Use Thinkific from Claude
Add the Thinkific connection to a Space that runs Claude, then use it from every channel in that Space.
ConnectorThinkific
Thinkific integration for Claude and Codex
Connect Thinkific once, then control which Spaces can use its approved tools and data without pasting credentials into prompts or threads.
CategoryEducation
Use Thinkific from Codex
Add the Thinkific connection to a Space that runs Codex, then use it from every channel in that Space.
Use Thinkific from Sidekick
Connect your own OpenClaw to Sidekick while type.com provides the conversations, permissions, connections, skills, and automations.
Education
What the Thinkific connector can do
Thinkific's API, as exposed here, covers student-facing course, chapter, and lesson metadata. In a type.com Space, Claude can look up a course, list its chapters, or pull the lessons inside a chapter, giving instructors and support staff a quick way to check content structure without logging into the admin panel.
One connection, many Spaces
Connect Thinkific once, then decide which Spaces can use it in threads, skills, automations, and coding work.
Use Thinkific from Claude Code, Codex, and automations
Use Thinkific from Claude Code or Codex
Once Thinkific is connected in type.com, install the type.com CLI, and Claude Code or Codex can call its tools with type-cli integrations call. Calls run with your type.com access, and the credentials stay on type.com's servers.
Automate Thinkific on a schedule or webhook
In a Space with Thinkific connected, describe the job, and type.com proposes an automation with its trigger, schedule, and destination. Runs can start on a schedule or from a webhook, Slack, GitHub, Linear, email, or RSS, and each run leaves a thread the team can read.
What teams do with Thinkific in type.com
Check a course's structure fast
Pull one course's metadata by ID to confirm its current title or setup before answering a student question.
Get the Thinkific course with ID 48213 and tell me its current title and description.
Review a course's chapter outline
List every chapter in a course to spot gaps or confirm the order before a launch.
List the chapters for this Thinkific course and tell me if any are missing content.
Find a specific lesson
Drill into a chapter's contents to locate one lesson or item by ID when a student reports an issue.
List the contents of chapter 9 in our onboarding course and get the details for the third item.
Representative actions
- Get course
Reads one course's metadata by its ID, such as title and description.
- List course chapters
Lists the chapters that belong to a specific course.
- List chapter contents
Lists the lessons and other content items inside one chapter.
- Get content item
Reads one lesson or other content item by its ID.
Connection
API and auth details
Thinkific's Admin REST API uses a school-scoped bearer API Access Token at https://api.thinkific.com/api/public/v1; this integration exposes only student-facing course, chapter, and lesson metadata.
- Source
- Official docs verified 2026-09-03
- Auth schemes
- Bearer token
- Base URL
- https://api.thinkific.com/api/public/v1
- Auth docs
- https://support.thinkific.dev/hc/en-us/articles/38357676036887-Authorization-using-API-Access-Token
- Official site
- https://www.thinkific.com
- Connection test
- /courses?limit=1
Official endpoint references
- GET/courses/{course_id}Get one course by ID.
- GET/courses/{course_id}/chaptersList chapters belonging to one course.
- GET/chapters/{chapter_id}Get one chapter's student-facing structure metadata.
- GET/chapters/{chapter_id}/contentsList lessons and content items belonging to one chapter.
- GET/contents/{content_id}Get one lesson or other course content item by ID.
FAQ
Questions people ask before connecting Thinkific
Can Claude look up Thinkific course content from type.com?
Yes. With a Thinkific connection shared to a Space, Claude can read a course's metadata, list its chapters, and pull lesson details from a thread.
How does Thinkific authenticate in type.com?
Thinkific uses a school-scoped bearer API access token. An admin adds it once when the connection is created and controls which Spaces can use it.
Does this Thinkific connection expose instructor or admin data?
No. This integration is limited to student-facing course, chapter, and lesson metadata, so it will not surface broader admin account data.
Can Claude Code or Codex use Thinkific?
Yes. Once Thinkific is connected in type.com, install the type.com CLI, and Claude Code or Codex can call its tools with type-cli integrations call. Calls run with your type.com access, and the credentials stay on type.com's servers.
Can I automate Thinkific on a schedule?
Yes. In a Space with Thinkific connected, describe the job, and type.com proposes an automation with its trigger, schedule, and destination. Runs can start on a schedule or from a webhook, Slack, GitHub, Linear, email, or RSS, and each run leaves a thread the team can read.
Is this the same as an MCP server for Thinkific?
Not exactly. type.com uses connectors and connections to give selected Spaces access to approved app tools and data. Some connectors use hosted MCP, while others use OAuth, API keys, service accounts, or custom APIs.
More education connectors
All Education integrationsConnect Linguapop to Claude in type.com to check supported languages before setting up a placement test for a student.
Connect Memberspot to Claude in type.com to look up members, check course progress, and manage user access in a thread.
Connect Membervault to Claude in type.com to enroll students, audit course access, and remove members from courses right inside a thread.
Connect Canvas to Claude in type.com to manage conversations, favorites, attendance, and quiz reports from a shared thread.