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D2L Brightspace for AI agents

D2L Brightspace is a learning management system for building and delivering online courses, used by schools to run classes, quizzes, and grading. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect D2L BrightspaceSee the 45 actions ↓
EducationOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTd2l.com
AUDIT LOG · D2L BRIGHTSPACEPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
d2l_brightspace.get_quiz
Get Quiz✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
d2l_brightspace.get_roles
Get Roles✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
d2l_brightspace.create_quiz
Create Quiz✓ approved · approved by user
09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive
d2l_brightspace.delete_quiz
Delete Quiz✕ blocked · policy: deny
EVERY D2L BRIGHTSPACE CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in D2L Brightspace.

01

Create a new quiz

Create a new quiz within a course, with its category and questions attached.

02

Check a student's grade statistics

Check grade statistics for a course before deciding whether to curve an assessment.

03

Confirm before deleting a course

Confirm before deleting a course, since its grades and enrollments are removed with it.

02 · ACTIONS

45 D2L Brightspace actions, graded by risk.

Every D2L Brightspace action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

24

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • d2l_brightspace.get_quiz
    Get Quiz
  • d2l_brightspace.get_roles
    Get Roles
  • d2l_brightspace.get_users
    Get Users
  • d2l_brightspace.get_quizzes
    Get Quizzes
  • d2l_brightspace.get_role_by_id
    Get Role by ID
  • d2l_brightspace.get_user_by_id
    Get User by ID
  • d2l_brightspace.get_grade_setup
    Get Grade Setup
  • d2l_brightspace.get_quiz_access
    Get Quiz Access
  • d2l_brightspace.get_current_user
    Get Current User Information
  • d2l_brightspace.get_grade_access
    Get Grade Access
  • d2l_brightspace.get_grade_object
    Get Grade Object
  • d2l_brightspace.get_quiz_attempt
    Get Quiz Attempt
  • d2l_brightspace.get_course_schema
    Get Course Schema
  • d2l_brightspace.get_grade_objects
    Get Grade Objects
  • d2l_brightspace.get_quiz_attempts
    Get Quiz Attempts
  • d2l_brightspace.get_quiz_category
    Get Quiz Category
+ 8 MORE

write

14

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

  • d2l_brightspace.create_quiz
    Create Quiz
  • d2l_brightspace.create_user
    Create User
  • d2l_brightspace.update_quiz
    Update Quiz
  • d2l_brightspace.update_user
    Update User
  • d2l_brightspace.update_grade_setup
    Update Grade Setup
  • d2l_brightspace.create_grade_object
    Create Grade Object
  • d2l_brightspace.update_grade_object
    Update Grade Object
  • d2l_brightspace.create_quiz_category
    Create Quiz Category
  • d2l_brightspace.update_quiz_category
    Update Quiz Category
  • d2l_brightspace.create_a_course_offering
    Create Course Offering
  • d2l_brightspace.create_a_course_template
    Create Course Template
  • d2l_brightspace.update_a_course_offering
    Update Course Offering
  • d2l_brightspace.update_a_course_template
    Update Course Template
  • d2l_brightspace.copy_role
    Copy Role

destructive

7

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

  • d2l_brightspace.delete_quiz
    Delete Quiz
  • d2l_brightspace.delete_user
    Delete User
  • d2l_brightspace.delete_course
    Delete Course
  • d2l_brightspace.delete_grade_object
    Delete Grade Object
  • d2l_brightspace.delete_quiz_category
    Delete Quiz Category
  • d2l_brightspace.delete_a_course_template
    Delete Course Template
  • d2l_brightspace.delete_user_demographics
    Delete User Demographics
03 · HOW IT WORKS

D2L Brightspace in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect D2L BrightspaceThey sign in to D2L Brightspace on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create Quiz” can wait for the user, and “delete Quiz” can be denied outright.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls D2L Brightspace through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
POLICY.TS
await arc0.policies.set('d2l_brightspace', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_quiz
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_quiz
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
04 · AUTH AND DATA

How D2L Brightspace connects.

Users sign in to D2L Brightspace on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s D2L Brightspace OAuth app, or bring your own so the D2L Brightspace consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same D2L Brightspace connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH
OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use D2L Brightspace from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
06 · RELATED

More education apps.

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07 · FAQ

D2L Brightspace and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use D2L Brightspace with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect D2L Brightspace to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the D2L Brightspace actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect D2L Brightspace?

Users sign in to D2L Brightspace on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s D2L Brightspace OAuth app, or bring your own so the D2L Brightspace consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

Q03

Which D2L Brightspace actions can my agent take?

45 in total: 24 read, 14 write and 7 destructive, such as “create Quiz”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in D2L Brightspace?

Yes. Actions like “delete Quiz” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call D2L Brightspace too?

Yes. The same D2L Brightspace connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

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Plug D2L Brightspace into your agent.

Your users connect D2L Brightspace once, under your brand. Your agent gets 45 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan