Canvas Student MCP Server
I built an MCP server that connects Claude to Canvas so it can see my assignments, due dates, and files without me copy-pasting everything. Some other students at BSU started using it too.
View on GitHub →BSU freshman. I go all the way in on things and usually end up building something. Right now it's AI.
Selected work
I built an MCP server that connects Claude to Canvas so it can see my assignments, due dates, and files without me copy-pasting everything. Some other students at BSU started using it too.
View on GitHub →Built an HTML pitch page for a Perplexity investment competition. Full Sunbelt expansion thesis with comps and financials. Made it interactive instead of a PDF because that felt more interesting.
View pitch →Claude Code, Obsidian, and Todoist wired together so Claude actually knows what I'm working on. Still figuring it out. Already changed how I work.
// currently
Trying to get subagents and automations to handle research, scheduling, and content drafts without me managing every step. Want something that runs in the background and comes back with work already done.
Took Andrej Karpathy's Obsidian approach and built a second brain around it. Structured vault, project notes, decision history. The model doesn't need better prompts if it already knows what you're working on.
First real LinkedIn post hit 30k impressions. Trying to understand why, not just repeat it. Posting weekly until I know what actually lands and what just got lucky.
What people say
"Cole built the Canvas MCP server in a weekend — it immediately solved a problem every student at our school had. That's what separates people who talk about building from people who actually build."
"Most students can barely articulate what a financial model is. Cole had already built one, put it in a pitch deck, and made it interactive. That's a different level."
"He comes into work, takes orders, and somehow still ships side projects in the same week. I genuinely don't know when he sleeps."
"Cole's Obsidian second-brain setup is genuinely the most well-structured student knowledge system I've seen. He treats his thinking like an engineer treats a codebase."