Blackbaud

Viewpoint School · MyVP

MyVP, from the
terminal.

Assignments, submissions, schedule and grades as a CLI, Python SDK, HTTP API and MCP server. It signs itself back in, so you stay logged in.

01 Install macOS

$ curl -fsSL https://blackbaud.myronlai.com/install.sh | sh

Installs uv if it is missing, the blackbaud command, and Chromium for Google sign-in. Run it again to update.

Install preview
Terminal
$ curl -fsSL https://blackbaud.myronlai.com/install.sh | sh show output Resolved 80 packages in 1.13s Installed 80 packages in 76ms Bytecode compiled 3416 files in 803ms + blackbaud-sdk==0.2.0 (from https://blackbaud.myronlai.com/blackbaud_sdk-0.2.0-py3-none-any.whl) Installed 1 executable: blackbaud Installed. Next: blackbaud setup
$ blackbaud setup show output Blackbaud setup · press Enter for the default, or answer no to skip a step 1. Sign in ✗ Not logged in 1. Copy the session from a browser logged in to MyVP (recommended) 2. Sign in with Google (email and password) 3. Skip Choose sign-in method [1]: 1 Logged in via arc → /Users/you/.blackbaud/storage_state.json 2. Background keep-alive ✗ Keep-alive service not installed Install it so you stay logged in (starts at login, pings every 5 min)? [Y/n]: y ✓ Keep-alive service running (pid 25175) 3. Keep browsers logged in – No browsers kept logged in (optional) Look for browsers logged in to MyVP? (macOS may ask for Keychain access) [Y/n]: y Browsers with MyVP cookies: 1. ✓ arc · Profile 2 — logged in (active 1 min ago) Keep which logged in? (numbers, e.g. 1,3) [1]: 1 ✓ Browsers kept logged in: arc · Profile 2 Done. Useful commands: blackbaud assignments --pending what's due blackbaud schedule today's classes blackbaud gradebook scores for a course blackbaud submit turn in work (pick from a list) blackbaud --help every command
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02 Sign in

$ blackbaud setup

Signs in, starts the background keep-alive, and keeps your browsers logged in to MyVP. Every step shows its state and can be skipped. Choose Always Allow when Keychain asks.

03 Use

Add --json for scripts. blackbaud --help lists everything.

04 Agents

Paste this to Claude Code, Codex, or any coding agent:

Install blackbaud-sdk for me by following https://blackbaud.myronlai.com/llms.txt

Or wire it up yourself. MCP server:

{ "mcpServers": { "blackbaud": { "command": "blackbaud", "args": ["mcp"] } } }

Agent skill, into Claude Code:

$ mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && curl -fsSL https://blackbaud.myronlai.com/skill.tar.gz | tar xz -C ~/.claude/skills