Pulse 2026 Release Notes for Skilljar by Gainsight

Connect Skilljar to Claude Code Using MCP [Beta]

Skilljar by Gainsight now connects to the MCP server, connecting Skilljar to AI agents using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This release supports MCP clients that authenticate with HTTP headers. Once connected, admins can perform LMS operations (such as managing enrollments, building course content, and updating student records) through natural-language prompts in Claude Code, without opening the Skilljar dashboard.

After the connection is set up, Dashboard admins can ask Claude Code to manage student records, build course content, update lessons, manage groups, and more, without opening the Skilljar dashboard. The Skilljar MCP server covers students, lessons, courses, groups, visibility overrides, group memberships, and bulk enrollments.

Key Benefits

With Skilljar MCP, Dashboard admins can:

• Onboard new customer cohorts
• Enroll student segments in courses
• Build new courses from outlines
• Update course content after product releases
• Audit and replace stale course assets
• Translate course content into another language

Supported MCP Clients and Tools

The Skilljar MCP server is available in open beta and currently supports the following clients and tools:

• Claude Code (VS Code or terminal)
• MS Frontier
• Any MCP client that accepts arbitrary auth headers

The same MCP server can be configured in other CLI-based AI coding tools that support MCP over HTTP transport with custom headers, such as Cursor or VS Code with GitHub Copilot. The Skilljar MCP server does not work with Claude or ChatGPT  (Desktop or Web apps) in this release.

For information on setting up the Claude Code MCP, refer to the Connect Skilljar to Claude Code MCP article.

Introducing the Skilljar API v2

Skilljar by Gainsight introduces API v2, which expands programmatic access to Skilljar across content authoring and student/group management. API v2 covers operations that previously required the Skilljar dashboard and serves as the foundation for the new Skilljar MCP server.

What's new

The following API are added to the Skilljar API:

Content management

• Courses: get, create, update, publish
• Lessons: create, update (title, content, position in a course)
• Composite endpoints (one call, full result):
  • build_course: create a course shell plus all lessons
  • create_quiz_and_questions: create a quiz plus all its questions

Student and group management

• Students: get, list (filtered), batch create, batch update (activate/deactivate, profile fields)
• Enrollment: bulk-enroll students into a course by email
• Groups: create, delete, update, including visibility settings
• Group membership: add or remove students from groups
• Group rules: add, edit, remove, including email-domain auto-enrollment rules

Availability

API v2 is available now to all Skilljar customers. API v1 keys and endpoints continue to work as before; nothing needs to be migrated.

For more information on API v2, refer to the Skilljar API Documentation.