How to connect D2lbrightspace to Claude Cowork

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Introduction

Cowork is Anthropic's AI agent for knowledge work. Think of it as Claude Code for everything else. It works autonomously with your computer, local files, and applications to accomplish complex tasks.

This guide walks you through the easiest and most secure way to connect your D2lbrightspace account to Cowork via Composio Connect, enabling it to create a new quiz for your math course, add a new user to the spring semester, copy an instructor role for a new department, and more such actions on your behalf without compromising your account security.

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Connecting D2lbrightspace to Claude Cowork

1. Open Customize

In Claude Desktop, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Connectors and click the + icon at the top.

Claude Desktop connectors screen with Add custom connector selected

2. Add the Composio MCP server

Click Add custom connector and paste in the Composio MCP server URL:

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https://connect.composio.dev/mcp
Add custom connector dialog with Composio MCP server URL

3. Authorize in your browser

Click Connect. You'll be redirected to a browser window where you can authorize Composio to continue.

Composio authorization screen for Claude Cowork

4. Connect your D2lbrightspace account

Back in Cowork, ask the agent to connect to D2lbrightspace or give it any D2lbrightspace-related task.

For example, ask Cowork to:

  • "Create a new quiz for your math course"
  • "Add a new user to the spring semester"
  • "Copy an instructor role for a new department"

It will prompt you to authenticate and authorize access.

That's it. Composio's tools are now available in Cowork, and your D2lbrightspace account is ready to use.

What is Claude Cowork?

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for general knowledge work. It can use your computer, files, and connected applications to complete longer-running tasks across your work tools.

With Composio Connect, Cowork can securely access apps like D2lbrightspace through MCP without you sharing account credentials directly with the agent.

What is the D2lbrightspace MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The D2lbrightspace MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your D2L Brightspace account. It provides structured and secure access to your LMS, so your agent can perform actions like creating courses, managing quizzes, handling user enrollment, and automating gradebook operations on your behalf.

  • Automated course creation and management: Instantly create new courses, course offerings, or templates, and streamline updates or deletions without manual intervention.
  • Quiz and assessment automation: Let your agent set up new quizzes, organize quiz categories, and configure assessment parameters to enhance the learning experience.
  • Gradebook and feedback management: Effortlessly create, modify, or delete grade objects to keep your course grading up to date and provide prompt feedback to learners.
  • User enrollment and management: Create new user accounts, manage user roles, and handle enrollment or impersonation tasks to simplify onboarding and administration.
  • Role and permissions control: Copy existing roles, adjust specific permissions, and fine-tune access for different user groups—all directly through your agent.

Supported Tools & Triggers

Tools
Copy RoleCreates a new role copied from an existing role in d2l brightspace.
Create Course OfferingCreates a new course offering in d2l brightspace.
Create Course TemplateCreates a new course template in d2l brightspace.
Create Grade ObjectCreates a new grade object for a particular org unit.
Create QuizCreates a new quiz in d2l brightspace.
Create Quiz CategoryCreates a new quiz category in d2l brightspace.
Create UserCreates a new user entity in d2l brightspace.
Delete Course TemplateDeletes a course template from d2l brightspace.
Delete CourseDeletes a course offering from d2l brightspace.
Delete Grade ObjectDeletes a specific grade object from an org unit.
Delete QuizDeletes a quiz from d2l brightspace.
Delete Quiz CategoryDeletes a quiz category from d2l brightspace.
Delete UserDeletes a user entity from d2l brightspace.
Delete User DemographicsDeletes one or more of a particular user's associated demographics entries.
Get Course OfferingRetrieves a specific course offering from d2l brightspace.
Get Course TemplateRetrieves a course template from d2l brightspace.
Get Course SchemaRetrieves the list of parent org unit type constraints for course offerings.
Get Course Template SchemaRetrieves the list of parent org unit type constraints for course offerings built on this template.
Get Current User InformationRetrieves the current user context's user information from d2l brightspace.
Get Enrolled RolesRetrieves a list of all enrolled user roles the calling user can view in an org unit.
Get Grade AccessRetrieves a list of users with access to a specified grade.
Get Grade ObjectRetrieves a specific grade object for a particular org unit.
Get Grade ObjectsRetrieves all current grade objects for a particular org unit.
Get Grade SetupRetrieves the grades configuration for an org unit.
Get Grade StatisticsRetrieves statistics for a specified grade item.
Get Org Unit DemographicsRetrieves all demographics entries for users enrolled in a particular org unit.
Get QuizRetrieves a specific quiz from an org unit.
Get Quiz AccessRetrieves a list of users with access to a specified quiz.
Get Quiz AttemptRetrieves a specific quiz attempt.
Get Quiz AttemptsRetrieves a list of attempts for a quiz.
Get Quiz CategoriesRetrieves all quiz categories belonging to an org unit.
Get Quiz CategoryRetrieves a specific quiz category from an org unit.
Get Quiz QuestionsRetrieves all questions in a quiz.
Get QuizzesRetrieves all quizzes belonging to an org unit.
Get Role by IDRetrieves a particular user role from d2l brightspace by its id.
Get RolesRetrieves a list of all known user roles in d2l brightspace.
Get User by IDRetrieves data for a particular user from d2l brightspace.
Get UsersRetrieves data for one or more users from d2l brightspace.
Update Course OfferingUpdates an existing course offering in d2l brightspace.
Update Course TemplateUpdates an existing course template in d2l brightspace.
Update Grade ObjectUpdates a specific grade object.
Update Grade SetupUpdates the grades configuration for an org unit.
Update QuizUpdates an existing quiz in d2l brightspace.
Update Quiz CategoryUpdates an existing quiz category in d2l brightspace.
Update UserUpdates an existing user entity in d2l brightspace.

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FAQ

What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and D2lbrightspace MCP?

With a standalone D2lbrightspace MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of D2lbrightspace tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from D2lbrightspace and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

Can I use Tool Router MCP with Claude Cowork?

Yes, you can. Claude Cowork fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right D2lbrightspace tools.

Can I manage the permissions and scopes for D2lbrightspace while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which D2lbrightspace scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your D2lbrightspace data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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