Canvas LMS · Agentic Access

Canvas LMS Agentic Access

x-agentic-access generated

Canvas LMS exposes 25 API operations that an AI agent could call, of which 7 are state-changing ‘acting’ operations. This is a recommended x-agentic-access execution contract — the scope, audience, consequence tier, short-lived token constraints, and escalation each action should carry before it is handed to an autonomous agent.

By consequence: 18 read and 7 write.

Contracts are classified heuristically from the provider’s OpenAPI and refresh on every APIs.io network build; audience is bound per deployment. The model follows Curity’s Access Intelligence (apidays Munich 2026). Browse every provider’s agent contracts at agentic-access.apis.io.

Learning ManagementEducationEdTechLMSLTIHigher EducationK-12Open SourceAGPLCanvas
Operations: 25 Acting: 7 Human-in-the-loop: 0 Method: generated

By consequence

read 18 write 7

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Agentic Access

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generated: '2026-07-15'
method: generated
source: openapi/canvas-lms-rest-api-openapi.yml
description: Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts, classified heuristically from
  the OpenAPI. A governance starting point for exposing this API to AI agents — review and bind
  audience per deployment. See research/curity/agentic-governance/.
summary:
  operations: 25
  by_action_class:
    connected: 18
    acting: 7
  by_consequence:
    read: 18
    write: 7
  human_in_the_loop_required: 0
operations:
- path: /accounts
  method: get
  operationId: listAccounts
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /accounts/{account_id}
  method: get
  operationId: getAccount
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /accounts/{account_id}/courses
  method: get
  operationId: listCoursesInAccount
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses
  method: get
  operationId: listCourses
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}
  method: get
  operationId: getCourse
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}
  method: put
  operationId: updateCourse
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /courses/{course_id}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteCourse
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /courses/{course_id}/users
  method: get
  operationId: listCourseUsers
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}/enrollments
  method: get
  operationId: listCourseEnrollments
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}/enrollments
  method: post
  operationId: enrollUser
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /courses/{course_id}/assignments
  method: get
  operationId: listAssignments
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}/assignments
  method: post
  operationId: createAssignment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}
  method: get
  operationId: getAssignment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}
  method: put
  operationId: updateAssignment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}
  method: delete
  operationId: deleteAssignment
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/submissions
  method: get
  operationId: listSubmissions
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/submissions/{user_id}
  method: get
  operationId: getSubmission
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}/assignments/{assignment_id}/submissions/{user_id}
  method: put
  operationId: gradeSubmission
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: acting
    consequence: write
    subject: required
    audience: null
    token:
      max-ttl: 900
    escalation:
      human-in-the-loop: conditional
      triggers:
      - abnormal
      - high-value
    audit: required
- path: /courses/{course_id}/modules
  method: get
  operationId: listModules
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}/discussion_topics
  method: get
  operationId: listDiscussionTopics
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /courses/{course_id}/files
  method: get
  operationId: listCourseFiles
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /users/{user_id}
  method: get
  operationId: getUser
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /users/self
  method: get
  operationId: getSelf
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /users/self/profile
  method: get
  operationId: getSelfProfile
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none
- path: /accounts/{account_id}/outcome_groups
  method: get
  operationId: listOutcomeGroups
  x-agentic-access:
    action-class: connected
    consequence: read
    subject: optional
    token:
      max-ttl: 3600
    audit: none