D2L Brightspace MCP Server & Agent Skill

What is the D2L Brightspace API, and what can an agent read from it?

Routes take the form /d2l/api/{component}/{version}/...; lp covers users, enrollments and org structure, le covers grades, content and dropboxes. Data Hub serves Brightspace Data Sets as bulk extracts.

• API: Brightspace APIs (Valence) and Data Hub / Brightspace Data Sets (REST)
• Access: Issued by your administrator
• Base URL: https://{targethost}/d2l/api/{component}/{version}/
• Authentication: OAuth 2.0 authorization code; OAuth 2.0 client credentials (JWT client assertion)

An administrator registers the app in Brightspace's Manage Extensibility tool, choosing OAuth 2 scopes and the authorization code or client credentials grant, which yields a client ID.

Authorize at https://auth.brightspace.com/oauth2/auth; token at https://auth.brightspace.com/core/connect/token. Scopes look like enrollment:orgunit:read; core:*:* is the fallback. Token lifetime is set from 1,800 to 72,000 seconds.

What can an agent read from D2L Brightspace?

• My enrollments — GET /d2l/api/lp/(version)/enrollments/myenrollments/ (scope enrollment:own_enrollment:read).
• Classlist — GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/classlist/paged/ lists users in a course (scope enrollment:orgunit:read).
• Grade objects and values — GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/grades/ and .../grades/values/(userId)/ (scopes grades:gradeobjects:read, grades:gradevalues:read).
• Assignment dropboxes — GET /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/dropbox/folders/ and .../folders/(folderId)/submissions/.
• Users — GET /d2l/api/lp/(version)/users/whoami and GET /d2l/api/lp/(version)/users (scope users:userdata:read).
• Brightspace Data Sets — GET /d2l/api/lp/(version)/datasets/bds lists data sets; extracts download per schema and plugin (scope datasets:bds:read).

What can an agent write to D2L Brightspace?

• Grade values — PUT /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/grades/(gradeObjectId)/values/(userId) (scope grades:gradevalues:write). Confirm with the user first.
• Enrollments — POST /d2l/api/lp/(version)/enrollments/ creates; DELETE .../enrollments/orgUnits/(orgUnitId)/users/(userId) removes. Confirm with the user first.
• Dropbox feedback — POST /d2l/api/le/(version)/(orgUnitId)/dropbox/folders/(folderId)/feedback/(entityType)/(entityId) posts feedback. Confirm with the user first.
• Users — POST /d2l/api/lp/(version)/users creates a user; /users/batch/ creates up to 500 (scope users:userdata:create).

Limits: Token-bucket credits per caller; 429 when exhausted. Headers: X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, X-Request-Cost, X-Rate-Limit-Reset / Retry-After. Paging uses PagedResultSet (Bookmark, HasMoreItems) or ObjectListPage (Next URL).

Grades, submissions, enrollments and user records held by a school are FERPA-protected education records.

How do I connect D2L Brightspace to an AI agent over MCP?

As of October 2026 we found no MCP server published by D2L itself.

The practical path is to host a small MCP server that wraps the Brightspace APIs (Valence) and Data Hub / Brightspace Data Sets, or to give the agent the calls directly with the SKILL.md below.

On ibl.ai an MCP connection is three records, and a working integration always needs all three:

1. Register the server — POST …/mcp-servers/ with its URL, a transport (sse, websocket or streamable_http) and an auth_type of none, token or oauth2.
2. Create a connection that holds the credential, scoped to the whole organization (platform), to a single agent, or to each user (user).
3. Enable it on the agent — mcp-tool in tool_slugs and the server id in mcp_servers. Both lists are replaced, not merged, so read the settings first.

D2L Brightspace supports per-user OAuth, so the server can use auth_type=oauth2 with auth_scope=user: each person connects their own D2L Brightspace account in the chat the first time the agent needs it.

The field reference is in MCP server connections, and the /iblai-api-agent-mcp skill runs all three steps from a coding agent.

