Brightspace MCP Server

D2L Brightspace MCP server: courses, grades, rubrics, feedback, course files, calendar. Multi-auth. Its 29 documented tools cover assignment, course, announcement. It runs locally over stdio via the published package.

People who work with assignment, course and announcement and want it reachable from Claude, Cursor, VS Code, or another MCP client. The project is written in TypeScript.

VERIFIED ACTIVE

LAST COMMIT 2026-09-28 · ★ 12 · #67 OF 290 MAINTAINED BROWSER AUTOMATION · VERIFIED 2026-09-30

MIT · TypeScript servers · how we verify → /methodology

01 · Install Brightspace

before you install - you'll need

Set BRIGHTSPACE_CONFIG, BRIGHTSPACE_API_TOKEN, BRIGHTSPACE_COOKIE before connecting.

Claude Code

claude mcp add jhostinaleck-brightspace-mcp -- npx -y brightspace-mcp

Claude Desktop / Cursor / VS Code - add to config

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jhostinaleck-brightspace-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "brightspace-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Same JSON for Cursor. For VS Code, rename the top-level key from `mcpServers` to `servers`.

Using another client? Same JSON, different key

Claude Desktop · mcpServers

Cursor · mcpServers

VS Code · servers

Windsurf · mcpServers

Zed · context_servers

Cline · mcpServers

Roo Code · mcpServers

Continue · mcpServers

LibreChat · mcpServers

Gemini CLI · mcpServers

Codex CLI · mcp_servers

Full setup guides: every client.

02 · Evidence

Security posture

What to check before giving this server access to your agent - from the registry, GitHub, and our own probes. We don't score safety; we show what's verifiable.

runs as local process (stdio) - runs on your machine with your user's permissions

license MIT - declared in the repository

npm package brightspace-mcp - unscoped; check the name against the project README before installing

registry namespace io.github.JhostinAleck is GitHub-verified and matches the repo owner

03 · What Brightspace can do

Prose above is summarized from the project's README and registry record - no invented capabilities.

What you can build

With this server connected, an agent can verify authentication and show the active user identity, list all enrolled courses, get grades for a course, and list assignments and dropbox folders.

Capability map

Tools grouped from the project's README - what Brightspace lets an agent do.

read & search

20 tools - e.g. List all enrolled courses; Get grades for a course; List assignments and dropbox folders

list_my_courses · get_my_grades · get_assignments · get_upcoming_due_dates · get_feedback · get_my_submissions…

Assignment

3 tools - e.g. Download and read instructor-posted assignment files; Show an assignment's grading rubric (criteria, levels, points, descriptions); Upload a file to a Brightspace Dropbox folder

get_assignment_files · get_assignment_rubric · submit_assignment

Course

2 tools - e.g. Browse modules and topics (includes topic IDs); Full-text search across content, announcements, and discussions

get_course_content · search_course

auth & access

1 tool - e.g. Verify authentication and show the active user identity

check_auth

Clear

1 tool - e.g. Clear memory and persistent cache backends

clear_cache

create & write

1 tool - e.g. Reply to a discussion thread

post_discussion_reply

Mark

1 tool - e.g. Mark an announcement as read

mark_announcement_read

Latest releases

v1.3.1 · 2026-09-28

Changed · The package no longer spawns processes, so it needs no shell access: brightspace-mcp upgrade checks npm and prints the upgrade command instead of running npm install -g itself, and the TUI Config tab shows…

v1.3.0 · 2026-09-28

Added · get_my_submissions(course_id, assignment_id) - list what you (or your group) submitted to an assignment, newest first, and read (file_name) or download (save_to) the submitted files. Uses mysubmissions while…

v1.2.0 · 2026-09-28

Added · get_announcement(course_id, announcement_id) - one announcement in full (text with paragraphs, list items and links kept) and its attachments; with attachment_id it returns the attachment's extracted content…

04 · Who maintains Brightspace

brightspace is maintained by jhostinaleck. It's the only MCP server we track from this author; the repo dates to Apr 2026.

05 · Facts

repository: github.com/jhostinaleck/brightspace-mcp
category: browser automation - ranked #67 of 290 actively-maintained browser automation servers as of 2026-09-30.
release cadence: 3 releases in the last 90 days (latest 2026-09-28)
registry: io.github.JhostinAleck/brightspace (active, first published 2026-05-12 · 2 versions)
packages: npm:brightspace-mcp

06 · Brightspace FAQ

Is Brightspace still maintained?

Yes - as of 2026-09-30, its last commit was 2026-09-28 and it shipped 3 releases in the last 90 days. We re-verify nightly.

What can Brightspace do?

With this server connected, an agent can verify authentication and show the active user identity, list all enrolled courses, get grades for a course, and list assignments and dropbox folders.

How do I install Brightspace?

Run `npx -y brightspace-mcp`. The README documents 3 environment variables (BRIGHTSPACE_CONFIG, BRIGHTSPACE_API_TOKEN, BRIGHTSPACE_COOKIE) to set first. Set BRIGHTSPACE_CONFIG, BRIGHTSPACE_API_TOKEN, BRIGHTSPACE_COOKIE before connecting. You can also paste the ready-made client config above.

Does Brightspace run locally?

Yes - it's a stdio server: it runs on your machine (via npx) with your user's permissions. Your data stays local unless the server itself calls external APIs.

07 · Alternatives to Brightspace

Alternatives to Brightspace

Maintained browser automation servers if Brightspace isn't the fit.

Pairs well with

Servers that cover what Brightspace doesn't - only shown when the pairing reason fits the companion.

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