships when sync=true.

Tool to remove all stored course nicknames for the current user. Use when you need to clear all custom course name preferences.

Tool to excuse/close an account notification for the current user. Use when the current user no longer wants to see a specific notification. If the `remove` parameter is set to true, the notification is permanently destroyed for all users (admin action).

Tool to conclude, deactivate, or delete an enrollment in a Canvas course. Use when you need to end or remove a user's enrollment. If the task argument isn't given, the enrollment will be concluded.

Copies an existing Canvas file to a specified destination folder. Use when you need to duplicate a file to another location.

Tool to copy a folder to another folder in Canvas. Use when you need to duplicate a folder structure with its contents to a destination folder.

Creates a global notification within a Canvas account, ensuring `end_at` is after `start_at` and any specified `notification_roles` are valid.

Tool to create a content migration for a Canvas user. Use when you need to import content into a user's files from various sources (zip files, cartridges, etc.). If the migration requires a file upload, the actual processing starts once the file upload completes.

Creates a new appointment group in Canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.

Creates a new assignment within a specified course in Canvas LMS.

Tool to create a new assignment in a Canvas course using the GraphQL API. Use when you need to create assignments with detailed configuration options including peer reviews, moderated grading, or assignment overrides.

Create a new assignment group for a course. Use when you need to add a new assignment group to organize assignments in a Canvas course.

Creates an assignment override to adjust due/unlock/lock dates for an assignment in a course, targeting specific students (requires `title`), a group, or a course section; at least one target (`student_ids`, `group_id`, or `course_section_id`) is required.

Tool to batch create assignment overrides for multiple assignments in a course. Use when creating multiple overrides at once in a transactional manner (all succeed or none are created). Each override requires assignment_id and one of student_ids, group_id, or course_section_id.

Tool to create a blackout date for the given course context. Use when you need to define a period during which certain activities are restricted or unavailable for a specific course.

Creates a new bookmark for the authenticated user. Use when you need to save a shortcut link to a Canvas page or external resource for quick access.

Creates a calendar event with options for recurrence (finite `rrule` series only), section-specific timings, and blackout dates within a specified context.

Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, SMS, push) for an existing Canvas user to receive notifications.

Shares a Canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver IDs are valid.

Use to send messages in Canvas by creating a new conversation or adding to an existing one; an existing conversation with the same recipients (and matching scope/filter, if specified) may be reused unless `force_new` is true.

Tool to create a new conversation (message) between users in Canvas via GraphQL. Use when initiating a new conversation thread with specified recipients.

Creates a new course in Canvas within a specified account, with comprehensive configuration options. Returns a course object including `id` (course_id); retain this for subsequent module, page, and upload calls.

Tool to create a new grading standard in a Canvas course. Use when you need to define a custom grading scale with grade labels and percentage thresholds for a specific course.

Creates a new custom gradebook column in a course. Use when you need to add custom tracking fields like participation scores or extra credit to the gradebook.

Tool to create a new entry in a Canvas discussion topic. Use when posting a message with optional attachments to a discussion topic.

Tool to create a new entry in a Canvas discussion topic via GraphQL. Use when posting a message or reply to a discussion topic with optional file attachments.

Creates a new discussion topic in a specified Canvas course, allowing comprehensive configuration of its content, type, publication settings, engagement features, and associations.

Tool to create a new discussion topic in a course or group using the Canvas GraphQL API. Use when creating discussion topics with the GraphQL interface.

Enrolls a user in a Canvas course with a specified role and status; `associated_user_id` is required if `enrollment_type` is 'ObserverEnrollment'.

Tool to initiate an ePub export for a course. Use when you need to export course content in ePub format. Track progress using the Progress API URL returned in the response.

Creates a new external RSS or Atom feed for a Canvas course. Use when you need to import external content into a course feed.

Tool to create a new external RSS or Atom feed for a Canvas group. Use when you need to import external content into a group feed.

Tool to create an external tool in a Canvas account. Use when you need to integrate an LTI tool or external application. If a client_id is supplied, Canvas will attempt to create a context external tool using the LTI 1.3 standard.

Tool to create an external tool in the specified course. Use when you need to integrate an LTI tool or external application within a course context. If a client_id is supplied, Canvas will attempt to create a context external tool using the LTI 1.3 standard.

Tool to initiate file upload to Canvas (Step 1 of 3-step process). Use when you need to upload a file to a course, user folder, group, or account. This action returns upload_url and upload_params needed for the actual file upload. After calling this, POST the file data to the upload_url with the returned parameters, then follow any redirect to complete the upload.

Tool to create a folder in the specified context. Use when you need to create a new folder for organizing files in Canvas for a user.

Tool to create a folder within a Canvas group. Use when you need to organize files in a group context.

Tool to create a new community group directly. Use when you need to create a group without specifying a group category. Groups created using this endpoint will be community groups.

Creates a new group category within a specified Canvas course. Use when you need to organize student groups for projects, study sessions, or collaborative activities within a course.

Tool to create a content migration in a Canvas group. Use when you need to import content into a group from various sources. If the migration requires a file upload, the actual processing starts once the file upload completes.

Tool to create a new discussion topic in a Canvas group. Use when creating a discussion for group collaboration or communication.

Tool to create a new group within a Canvas group set. Use when adding a new group to an existing group category.

Tool to create a new group set (group category) in a Canvas course or account. Use when organizing students into project teams or study groups.

Tool to create a new learning outcome in Canvas using GraphQL. Use when you need to define a new learning objective or competency within an outcome group.

Tool to link an existing outcome or create a new outcome within a course outcome group. Use when associating outcomes with outcome groups in a Canvas course context. If outcome_id is provided, links the existing outcome; otherwise creates a new outcome with the provided details (title, description, ratings, mastery_points).

Creates a new LTI Resource Link in a Canvas course. Use when integrating LTI 1.3 external tools that can be launched or embedded in rich content.

Tool to join or request to join a group, depending on the join level of the group. Use when you need to add a user to a Canvas group. If the membership or join request already exists, it is simply returned.

Creates a new organizational module within a specified Canvas LMS course, with options for availability, sequencing, and prerequisites.

Tool to create a new module in a Canvas course via GraphQL. Use when creating a module with basic settings (name) through the GraphQL API.

Create and return a new module item within a Canvas course module. Use when you need to add content (assignments, pages, quizzes, files, discussions, external links, or subheaders) to an existing module.

Tool to create or update timetable events for a course or course section. Use when you need to set up a complete schedule of events directly, rather than generating them from a timetable pattern. If a code is provided for an event, existing events with that code will be updated; otherwise, new events are created.

Creates a new wiki page in a specified Canvas course, with options for title, HTML body, editing permissions, publication, and designation as front page (which also requires publication).