Canvas LMS Codex Agent Workflow
Canvas Pilot is built for Codex users who already understand local agent workflows and want Canvas LMS coursework to become a repeatable scan, approval, execute, and review loop.
Why Codex is a good fit
Codex can read a local repository, follow project instructions, run tools, inspect files, and produce artifacts. Canvas Pilot turns that capability into a course workflow: the agent scans Canvas, proposes a plan, waits for approval, and dispatches only approved items into course-specific workflows.
The Codex-facing workflow
scan canvas -> plan.json -> approval -> canvas-execute -> result.json -> REPORT.md
This boundary matters. The scan step is planning, not execution. Execution starts only after approval. The output is designed to be reviewed by the student before anything is submitted elsewhere.
Course memory instead of repeated prompting
A one-off Codex prompt can help with one assignment. Canvas Pilot is for patterns that return every week. It keeps public-safe workflow skeletons in the repo and private course details in local ignored overlays, so recurring coursework can be handled consistently without putting private identifiers in public code.
Related pages
Read the Claude Code workflow page, the assignment workflow automation page, or the GitHub repo.