Coursera MCP

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<p align="center"> <b>The most advanced MCP server for Coursera.</b><br> _{87 tools · 8 integration layers · full course automation · Obsidian export} </p>

<p align="center"> <a href="#setup"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/setup-guide-blue?style=flat-square" alt="Setup"></a> <a href="#tools-87"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/tools-87-green?style=flat-square" alt="Tools"></a> <a href="#architecture"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/architecture-8_layers-purple?style=flat-square" alt="Architecture"></a> <a href="https://github.com/VoidChecksum/coursera-mcp/blob/main/LICENSE"><img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-yellow?style=flat-square" alt="License"></a> </p>

<p align="center"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.11+-3776AB?style=flat-square&logo=python&logoColor=white" alt="Python"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/node.js-22+-339933?style=flat-square&logo=nodedotjs&logoColor=white" alt="Node.js"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP-stdio-black?style=flat-square" alt="MCP"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/scrapling-adaptive-FF6B35?style=flat-square" alt="Scrapling"> <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/stealth-rebrowser-red?style=flat-square" alt="Stealth"> </p>

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Give any AI agent — Claude, GPT, or your own — full programmatic access to Coursera. Enroll in courses, speedrun lectures, solve quizzes, submit assignments, earn certificates, and push them to LinkedIn. All from a single MCP server.

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Highlights

	Feature	How
🚀	Speedrun entire courses	speedrun_course completes lectures, quizzes, discussions, and graded exams in one call
🔓	Freemium bypass	Auto-detects enrolledViaFreemiumAt restrictions and re-enrolls without the flag
🧠	Solve quizzes via GraphQL	Elimination-learning solver: submits, learns from feedback, retries until passing
📝	Submit everything	Written, peer review, discussion prompts, programming assignments — all automated
📊	Full analytics	Learner stats, XP, streaks, goals, module progress, detailed grades, timelines
🔗	LinkedIn integration	Auto-add certificates to your profile with duplicate detection
🕷️	Scrapling scraping	Adaptive parser (1775× faster than BeautifulSoup) + JS rendering
🛡️	Stealth browser	rebrowser-puppeteer + fingerprint injection defeats Cloudflare/bot detection
🔑	Cookie-based auth	No passwords stored — session cookies via Cookie-Editor
📓	Obsidian export	Summarize courses into structured study notes and write directly to your Obsidian vault

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Prerequisites

1. Install Cookie-Editor

All authentication uses browser session cookies. Install Cookie-Editor to export them:

Browser	Install
<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Chrome-4285F4?style=flat-square&logo=googlechrome&logoColor=white">	Chrome Web Store
<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Firefox-FF7139?style=flat-square&logo=firefoxbrowser&logoColor=white">	Firefox Add-ons
<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Edge-0078D7?style=flat-square&logo=microsoftedge&logoColor=white">	Edge Add-ons

2. Export Coursera Cookies

1. Log into coursera.org
2. Click Cookie-Editor icon → Export → copy CAUTH and CSRF3-Token values
3. Paste into .env (see Setup)

3. Export LinkedIn Cookies (optional)

1. Log into linkedin.com
2. Click Cookie-Editor icon → Export → copy li_at and JSESSIONID values
3. Paste into .env

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Setup

git clone https://github.com/VoidChecksum/coursera-mcp.git
cd coursera-mcp

uv venv .venv
uv pip install -p .venv/bin/python mcp curl_cffi skipera requests "scrapling[fetchers]"
.venv/bin/scrapling install

npm install rebrowser-puppeteer puppeteer-extra puppeteer-extra-plugin-stealth \
            fingerprint-generator fingerprint-injector

cp .env.example .env
chmod 600 .env

.env format

COURSERA_CAUTH=<paste CAUTH cookie value>
COURSERA_CSRF3=<paste CSRF3-Token cookie value>

LINKEDIN_LI_AT=<paste li_at cookie value>
LINKEDIN_JSESSIONID=<paste JSESSIONID value, without quotes>

[!NOTE] When Coursera or LinkedIn logs you out, re-export cookies with Cookie-Editor and update .env.

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Connect to Your AI Client

<details> <summary><b>Claude Desktop / Claude Code</b></summary>

Add to your MCP config (claude_desktop_config.json or via CLI):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "coursera": {
      "command": "/path/to/coursera-mcp/run.sh"
    }
  }
}

Or via CLI:

claude mcp add coursera /path/to/coursera-mcp/run.sh

</details>

<details> <summary><b>Other MCP Clients</b></summary>

Any MCP-compatible client that supports stdio transport works. Point it at run.sh which loads .env and starts the server.

