canvas_get_assignment

What canvas_get_assignment does on Cowork Bench

AI agents call canvas_get_assignment to retrieve information from Cowork Bench without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

Why canvas_get_assignment is rated Low

This tool performs a read-only operation to retrieve or query assignment information. It has no capacity to create, modify, delete, or execute operations. The verb 'get' and the phrase 'retrieve detailed information' are characteristic of Read category tools. Severity is low as unauthorized access to assignment details has limited blast radius in an educational context.

From the tool's definition Tool name 'canvas_get_assignment' and description 'Get detailed information about a specific assignment' indicate retrieval of assignment data with no modification or side effects.

The rule that runs canvas_get_assignment safely

PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Cowork Bench, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For canvas_get_assignment, this is the rule to start with:

{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "canvas_get_assignment": {}
  }
}

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