# Instructure

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/instructure/  
**Website:** https://www.instructure.com  
**APIs profiled:** 15

Instructure is an EdTech company best known for Canvas LMS, a widely adopted learning management system used by thousands of educational institutions and organizations worldwide. The platform provides a comprehensive REST API and GraphQL API enabling developers to programmatically access and manage courses, enrollments, assignments, grades, discussions, and institutional data. Instructure also offers the Data Access Platform (DAP) for bulk data queries, New Quizzes API, Canvas Studio API, and support for LTI 1.3 integrations. Authentication is handled via OAuth2 with per-token dynamic rate limiting, and all API responses are returned in JSON over HTTPS.

## Kin Score — 47.6 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 47.6).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 55.0 |
| Governance | 25.0 |
| Contract Governance | 25.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 21.1 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 47.4 |
| Access Clarity | 47.4 |

Regulatory layer — **Education & Research**: 70.4 (matched via tags).

## Agent readiness — 35.0 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Paid · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: paid, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (15)

- **Canvas GraphQL API** — The Canvas GraphQL API provides a flexible query interface for Canvas LMS data, allowing developers to request exactly the fields they need and reduce over-fetching. It follows ...
- **Data Access Platform (DAP) API** — The Instructure Data Access Platform API provides bulk data query capabilities for Canvas data, enabling institutions and developers to access large datasets for analytics, repo...
- **Canvas Studio API** — The Canvas Studio API provides programmatic access to Canvas Studio, Instructure's video and media platform, enabling account administrators and developers to manage media asset...
- **Instructure ExternalTool API** — The ExternalTool API from Instructure — 1 operation(s) for externaltool.
- **Instructure Lti::AccountExternalTool API** — The Lti::AccountExternalTool API from Instructure — 2 operation(s) for lti::accountexternaltool.
- **Instructure Lti::AccountLookup API** — The Lti::AccountLookup API from Instructure — 1 operation(s) for lti::accountlookup.
- **Instructure Lti::DataService API** — The Lti::DataService API from Instructure — 2 operation(s) for lti::dataservice.
- **Instructure Lti::IMS::Authentication API** — The Lti::IMS::Authentication API from Instructure — 1 operation(s) for lti::ims::authentication.
- **Instructure Lti::IMS::DynamicRegistration API** — The Lti::IMS::DynamicRegistration API from Instructure — 3 operation(s) for lti::ims::dynamicregistration.
- **Instructure Lti::IMS::LineItem API** — The Lti::IMS::LineItem API from Instructure — 2 operation(s) for lti::ims::lineitem.
- **Instructure Lti::IMS::NamesAndRole API** — The Lti::IMS::NamesAndRole API from Instructure — 2 operation(s) for lti::ims::namesandrole.
- **Instructure Lti::IMS::Result API** — The Lti::IMS::Result API from Instructure — 2 operation(s) for lti::ims::result.
- **Instructure Lti::MembershipService API** — The Lti::MembershipService API from Instructure — 1 operation(s) for lti::membershipservice.
- **Instructure Lti::ToolConfigurationsApi API** — The Lti::ToolConfigurationsApi API from Instructure — 3 operation(s) for lti::toolconfigurationsapi.
- **Instructure Security API** — The Security API from Instructure — 2 operation(s) for security.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Instructure Agentic Access** — 23 operations · 5 acting

## Security (4)

- **Instructure Authentication** — http/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Instructure Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Instructure Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published
- **Instructure Trust Center** — SOC 2, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, PCI DSS, HIPAA, FedRAMP, GDPR, CSA STAR

## Plans (1)

- **Instructure Plans Pricing**

## Tags

EdTech, Education, LMS, Canvas, Courses, Enrollments, Assignments, Grades, Discussions, GraphQL, LTI, Learning Management

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/instructure/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.