Google Classroom MCP for students

Google Classroom MCP for students

Ask your AI what's actually left to do in Google Classroom.

This is a free, open source MCP server. It lets Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and other AI apps read your Classroom classes, assignments, grades on returned work and announcements. It is read only. It can never turn in, edit or delete anything. Not affiliated with Google.

Free forever. No sign up and no subscription. Your login details only ever go to Google.

Setup (about 10 minutes, one time)

Google makes every app ask for its own permission, so you create a small private "app" that only you use.

1. Go to the Google Cloud console and create a project.
2. Turn on the Google Classroom API for it (APIs & Services > Library).
3. Under APIs & Services > OAuth consent screen, set it up as External, and add your own Google account as a test user.
4. Under Credentials, create an OAuth client ID of type Desktop app. Copy the client ID and secret.
5. Run the one time sign in:

GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID=your-id GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET=your-secret npx google-classroom-student-mcp login

Open the link it prints, approve read only access, and copy the three values it prints.

6. Add them to your AI app's MCP config (for Claude Desktop that's claude_desktop_config.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "classroom": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "google-classroom-student-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_ID": "your-id",
        "GOOGLE_CLIENT_SECRET": "your-secret",
        "GOOGLE_REFRESH_TOKEN": "paste-from-login"
      }
    }
  }
}

7. Restart your AI app and ask "what's due this week?"

Run npx google-classroom-student-mcp doctor any time to check that your setup works.

Quick test without the app setup: set GOOGLE_ACCESS_TOKEN to a token from the OAuth Playground with the Classroom read only scopes. It stops working after about an hour.

What you can ask

• "What do I still need to turn in?"
• "What's overdue?"
• "What's due this week across all my classes?"
• "What did my teachers post lately?"

Tools

All tools are read only.

Tool	What it does
get_my_courses	Your active classes and their IDs
get_todo	Everything assigned that you haven't turned in
get_upcoming_due_dates	Work due soon, soonest first
get_missing_assignments	Past due work you haven't turned in
get_assignments	Assignments for a class with due dates and status
get_my_grades	Points earned on returned work for each class
get_announcements	Recent announcements
get_course_materials	Materials posted in a class

Google Classroom has no overall course grade, so get_my_grades adds up graded work only and says so.

Privacy and security

• Your credentials stay on your computer and are only sent to Google.
• Nothing is sent to any other server by this project.
• Only read only permissions are requested. Remove access any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

Troubleshooting

Message	Fix
Not signed in	Run login again to get a new refresh token.
Sign in failed, expired or revoked	While your app is in testing mode, Google expires refresh tokens after 7 days. Run login again.
Access denied	Your school's Google admin may block third party apps. Ask your admin or use a personal account.
Google did not return a refresh token	Remove the app from your connected apps and run login again.

Development

npm install
npm run build
npm test

Tests run against a fake Google server, so they need no account or network.

More free student MCP servers

All free, open source and read only where they touch your accounts. Browse the full list at brightspacemcp.com/more-mcps.

Server	What it does
Brightspace MCP	D2L Brightspace for AI. Due dates with real submission status, grades, a target grade calculator and course files.
Canvas MCP	Read-only Canvas LMS for AI. Due dates, missing work, grades and announcements.
Moodle MCP	Read-only Moodle for AI. Due dates, overdue work, grades and announcements.
GPA Calculator MCP	GPA, grade conversion and what-do-I-need-on-the-final math for AI. Works offline, no account.
Citations MCP	APA, MLA and Chicago citations from a DOI, an ISBN or typed details. No account.
Study Planner MCP	Exam study schedules, spaced repetition dates, pomodoro plans and assignment milestones. Works offline.
Paper Finder MCP	Search scholarly papers, find open access copies and related work through OpenAlex. No key needed.

License

MIT