Agent skill

Canvas Skip

by X-isdoingreat in X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot

A skill your agent uses when an approved Canvas plan item is manual, unsupported, explicitly deferred, or blocked by missing scoped mutation authority.

AGPL-3.0Auto-check passedProductivity & Automation

Install Canvas Skip

skills CLI
$ npx skills add X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot --skill canvas-skip -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot canvas-skip --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/canvas-skip .claude/skills/canvas-skip && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
canvas-skip
GitHub stars
125
Token cost
~899 tokens
SKILL.md length
441 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
32
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
AGPL-3.0

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when an approved Canvas plan item is manual, unsupported, explicitly deferred, or blocked by missing scoped mutation authority.

  • An approved Canvas plan item is manual
  • SKILL.md covers Input contract, Absolute no-action boundary, Write an idempotent manual todo and Write the canonical result…, plus 1 more section
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Explicitly deferred

What it does

Canvas Skip is an agent skill from X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot. Use when an approved Canvas plan item is manual, unsupported, explicitly deferred, or blocked by missing scoped mutation authority. It records one honest canonical skipped result and an idempotent manual todo, with no solving or Canvas mutation.

Its SKILL.md is about 900 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Productivity & Automation. The repository describes itself as: Local-first Canvas LMS AI agent that learns each course's recurring assignment workflow and reuses it through scan - approval - execute with student review. The licence is AGPL-3.0.

When your agent uses it

  • An approved Canvas plan item is manual
  • Explicitly deferred
  • Blocked by missing scoped mutation authority

Example prompts

  • “/canvas-skip”

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6b79d5b. 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

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are json).

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

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

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

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

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

Context cost

Canvas Skip loads about 899 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 64 tokens; SKILL.md has 441 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~64
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~899

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

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

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); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot at commit 6b79d5b, republished under its AGPL-3.0 licence (© X-isdoingreat). 441 words, ~899 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/canvas-skip/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
canvas-skip
description
Use when an approved Canvas plan item is manual, unsupported, explicitly deferred, or blocked by missing scoped mutation authority. It records one honest canonical skipped result and an idempotent manual todo, with no solving or Canvas mutation.

Canvas Skip

canvas-skip is a result-producing manual handoff, not a lightweight homework solver. It may be selected for an unsupported delivery type, confirmed LockDown/proctored work, an in-person action, a user defer, missing required input, or a mutation-dependent task whose scoped authorization receipt is absent.

Input contract

Accept the exact item context from canvas-execute, including:

  • assignment and course identity/display labels;
  • due time and student-facing URL when present;
  • canonical stable ID-based work directory (course-<course_id>__assignment-<assignment_id>), never a mutable-name slug;
  • the reason execute selected canvas-skip;
  • whether the item should re-enter the next scan.

Do not rescan Canvas or infer a different assignment from names. Do not invoke another course skill.

Absolute no-action boundary

  • Do not solve, draft, research, download private assignment content, or create a fake deliverable.
  • Do not upload, submit, post a comment, or alter Canvas state.
  • Do not start, answer/save, complete, or retake a quiz.
  • Do not use browser automation to work around LockDown/proctoring.
  • Do not mark anything draft_ready or submitted.
  • A TODO, empty file, sentinel, skeleton, or placeholder is not a draft.

Write an idempotent manual todo

When a human next step is useful, append or update one entry in runs/<today>/todo.md. Use the assignment's stable local identity as the deduplication key so retries do not create duplicate entries.

Include only runtime-local facts useful to the student:

  • recognizable course alias and assignment title;
  • due time;
  • Canvas URL when available;
  • why automation stopped;
  • the concrete manual next step;
  • whether it will reappear on the next scan.

Do not paste a long assignment description, private feedback, prior answers, credentials, or raw API payload into the todo.

Show full SKILL.md (179 more words)Show less

Write the canonical result atomically

Write exactly one <work_dir>/result.json via a sibling temporary file and os.replace:

json
{
  "status": "skipped",
  "notes": "manual handling required: <specific reason>",
  "manual_action_required": true,
  "deferred_to_next_run": false
}

Set deferred_to_next_run: true only when the student deferred it, the required input/authorization may arrive later, or retry is otherwise meaningful. Keep it false for an intrinsic manual-only item that would otherwise recur forever.

The status must remain exactly skipped. Do not use legacy statuses and do not claim that Canvas received anything.

Use src.run_state.write_result for validation plus the atomic write; do not invent a second result validator in this skill.

After writing, parse the file back and confirm the status, notes, and boolean fields. Return the work directory and concise manual next step to canvas-execute; execute owns ledger, REPORT.md, delivery sync, and marker cleanup.

Authorization-specific skip

Plan approval is not Canvas mutation authority. If the item needs an upload, submission, or quiz start/answer/complete action and the shared runtime has no valid scoped authorization receipt, do not attempt the action. Record an honest retryable skip explaining that the student must separately authorize that exact mutation. Never create or infer a receipt in this skill.

© X-isdoingreat, AGPL-3.0. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in .agents/skills/canvas-skip of X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6b79d5b

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Canvas Skip next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.

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Questions about Canvas Skip

What does Canvas Skip do?

A skill your agent uses when an approved Canvas plan item is manual, unsupported, explicitly deferred, or blocked by missing scoped mutation authority. Canvas Skip is an agent skill from X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot. Use when an approved Canvas plan item is manual, unsupported, explicitly deferred, or blocked by missing scoped mutation authority.

When should I use Canvas Skip?

Canvas Skip fits situations like: an approved Canvas plan item is manual; explicitly deferred; blocked by missing scoped mutation authority.

How do I install Canvas Skip in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot --skill canvas-skip -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/canvas-skip in X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot) into .claude/skills/canvas-skip in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Canvas Skip in Codex?

Run `npx skills add X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot --skill canvas-skip -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/canvas-skip in X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot) into .agents/skills/canvas-skip in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Canvas Skip in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot --skill canvas-skip -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/canvas-skip, .gemini/skills/canvas-skip, .github/skills/canvas-skip and .opencode/skills/canvas-skip in your project.

What does Canvas Skip need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Canvas Skip is instructions for the agent only.

Does Canvas Skip access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Canvas Skip safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Canvas Skip use?

Canvas Skip is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Canvas Skip use?

About 899 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.6k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Canvas Skip?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Canvas Skip: Agent Browser (quran/quran.com-frontend-next, 1.9k stars), Dependency Watch (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars), Perform Task (telegramdesktop/tdesktop, 33k stars) and Brave Search (badlogic/pi-skills, 2.6k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Canvas Skip?

X-isdoingreat (a GitHub user) maintains it in X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot, which has 125 GitHub stars. The repository holds 32 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 31, 2026.

Source: X-isdoingreat/canvas-pilot on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.