canvas-course-builder SKILL.md skillA
canvas-course-builder from vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp/canvas-course-builder@git:20260925.e9456c6Pins git:20260925.e9456c6 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp
- Path
skills/canvas-course-builder/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20260925.e9456c6, committed Sep 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- Mar 4, 2026
- Size
- 6,937 bytes
- Repository stars
- 317
- License
- MIT
Scaffold complete Canvas LMS course structures from specs, templates, or existing courses. Creates modules, pages, assignments, and discussions in bulk. Use when asked to "build a course", "scaffold modules", "create course structure", "set up a new course", or "copy course structure".
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Canvas Course Builder Build complete Canvas course structures from a natural language description, a JSON template, or by cloning an existing course. Creates modules with pages, assignments, discussions, and proper organization in one workflow. ## Prerequisites - **Canvas MCP server** must be running and connected. - Authenticated user must have **instructor or designer role** in the target course. - Target course must already exist in Canvas (this skill populates it, does not create the course itself). ## Modes This skill operates in three modes: ### Mode 1: Build from Spec (default) The user describes the course structure in natural language or provides a structured spec. ### Mode 2: Build from Template Load a saved JSON template to scaffold a course. ### Mode 3: Clone from Existing Course Read the structure of Course A and replicate it into Course B. ## Steps ### 1. Determine Mode and Gather Input Ask the user how they want to build: > How would you like to build the course structure? > 1. **Describe it** -- Tell me the structure (e.g., "15 weeks, each with an overview page, assignment, and discussion") > 2. **From template** -- Load a saved template file …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp/canvas-course-builder@sha256:a5af190859eed57bThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260925.e9456c6, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Mar 4, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026, about one every 206 days.
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| git:20260925.e9456c6 latest | 2026-09-25 | e9456c6 | 6,937 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260304.c0867d3 | 2026-03-04 | c0867d3 | 6,487 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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Source
vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp · 317 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-05 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_wwpwyd5s6yqzlw47 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=vishalsachdev/canvas-mcp/canvas-course-builder GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/a5af190859eed57bf55992b9436b1b9bc92492af0b7c3530d90bcfaa4a222f98
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