MCP Tools Reference: classroommcp.googleapis.com

Tool: list_courses

Lists the user's courses with their details (section, room, subject, grade levels, description, state, and the user's role). Use this as the primary entry point to discover courses and retrieve their IDs. Courses often share a title, so use section to tell them apart. Returns only ACTIVE courses unless courseState is set (e.g. ARCHIVED).

To link the user to a course in the Classroom web app, use https://classroom.google.com/c/{course_id} (stream) or https://classroom.google.com/w/{course_id}/t/all (Classwork page). Use IDs exactly as returned; never guess or modify them.

The following code sample shows how to use curl to call the list_courses MCP tool.

Curl Request 
curl --location 'https://classroommcp.googleapis.com/mcp/v1' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
--header 'content-type: application/json' \
--header 'accept: application/json, text/event-stream' \
--data '{
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "list_courses",
    "arguments": {
      // Provide these details according to the MCP tool specification.
    }
  },
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1
}'

Input Schema

Request to list courses.

ListCoursesRequest

JSON representation 
{
  "courseState": enum (State),
  "createdDateRange": {
    object (DateRange)
  },
  "timeZone": string,
  "titleContains": string,
  "pageSize": integer,
  "pageToken": string
}
Fields
courseState

enum (State)

Optional. Filter by course state. Defaults to ACTIVE.
createdDateRange

object (DateRange)

Optional. Filter by range of creation dates.
timeZone

string

Required. The user's IANA timezone (e.g. "America/Los_Angeles"). Dates in this request are interpreted in it and dates in the response are formatted in it, matching what the user sees in Classroom.
titleContains

string

Optional. Filter title by case-insensitive substring.
pageSize

integer

Optional. Controls page size. Defaults to 10; max 50.
pageToken

string

Optional. Token for pagination.

DateRange

JSON representation 
{
  "startDate": string,
  "endDate": string
}
Fields
startDate

string

Inclusive start of the range (format: YYYY-MM-DD).
endDate

string

Inclusive end of the range (format: YYYY-MM-DD).

State

States of a course.

Enums
STATE_UNSPECIFIED Unspecified state.
ACTIVE Active state.
ARCHIVED Archived state.
PROVISIONED Provisioned state.

Output Schema

Response to list courses.

ListCoursesResponse

JSON representation 
{
  "courses": [
    {
      object (Course)
    }
  ],
  "nextPageToken": string
}
Fields
courses[]

object (Course)

The list of courses.
nextPageToken

string

The next page token.

Course

JSON representation 
{
  "id": string,
  "title": string,
  "role": enum (Role),
  "creationDate": string,
  "state": enum (State),
  "section": string,
  "room": string,
  "subject": string,
  "gradeLevels": string,
  "description": string
}
Fields
id

string

Identifier. Identifier for this course.
title

string

Title of the course.
role

enum (Role)

Role of the user in this course.
creationDate

string

Creation date of the course (format: YYYY-MM-DD). Empty if the creation date isn't known.
state

enum (State)

Output only. State of the course.
section

string

Optional. Section of the course.
room

string

Optional. Room of the course.
subject

string

Optional. Subject of the course.
gradeLevels

string

Optional. Grade levels of the course.
description

string

Optional. Description of the course.

Role

Roles of a user in a course.

Enums
ROLE_UNSPECIFIED Unspecified role.
TEACHER Teacher role.
COTEACHER Co-teacher role.
STUDENT Student role.
INVITED_OR_INACTIVE Invited or inactive role.

State

States of a course.

Enums
STATE_UNSPECIFIED Unspecified state.
ACTIVE Active state.
ARCHIVED Archived state.
PROVISIONED Provisioned state.

Tool Annotations

Tool annotations are sent to MCP clients to describe the basic risk of a given tool. Most clients treat these hints as untrusted, but they can be used to decide when a confirmation prompt might be sent to a user.

Along with the title string, the following boolean hints are defined as follows:

  • readOnlyHint: If true, the tool doesn't modify its environment. Default: false.
  • destructiveHint: If true, then the tool can perform destructive actions. If false, then the tool can only perform additive actions. Default: true.
  • idempotentHint: If true, then calling the tool repeatedly with the same arguments will have no additional effect on its environment. Default: false.
  • openWorldHint: If true, then the tool can interact with an 'open world' of external entities. If false, then the tool can only interact with internal entities. For example, a web search tool would be open world, while a memory tool would not be open world.

Destructive Hint: ❌ | Idempotent Hint: ✅ | Read Only Hint: ✅ | Open World Hint: ❌

Authorization Scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.courses.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/classroom.rosters.readonly