</details>

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Tools (87)

Course Discovery & Enrollment

Tool	Description
whoami	Verify session, return user ID
my_courses	List enrolled courses (name, slug, role)
search	Search Coursera catalog via GraphQL
course_details	Full course metadata by slug
enroll_course	Enroll in a course, auto-bypassing freemium restrictions
unenroll_course	Delete course enrollment
batch_enroll	Enroll in multiple courses at once with freemium bypass
reset_course_deadlines	Reset/extend deadlines to unlock expired submissions

Speedrunning

Tool	Description
speedrun_course	Complete an entire course in one call: freemium bypass → lectures → quizzes → discussions → graded exams with elimination learning
speedrun_all	Speedrun every enrolled course, skipping 100% courses
complete_course_lectures	Mark all lectures, readings, widgets, and labs as completed in parallel

Progress, Grades & Certificates

Tool	Description
get_course_grades	Grades, outcomes, and passing state for all graded items
get_course_progress	Overall progress % and per-item completion status
get_detailed_grades	Full grade breakdown with item outcomes and assignment group grades
get_module_progress	Per-module completion status (completed/in-progress/not-started)
get_home_progress	Modules completed and modules passed counts
get_certificates	All certificates with codes and verification URLs
get_certificate_details	Certificate grade, grant date, verification URL, preview image
get_certificate_image	Certificate preview image URL

Learner Analytics (Reverse-Engineered GraphQL)

Tool	Description
get_learner_stats	Total XP, items completed, learning minutes, active days, weekly stats
get_weekly_streaks	Current and target weekly learning streaks
get_weekly_goals	Day-by-day goal tracking and progress status
get_course_timeline	Start/end dates, ahead/behind/overdue schedule status
get_profile	User ID, full name, locale, timezone, profile photos
get_subscription_status	Coursera Plus/trial/payment status and subscription details
check_product_ownership	Enrollment type (freemium/paid/Plus), ownership status
send_learning_heartbeat	Send learning time heartbeat (registers active time on a course item)
get_cohorts	Social learning cohorts the user belongs to
get_item_deadlines	Per-item content deadlines (more granular than session deadlines)

Skill & Career Intelligence

Tool	Description
get_skill_xp	Skill area XP breakdown per course (gained vs potential)
get_item_xp	XP earned vs potential for a specific course item
get_learning_plan	AI-generated personalized learning plan (role, skills, courses)
get_related_courses	Related course recommendations
get_interested_careers	User's interested career roles
get_career_roles	Career role recommendations for a specialization
get_specialization_progress	Progress across all courses in a specialization
get_course_info	Course description, partners, instructors, workload, primary specialization

Quiz & Assessment (GraphQL — no browser)

Tool	Description
get_quiz_questions_api	Fetch questions + option IDs via GraphQL, handles START_NEW_ATTEMPT
submit_quiz_answers_api	Submit answers, get instant grade + per-question feedback
get_quiz_state	Check quiz attempt status, grade, and rate-limit info without starting
get_discussion_prompt	Get discussion prompt content and metadata
submit_discussion_prompt_answer	Post answer to discussion prompt

Content Extraction

Tool	Description
get_video_transcript	Clean text transcript of any lecture video (VTT dedup)
get_supplement_content	Clean text of any reading/supplement
get_lecture_assets	Downloadable slides, PDFs, and supplementary files
get_course_references	Glossary and reference materials
get_instructor_notes	Module-level instructor notes
get_learning_objectives	Module learning objectives
get_user_notes	Personal study notes for a course item
create_user_note	Create study notes on lectures/readings with video timestamps

Course Structure & Navigation

Tool	Description
course_materials	Full course syllabus: modules, lessons, items
module_items	Items in a specific module (lectures, quizzes, readings)
get_course_navigation	Full navigation with deadline status per module
get_course_schedule	Session deadlines per module and item
get_forum_structure	Full forum hierarchy (IDs, types, descriptions)
get_specialization_info	Specialization courses, partners, pricing
get_career_roles	Career role recommendations for specializations
get_ai_grading_eligibility	Check if AI peer review grading is available

Browser Automation (stealth Chromium)

Tool	Description
get_quiz_attempt	Start/resume quiz in browser, extract all questions
submit_quiz_attempt	Answer quiz, sign honor code, submit
get_assignment_instructions	Extract assignment instructions + form fields
submit_assignment	Submit written/peer assignment (text + files)
get_workspace_url	Get Jupyter/lab workspace URL
mark_item_completed	Trigger completion by loading item page
get_forum_threads	Extract discussion forum threads
post_forum_thread	Post new thread in forums
get_peer_review_questions	Get peer review criteria + rubrics
submit_peer_review_evaluation	Submit peer review grading
get_programming_assignment_instructions	Get programming assignment schema
submit_programming_api	Submit code to Coursera autograder

