Canvas

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Backend & APIs work in your project

Example prompts

• “Use the canvas skill to canva LMS integration — fetch enrolled courses and assignments using API token authentication”
• “/canvas”

Requirements

• Python 3
• A credential in CANVAS_API_TOKEN

Workflow steps

5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Log in to your Canvas instance in a browser
2. 2Go to Account → Settings (click your profile icon, then Settings)
3. 3Scroll to Approved Integrations and click + New Access Token
4. 4Name the token (e.g., "Hermes Agent"), set an optional expiry, and click Generate Token
5. 5Copy the token and add to ~/.hermes/.env

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 7fd2b9a. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • curl

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use curl, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • CANVAS_API_TOKEN

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Canvas loads about 802 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 26 tokens; SKILL.md has 237 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~26

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~802

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

• NoteMentions a .env fileSKILL.md:28

  5. Copy the token and add to `~/.hermes/.env`:

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes at commit 7fd2b9a, republished under its MIT licence (© Tommy-yw). 237 words, ~802 tokens.

name

canvas

description

Canvas LMS integration — fetch enrolled courses and assignments using API token authentication.

version

1.0.0

author

community

license

MIT

prerequisites.env_vars

CANVAS_API_TOKEN, CANVAS_BASE_URL

CANVAS_API_TOKEN=your_token_here
CANVAS_BASE_URL=https://yourschool.instructure.com

CANVAS="python $HERMES_HOME/skills/productivity/canvas/scripts/canvas_api.py"

# List all active courses
$CANVAS list_courses --enrollment-state active

# List all courses (any state)
$CANVAS list_courses

# List assignments for a specific course
$CANVAS list_assignments 12345

# List assignments ordered by due date
$CANVAS list_assignments 12345 --order-by due_at

[{"id": 12345, "name": "Intro to CS", "course_code": "CS101", "workflow_state": "available", "start_at": "...", "end_at": "..."}]

[{"id": 67890, "name": "Homework 1", "due_at": "2025-02-15T23:59:00Z", "points_possible": 100, "submission_types": ["online_upload"], "html_url": "...", "description": "...", "course_id": 12345}]

# List courses
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_API_TOKEN" \
  "$CANVAS_BASE_URL/api/v1/courses?enrollment_state=active&per_page=10"

# List assignments for a course
curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $CANVAS_API_TOKEN" \
  "$CANVAS_BASE_URL/api/v1/courses/COURSE_ID/assignments?per_page=10&order_by=due_at"

© Tommy-yw, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in optional-skills/productivity/canvas of Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes.

• SKILL.md
• scripts/canvas_api.py

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 7fd2b9a

Used in 3 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 3 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in Tommy-yw/RunbookHermes, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• Luciole-Studio/Misaka-Agentmisaka/core/skills/assets/optional/productivity/canvas
• NousResearch/hermes-agentoptional-skills/productivity/canvas
• johnson7788/MultiUserClawhermes-agent/optional-skills/productivity/canvas