edstem-cli reads and posts on Ed Discussion using your personal Ed API token. It covers threads, lesson content, quiz slides, and Ed-hosted files, and it never touches your Ed password or browser session.

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Who it’s for

  • Students who want unit threads, lesson content, and grading responses without opening a browser tab per unit.
  • Teaching staff scripting attendance or content checks across units.
  • Scripts, CI jobs, and AI agents — see Ed Discussion CLI for scripts and agents for --json output, exit codes, and MCP tools.

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Three surfaces, one Ed identity

edstem

The command-line tool. Every command supports --json, --yaml, --table, and --fields.

edstem-mcp

An MCP server that runs on your machine, using the same EDSTEM_TOKEN.

Remote MCP

Hosted, for apps that can’t run a local program — or a version you host yourself on Cloudflare.
All three surfaces authenticate the same way: a personal Ed API token, created at Ed’s settings page and never a scraped browser cookie.

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Start here

Install and sign in

Install the CLI, create an Ed API token, and save it.

Threads

List, search, show, and read threads in a unit.

Lessons and slides

Read lesson content, mark lessons read, and submit quiz answers.

MCP server

Connect an MCP client, running locally or hosted.
See Command model for how nouns, verbs, and flags fit together, and the command reference for exact syntax.