Canvas Peer Review Manager

A complete peer review management workflow for educators using Canvas LMS. Monitor completion, analyze quality, identify students who need follow-up, send reminders, and export data -- all through MCP tool calls against the Canvas API.

Prerequisites

• Canvas MCP server must be running and connected to the agent's MCP client (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, OpenCode).
• The authenticated user must have an educator or instructor role in the target Canvas course.
• The assignment must have peer reviews enabled in Canvas (either manual or automatic assignment).
• FERPA compliance: Set ENABLE_DATA_ANONYMIZATION=true in the Canvas MCP server environment to anonymize student names. When enabled, names render as Student_xxxxxxxx hashes while preserving functional user IDs for messaging.

Steps

1. Identify the Assignment

Ask the user which course and assignment to manage peer reviews for. Accept a course code, Canvas ID, or course name, plus an assignment name or ID.

If the user does not specify, prompt: