Brightspace MCP Server: Setup for Claude, Cursor and Other Apps

• Lists what is due soon across all your courses

  Pulls due dates from assignments, quizzes, graded discussions and calendar events such as exams and labs. Use it for "what is due this week" questions.

  Try: “What is due in the next 48 hours?”

  Network · get_upcoming_due_dates

• Shows your grades and comments for one course or all of them

  Returns each grade item with points, percentage and any comment for the course you name, or for every course you are enrolled in.

  Try: “Am I passing all my classes?”

  Network · get_my_grades

• Lists the courses you are enrolled in with their IDs

  Returns course names, codes and IDs. Other tools need the course ID from here.

  Try: “Which courses am I taking this term?”

  Network · get_my_courses

• Lists assignments and quizzes with status and due dates

  Covers dropbox assignments and quizzes for one course or all. It reports whether each item was turned in, and says "unknown" when the school hides submission data from students.

  Try: “Did I turn in HW 3 for ECE 264?”

  Network · get_assignments

• Reads announcements from one course or all courses

  Returns announcements newest first with the full text, 1 to 50 per page, and supports paging through older ones.

  Try: “Summarize today's announcements.”

  Network · get_announcements

• Shows exams, labs and other calendar events in a date range

  Reads course calendar entries across all courses or one course. The default window is the next 7 days.

  Try: “When is my midterm?”

  Network · get_calendar_events

• Shows the grading rubric for an assignment

  Returns every criterion and level with points, plus your own graded outcome per criterion once it is released.

  Try: “Why did I lose points on the analysis criterion?”

  Network · get_assignment_rubric

• Reads the files your instructor attached to an assignment

  Lists assignments that have attachments, then returns the text of one file, such as the spec PDF or a handout.

  Try: “What does the lab 4 spec actually ask for?”

  Network · get_assignment_files

• Reads files attached to an announcement

  Lists which announcements have attachments and returns the text of a chosen file, such as slides or an updated schedule.

  Try: “Read the file attached to today's announcement.”

  Network · get_announcement_files

• Shows a course's modules, topics, files and links

  Returns the content tree, and can filter by module title or limit depth. It flags modules that are not available yet and says why.

  Try: “Show me the Module 5 materials for ECE 264.”

  Network · get_course_content

• Searches one course for a keyword

  Searches module and topic titles, file names, announcements and discussion forums in one call and ranks matches by how many terms hit. Sources it cannot read are named in a note.

  Try: “Find the midterm review slides in ECE 264.”

  Network · search_course

• Reads a course's syllabus text

  Returns the course overview as text. It links external syllabus tools it cannot read, and can save the attached syllabus file if you give it a folder.

  Try: “What is the late policy in the syllabus?”

  Write · get_syllabus

• Reads forums, topics and posts in a course

  Lists forums, then topics, then posts as you narrow down by forum and topic.

  Try: “Summarize the latest posts in the final project thread.”

  Network · get_discussions

• Reads the transcript of a lecture video

  Fetches transcript text with timestamps for Kaltura and YouTube videos in course content. Other video hosts return a message that they are not supported.

  Try: “What did the professor say about pinch-off in Tuesday's recording?”

  Network · get_video_transcript

• Lists instructors, TAs and optionally students in a course

  Returns names, emails and roles. It leaves out students unless you ask for them.

  Try: “Who are the TAs for ECE 264?”

  Network · get_roster

• Lists the email addresses of everyone in a course

  Returns the emails of instructors, TAs and students enrolled in the course.

  Try: “Give me the email list for my class.”

  Network · get_classlist_emails

• Shows your project groups and who is in them

  Lists the groups you belong to in a course with each group's members.

  Try: “Who is in my project group?”

  Network · get_my_groups

• Reads or saves a file from course content or announcements

  By default the file comes back inside the chat as text. If you give it a folder path, it saves the file to your disk instead.

  Try: “Download every PDF from Module 5 into my Downloads folder.”

