Brightspace D2l MCP

Brightspace D2L MCP Server

Connect D2L Brightspace to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Copilot. It knows what you already handed in, so it only shows what is actually left.

One command. Sign in the way you always do. No passwords stored.

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An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives AI assistants and agents read access to your Brightspace courses: due dates with real submission status, grades, assignments, rubrics, course content, announcements, discussions and class lists. It works at any school that uses D2L Brightspace, including schools with Microsoft, Duo, Okta or Shibboleth single sign-on.

Which tool to use

Quick start

You need Node.js 20 or newer and Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge.

npx brightspace-d2l-mcp setup

That's it. Setup asks for your school, opens a browser so you can sign in, and connects every AI app it finds. Then ask your AI:

"What should I work on right now?"

New to this? The [step-by-step setup guide](docs/setup.md) walks through everything with pictures of each step. Using a specific app? See the guides for [Claude](https://brightspace-mcp.netlify.app/claude/) and [ChatGPT](https://brightspace-mcp.netlify.app/chatgpt/), or [how this compares](https://brightspace-mcp.netlify.app/compare/) to other Brightspace MCP servers.

How it compares

People usually weigh a few Brightspace MCP servers before picking one. Here are the three differences that come up most, with the full comparison for the rest:

"No target-grade tool in its published list" means we could not find one in each project's public README and tool list as of October 2026, not that it can never be added. Spot a mistake in the table? Open an issue and it will be fixed.

Switching from brightspace-mcp-server

If you are running brightspace-mcp-server by RohanMuppa and want to try this one, you only change the package name. Everything else stays where it is.

In your MCP config, find the brightspace entry inside mcpServers and swap the command:

{

"mcpServers": { "brightspace": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "brightspace-d2l-mcp@latest"] } } }

On Windows, wrap the launch in cmd /c the same way you do now:

{

"mcpServers": { "brightspace": { "command": "cmd", "args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "brightspace-d2l-mcp@latest"] } } }

Then restart the app. If you would rather not edit files, run npx brightspace-d2l-mcp setup: it asks for your school, opens a browser window so you sign in, and writes this entry for you. You can also print the exact JSON for any app with npx brightspace-d2l-mcp config.

What carries over and what doesn't

Want to go back? Put the old command back in the same spot. Both servers can even be configured side by side under two different server names, but one AI app talking to two Brightspace servers at once tends to be more confusing than it is worth.

A few things the first server does are not done here: it can sign you in without a browser window by saving your password in your computer's credential store, and it ships presets for several named schools. This server always opens a normal browser window where you sign in yourself, which is what makes any single sign-on work, and all it keeps afterward is your browser session.

What you can ask

It knows what you've already handed in

Most tools only see due dates, so they keep telling you to do work you've finished. This one checks your actual submission for every assignment:

Tools

17 MCP tools for D2L Brightspace. Everything reads from Brightspace and nothing is ever changed there:

| export_due_dates_calendar | Builds a calendar file (.ics)