Smartschool MCP Server

Connect Claude (and other MCP clients) to your Smartschool account — ask about grades, assignments, messages, and your schedule in plain language.

Tools

Tool	What it does
get_courses	List enrolled courses with teacher info
get_results	Grades with optional filtering, pagination, and statistics
get_future_tasks	Upcoming assignments organised by date
get_messages	Inbox/sent/trash with search, sender filter, and body retrieval
get_schedule	Day schedule by offset (0 = today, 1 = tomorrow, …)
get_periods	Academic terms for the current school year
get_reports	Available report cards
get_planned_elements	Planner items for the next N days
get_student_support_links	School support resources and links
get_attachments	List attachments for a specific message
download_attachment	Download a specific attachment by message and file ID

Quick start — Claude Desktop

uvx mcp install smartschool-mcp \
  -e SMARTSCHOOL_USERNAME="you" \
  -e SMARTSCHOOL_PASSWORD="secret" \
  -e SMARTSCHOOL_MAIN_URL="school.smartschool.be" \
  -e SMARTSCHOOL_MFA="YYYY-MM-DD"

Or add it manually to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "smartschool": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": ["smartschool-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "SMARTSCHOOL_USERNAME": "you",
        "SMARTSCHOOL_PASSWORD": "secret",
        "SMARTSCHOOL_MAIN_URL": "school.smartschool.be",
        "SMARTSCHOOL_MFA": "YYYY-MM-DD"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config file locations: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json (Windows) · ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) · ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (Linux)

Remote / claude.ai

The server supports Streamable HTTP transport for use as a remote integration on claude.ai.

Single-user mode

One server instance, your credentials in environment variables:

export SMARTSCHOOL_USERNAME="..."
export SMARTSCHOOL_PASSWORD="..."
export SMARTSCHOOL_MAIN_URL="school.smartschool.be"
export SMARTSCHOOL_MFA="YYYY-MM-DD"
export MCP_API_KEY="a-long-random-secret"   # optional but recommended

smartschool-mcp --transport streamable-http --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

Add to claude.ai → Settings → Integrations:

• URL: https://your-domain.example.com/mcp
• Authorization header: Bearer <your MCP_API_KEY> (if set)

Universal mode

One hosted server instance serves any Smartschool user — no per-user deployment needed.

smartschool-mcp --transport streamable-http --universal --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8000

Credentials are passed on every request:

What	Where	Example
School URL	URL query param school	?school=myschool.smartschool.be
Date of birth (MFA)	URL query param mfa	&mfa=2000-01-15
Username	OAuth Client ID	your Smartschool username
Password	OAuth Client Secret	your Smartschool password

In claude.ai → Settings → Integrations → Add custom connector:

• URL: https://your-domain.example.com/mcp?school=myschool.smartschool.be&mfa=YYYY-MM-DD
• OAuth Client ID: your Smartschool username
• OAuth Client Secret: your Smartschool password

MFA is your date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format. Omit the mfa param if your account does not require it.

Making the server publicly accessible

Claude.ai requires HTTPS. Some options:

Option	Command
Cloudflare Tunnel	cloudflared tunnel --url http://localhost:8000
ngrok	ngrok http 8000
VPS	nginx / Caddy with a Let's Encrypt cert

Environment variables

Variable	CLI flag	Default	Description
MCP_TRANSPORT	--transport	stdio	stdio or streamable-http
MCP_HOST	--host	0.0.0.0	Bind address (HTTP only)
MCP_PORT	--port	8000	Port (HTTP only)
MCP_API_KEY	—	—	Static Bearer token (single-user mode)
MCP_UNIVERSAL	--universal	off	Enable universal mode (set to 1, true, or yes)
SESSION_TTL_SECONDS	—	3600	How long to cache sessions (universal mode)
SMARTSCHOOL_USERNAME	—	—	Your Smartschool username
SMARTSCHOOL_PASSWORD	—	—	Your Smartschool password
SMARTSCHOOL_MAIN_URL	—	—	School hostname, e.g. school.smartschool.be
SMARTSCHOOL_MFA	—	—	Date of birth YYYY-MM-DD (if required)

Contributing

PRs are welcome. Run uv sync --extra dev to install dev dependencies, then uv run pytest / uv run ruff check . / uv run mypy smartschool_mcp/ before submitting.

Disclaimer

Unofficial tool, not affiliated with Smartschool. Use in accordance with your school's terms of service.