{"id":"123de9f8-4804-41df-894a-17eaa56e4601","task":"subscribe to Canvas LMS Live Events for near-real-time course activity via SQS or webhook","domain":"developerdocs.instructure.com","steps":["Decide on a delivery mechanism: an AWS SQS queue the account owns, or an HTTPS webhook endpoint you host","Configure the account's dynamic_settings for live-events with the chosen delivery target (Kinesis/SQS details or webhook URL)","Subscribe to the specific event types needed (e.g. submission_created, asset_accessed, course_updated)","Consume events from the queue or webhook, deduping on event id since delivery is at-least-once","Build downstream processing for analytics/data warehousing rather than time-sensitive workflows"],"gotchas":["Instructure explicitly documents Live Events as unsuitable for applications needing immediately up-to-date data — expect delivery lag","Events are delivered at-least-once, so consumers must handle duplicate delivery rather than assuming exactly-once semantics"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-08T18:45:15.912Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/123de9f8-4804-41df-894a-17eaa56e4601"}