Claude can't see your Canvas on its own. Connect Secretariat to Claude as a custom connector and Claude can read your to-do list, calendar, Canvas announcements, syllabi and class files, and add to-dos when you ask, with your approval before anything on your list changes.
What you can ask
- "What's due this week, and what should I start first?"
- "What's the late policy in psych?" or "When are office hours for micro?"
- "Did my professor post a study guide for the midterm?"
- "Use Secretariat to make me a study guide for my psych exam this week."
- "Add a to-do to email my TA on Thursday."
What Claude can see and do through Secretariat
- Read your to-dos, what's coming up and your calendar, and search them.
- Look something up in a class: its syllabus, course pages, the last two weeks of announcements, and office hours on your calendar.
- Read your Canvas announcements in full, from about the last five months.
- Find a class file on Canvas by name, like a study guide, slides or exam prompts, and read its text.
- Add a to-do, turn an email into a to-do, check a to-do off, block time on your Secretariat calendar, or add a note to a to-do. Each of these only runs when you ask, and you approve it first.
How to connect
- In Secretariat, open Settings, Use with Claude, and copy your connector address.
- In Claude, go to Settings, Connectors, Add custom connector, and paste it.
- Log in to Secretariat when asked and allow the connection.
- It comes with Student Pro and Pro, or on its own with Connect for $4.99 a year. New accounts try it free for two weeks.
Limits
- It reads Canvas through Secretariat and never changes anything in Canvas.
- Time you block from Claude stays on your Secretariat calendar and isn't added to Google Calendar.
- ChatGPT is coming soon. It's waiting on ChatGPT to allow apps like this one.
Common questions
- Can Claude change my Canvas?
- No. Secretariat only reads Canvas, so nothing Claude does through it can submit work or change Canvas. Changes to your Secretariat list need your approval first.
- Do I need a paid plan?
- After the first two weeks, yes: Connect is just the Claude link for $4.99 a year, and Student Pro includes it. Claude's own free plan works. See pricing.
- Does it work with ChatGPT?
- Coming soon. It's waiting on ChatGPT to allow apps like this one, and it will work the same way.
- Can I turn it off?
- Yes. In Settings, Use with Claude, each connected app has a Disconnect button that cuts it off.
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