  Write · download_file

• Reports server version, setup and sign-in state

  Returns the version, Node.js runtime, platform, config path, school URL, whether a password is saved, your time zone and who you are signed in as.

  Try: “Which version of the Brightspace server am I running?”

  Read · get_server_info

• Signs you in to Brightspace on this computer

  Does nothing if the saved session is still valid. Otherwise it signs in in the background and shows the number to approve on your phone, or opens a browser window when no password is saved.

  Try: “Sign me in to Brightspace.”

  Write · sign_in

• Signs you out of Brightspace on this computer

  Cancels a sign-in that is waiting for approval and deletes the saved session on this computer. It keeps your saved password and settings.

  Try: “Sign me out of Brightspace.”

  Delete · sign_out

• Lists assignment folders in a course (instructors, TAs)

  Returns folder IDs, due dates, submission types and whether rubrics are attached. It is not limited to instructor accounts.

  Try: “List the assignment folders for Lab 4.”

  Network · get_dropbox_folders

• Lists every student's submission to a folder (instructors, TAs)

  Shows submitter names, dates, late status, files and grading status, capped at 100 by default. Students get a note that access is required.

  Try: “Which students haven't submitted Lab 4 yet?”

  Network · get_dropbox_submissions

• Shows one student's submissions to a folder (instructors, TAs)

  Returns all submissions from one student or group in a folder, for reviewing their work before feedback.

  Try: “Show Jane Doe's submissions for Lab 4.”

  Network · get_dropbox_user_submissions

• Reads saved feedback and scores for an assignment

  Students get their own released feedback and score. Instructors and TAs can pass a user or group to read what is saved for them.

  Try: “Is there feedback on my midterm?”

  Network · get_dropbox_feedback

• Shows the full rubric table of an assignment folder

  Returns criteria, levels and point values attached to a folder. It reads the same folder data as get_dropbox_folders, so it is not limited to instructors.

  Try: “Show the rubric table for Lab 4.”

  Network · get_rubrics_for_object

• Saves a student's submitted file to your disk (instructors, TAs)

  Downloads one file from a student or group submission into an existing folder on your computer. It needs instructor or TA access.

  Try: “Download that student's submitted PDF to my Grading folder.”

  Write · download_dropbox_submission_file

Watch out for

• It holds your school login and a saved session

  Setup saves your password in your computer's password store and a sign-in session on disk. Anyone using your computer account could reach your courses, so do not use it on a shared computer. github.com

• It can list every classmate's email address

  The class list tool returns emails for instructors, TAs and students, and the roster tool can include students. Ask only for what you need. registry.npmjs.org

• Setup edits your AI app configs

  Setup offers to add itself to Claude Desktop, Cursor, Antigravity, Codex and Claude Code, and asks before replacing an existing brightspace entry. Review what it changed. github.com

• Install downloads a Chromium browser

  The package runs a post-install script that downloads Chromium through Playwright, which it uses to sign in. Expect a large download. registry.npmjs.org

• Skipping 2FA prompts weakens your login

  Optional settings can remember this computer for Microsoft or let it answer code requests with an authenticator key. The README says they are off by default and not for shared computers. github.com

• Download tools write files to your disk

  download_file, get_syllabus and the instructor download tool can save files to a folder you choose. By default download_file returns the text in the chat instead. registry.npmjs.org

• Sign out deletes your saved session

  The sign out tool removes the saved session on this computer and signs other Brightspace apps here out too. Your saved password stays. registry.npmjs.org

• Optional shared server on your computer

  Chats share one background server on 127.0.0.1 behind a random token. A server you start yourself with the http command uses 127.0.0.1 and a token you set. github.com

• npm package is newer than the GitHub release

  npx installs npm version 5.1.33, but the newest GitHub release is v3.9.7 (2 Oct 2026) and the repo tags stop at v3.9.7. Release notes on GitHub do not describe what npx runs, so we read the tool list from the 5.1.33 package. registry.npmjs.org

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