Scrapling (adaptive web scraping)

Tool	Description
scrapling_api_fetch	Fast API call via Scrapling (stealth httpx)
scrape_course_page	Scrape authenticated pages with JS rendering (Playwright)
scrape_url	General-purpose scraper with CSS selectors

LinkedIn Integration

Tool	Description
get_linkedin_certifications	Fetch existing certs on LinkedIn profile
add_certificate_to_linkedin	Add cert to LinkedIn (auto-skips duplicates)
add_all_certificates_to_linkedin	Batch-add all Coursera certs (dedup)

Study & Planning

Tool	Description
course_content_digest	Bundle a module's transcripts + readings into one study document
search_course_transcripts	Full-text search across a course's lecture transcripts
learning_dashboard	Progress %, certificate, and grade across all enrolled courses
get_upcoming_deadlines	Session end dates across enrolled courses, soonest first
export_deadlines_ics	Export deadlines as an importable .ics calendar
get_specialization	Specialization details + its course list

Obsidian Integration

Tool	Description
summarize_module	Summarize a module's lectures and readings into concise study notes
summarize_course	Summarize an entire course organized by module
export_course_to_obsidian	Summarize + write to Obsidian vault with frontmatter, wiki-links, callouts, and tags
export_module_to_obsidian	Export a single module to Obsidian
export_all_courses_to_obsidian	Batch export all enrolled courses to Obsidian

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Reverse Engineering

Several tools were built by intercepting live browser traffic and reverse-engineering Coursera's internal APIs:

Freemium Bypass — Coursera sets enrolledViaFreemiumAt on free enrollments, which causes all opencourse.v1 video-event and supplement-completion endpoints to return 403. The bypass deletes the enrollment via DELETE /api/openCourseMemberships.v1/{uid}~{courseId} (with an empty {} body — Akka backend requires it) and re-creates it via POST without the freemium flag.

GraphQL Gateway — 48+ operations captured from graphql-gateway, including GetLearnerStats, WeeklyStreaks_QueryWeeklyStreaks, GetLearnerWeeklyGoals, GetCourseBranchModuleProgressByCourse, GetLearnerCourseTimeline, GetMyCertificateByProduct, CourseNavigation, GetAiGradingEligibilityByCourse, CareerRolesQuery, and GetProductOwnership.

REST APIs — 61+ endpoints mapped from browser network traffic, including onDemandCourseViewGrades.v1, onDemandReferences.v1, onDemandLectureAssets.v1, onDemandInstructorNotes.v1, userNotes.v1, onDemandCourseForums.v1, onDemandLearningObjectives.v2, and subscriptions.v1.

Quiz Solver — Elimination-learning algorithm: submits first-option answers, gets per-question feedback marking options correct/incorrect, persists learned answers to ~/.skipera/gradedData/, and retries with improved answers until passing (≥70%). Handles START_NEW_ATTEMPT, rate limits, and MultipleChoiceReflectQuestion types.

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Architecture

coursera-mcp/
├── server.py            Python MCP server — all 87 tools
├── automation.mjs       Stealth browser automation (Node.js)
├── run.sh               Launcher (loads .env, starts stdio)
├── .env                 Your cookies (gitignored)
├── .env.example         Template
└── .gitignore

┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│              MCP Clients (Claude / GPT / Custom)                     │
├──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│                server.py  ·  FastMCP stdio                           │
├─────────┬─────────┬──────────┬───────────┬──────────┬────────┬───────┤
│  REST   │ GraphQL │ Scrapling│  Browser  │ LinkedIn │ gRPC   │Obsidi-│
│  API    │ Gateway │          │  Stealth  │  Voyager │  API   │an API │
│         │         │          │ Puppeteer │ + Browser│        │       │
├─────────┴─────────┤          ├───────────┤          │        │       │
│  curl_cffi        │ Fetcher  │automation │automation│        │ REST  │
│  skipera          │ Dynamic  │   .mjs    │   .mjs   │        │:27123 │
│  requests         │ Fetcher  │ (Node.js) │ (Node.js)│        │       │
└───────────────────┴──────────┴───────────┴──────────┴────────┴───────┘

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Security

No passwords stored	Cookie-based auth only — session tokens from your browser
.env is gitignored	Secrets never enter version control
No hardcoded credentials	All secrets read from os.environ at runtime
No secret logging	Cookies are never printed or logged to stdout/stderr
.env.example is safe	Contains only empty placeholders

[!CAUTION] Never commit your .env file. If you accidentally expose cookies, log out of Coursera/LinkedIn immediately to invalidate them.

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License

MIT

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<p align="center"> _{Built for agents that learn faster than humans.} </p>