What does the D2L Brightspace agent skill do?

The D2L Brightspace skill is one SKILL.md file named iblai-connect-d2l-brightspace. It gives an agent the auth conventions, what to read, which writes need a person's confirmation, the ibl.ai MCP wiring, example prompts and guardrails.

Download the D2L Brightspace SKILL.md

Save it as .claude/skills/iblai-connect-d2l-brightspace/SKILL.md, or in your agent's skills folder. The ibl.ai platform skills it calls come from one install:

This connector skill is a starting point maintained on ibl.ai, not part of the iblai/vibe repository.

It was checked against D2L's documentation on October 20, 2026. Test it against your own D2L Brightspace setup before you rely on it.

What can I ask a D2L Brightspace agent to do?

• “List students in HIST 110 who have not submitted to the Research Paper dropbox.”
• “Show my grade book values for each student in Biology section 3.”
• “Enroll this teaching assistant in all three sections of CHEM 101.”
• “Download the latest Users and Enrollments Brightspace Data Sets extracts.”

How do I run a D2L Brightspace agent on ibl.ai?

Agentic OS is where the agent runs on ibl.ai: it holds the D2L Brightspace MCP connection, the model the agent uses, its instructions and its conversation history.

On ibl.ai you own all the code and the data, run it model-agnostic across any LLM, and pay with no per-seat pricing — so you can deploy anywhere, from your own cloud to a fully air-gapped network.

• AI agents for Higher Education — what ibl.ai deploys in this sector
• AI agents for K-12 — what ibl.ai deploys in this sector

Which ibl.ai agents work with D2L Brightspace data?

• Faculty Assistant — Higher Education
• Study Buddy — Higher Education

Where does ibl.ai describe the D2L Brightspace integration?

• D2L Brightspace with Agentic OS — what ibl.ai builds on top of D2L Brightspace
• D2L Brightspace and ibl.ai — the integration overview

Which ibl.ai platform skills does a D2L Brightspace agent use?

• /iblai-api-agent-mcp — MCP connectors for ibl.ai agents, end to end
• /iblai-vibe-agent-mcp — Add the agent MCP tab (Model Context Protocol connector management with featured connectors, custom connectors, OAuth,…
• /iblai-api-agent-tool — Enable or disable an ibl.ai agent's tools via the platform API
• /iblai-vibe-agent-lti — Add the agent LTI tab (LTI 1.3 launch toggle with agent links, signing keys, tools, and platform endpoints) to your…

What else should I know before connecting D2L Brightspace to an AI agent?

Which other data sources can an AI agent connect to alongside D2L Brightspace?

Which other Higher Education systems have a connector?

• 1EdTech OneRoster — Rostering and gradebook data standard
• Blackboard Learn — Learning management system
• Canvas LMS — Learning management system
• EAB Navigate360 — Student success CRM
• Ellucian Banner — Student information system / ERP
• Ellucian Colleague — Student information system / ERP
• Encoura Reach (Anthology Reach) — Higher-education CRM
• Handshake — Career services and early-career recruiting platform
• Jenzabar One — Higher education ERP and student information system
• Moodle LMS — Learning management system
• PeopleSoft Campus Solutions — Student information system
• Raiser's Edge NXT — Fundraising and donor CRM
• Salesforce Education Cloud — Education CRM
• Slate — Admissions CRM
• Workday Student — Student information system

Which other K-12 systems have a connector?

• 1EdTech OneRoster — Rostering and gradebook data standard
• Blackboard Learn — Learning management system
• Canvas LMS — Learning management system
• ClassLink — Rostering and single sign-on platform
• Clever — Rostering and single sign-on platform
• Google Classroom — Learning management system
• Infinite Campus — Student information system
• Moodle LMS — Learning management system
• PowerSchool SIS — Student information system
• Schoology — Learning management system
• Seesaw — Elementary learning platform
• Skyward — Student information system

Every connector, grouped by sector, is on the connectors hub.