Teachable has a public API, but only on the Growth plan and up, and it reads courses and lecture content and manages users, enrollments, pricing plans and transactions (checked 11 Oct 2026). Cotlet is a hosted MCP server and REST API for Teachable with 15 endpoints (6 read, 9 write): your AI agent signs in as you and does the work.
Teachable has a public API, but only on the Growth plan and up, and it reads courses and lecture content and manages users, enrollments, pricing plans and transactions (checked 11 Oct 2026). Lesson editing, coupons, emails to students and comments are not in it.
What Teachable's own tools do compared with Cotlet
Task
Teachable official
Cotlet
List courses and read lesson content
PartlyGrowth plan and up, read only
Yes
List the students of a course
PartlyGrowth plan and up
Yes
Enroll a student in a course
PartlyGrowth plan and up; Zapier has an Enroll User in Course action
Yes
Create, edit and publish lessons
NoThe API reads a lecture and marks it complete for a student
Cotlet is best for Teachable course creators who run their school without a developer and want their AI agent to edit lessons, create coupons, email students and answer comments without running or fixing a server.
Make a 30% coupon BLACKFRIDAY26 for all courses, 100 uses, ending 1 December. Check first that the code is free. Your agent calls list_coupons, create_coupon and archive_coupon.
Email all students of a course
Email everyone in the Python course that the live Q&A moved to Thursday. Your agent calls list_courses and send_email.
Go through the Pending Approval comments in all my courses: approve real questions, deny spam, and draft an answer to each question from the lesson. Your agent calls list_comments, get_curriculum, get_lesson, moderate_comment and reply_to_comment.
Compare my Python course with the Markdown files in ./scripts, update the lessons that changed, and ask me before touching published ones. Your agent calls list_courses, get_curriculum, get_lesson, update_lesson, create_lesson and publish_lesson.
Enroll students from a CSV
Add the 12 new hires from team.csv to the Onboarding course. Your agent calls list_courses and enroll_student.
Endpoints
What is the Teachable API?
Cotlet's Teachable API exposes 15 endpoints for your own Teachable account: list courses, get curriculum, get lesson, list students, list comments, list coupons, create lesson, update lesson, publish lesson, create coupon, archive coupon, enroll student, send email, reply to comment and moderate comment. The list_courses endpoint returns courses in your school with name, published state and URL. Each endpoint takes simple JSON inputs like course_id, lesson_id or body_markdown and works both as an MCP tool for agents and as a REST call for scripts.
Courses in your school with name, published state and URL.
read
Returns every course in your school, in the order the Courses page shows them. Use course_id from each item in the other tools. Set published to see only the courses students can enroll in.
Sections and lessons of a course, in order, with published and public preview flags.
read
Returns the Curriculum tab of one course: sections in order, and the lessons inside each section in order. Each lesson has a published flag and a public preview flag. Use lesson_id with get_lesson, update_lesson and publish_lesson.
Lesson content as blocks: text as Markdown, plus the type of each video, PDF, audio, quiz and other block.
read
Returns the blocks of one lesson in the order the lesson editor shows them. Text & Image blocks come back as Markdown with a block_id. Other blocks (video, PDF viewer, audio, resource, quiz and so on) come back with their type and title only.
POST /api/v1/teachable/get_lesson
Input
Input: get_lesson
Parameter
Type
Description
course_id required
string
Course ID from list_courses.
lesson_id required
string
Lesson ID from get_curriculum.
Example response
{
"lesson_id": "35120874",
"name": "Lesson 3: Functions",
"published": true,
"blocks": [
{
"block_id": "b_5521",
"type": "text_and_image",
"body_markdown": "# Functions\n\nA function groups steps you want to reuse."
},
{
"block_id": "b_5522",
"type": "video",
"title": "Functions in 6 minutes"
}
]
}
POST
list_students
Students with name, email and join date, or the students of one course.
read
Lists students of your school, newest first. Pass course_id to list only the students enrolled in one course. Pages hold up to 100 students; pass next_cursor back as cursor for the next page. Use the emails with send_email when you need part of a course.
Lesson comments across your school or one course, with author, lesson, status and unread flag.
read
Lists comments the way Site, Comments does, newest first. Status pending returns the Pending Approval queue, which exists only when Comment moderation is on; denied returns comments you denied, which stay in your admin. Use comment_id with moderate_comment and reply_to_comment.
POST /api/v1/teachable/list_comments
Input
Input: list_comments
Parameter
Type
Description
course_id
string
Only comments in this course. Default: all courses.
School and product coupons with code, discount, uses, expiry and status.
read
Returns the coupons from the Coupons page: school coupons (all products or one product type) and product coupons (one pricing plan). Archived coupons are left out unless you ask for them. Check the list before create_coupon so a code is not used twice.
New unpublished lesson at the end of a section, with text from Markdown.
write
Adds a lesson to a section, like New lesson in the Curriculum tab. New lessons start unpublished, so no student sees it until publish_lesson runs. That is why create_lesson runs without asking first.
Rename a lesson or replace the text of its Text & Image block. Other blocks stay as they are.
asks first write
Renames a lesson and replaces the text of one Text & Image block; video, PDF, audio and quiz blocks are not touched. Teachable saves edits to a published lesson live at once, so students see the change right away. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
POST /api/v1/teachable/update_lesson
Input
Input: update_lesson
Parameter
Type
Description
course_id required
string
Course ID from list_courses.
lesson_id required
string
Lesson ID from get_curriculum.
title
string
New lesson name.
body_markdown
string
New text for the Text & Image block.
block_id
string
Text & Image block ID from get_lesson. Default: the first one.
Publish a lesson so enrolled students see it, or unpublish it.
asks first write
Does what Publish and Unpublish do in the lesson editor. Unpublished lessons are hidden from students, and a section whose lessons are all unpublished is hidden too. The course itself must be published and enrollable on its Information tab. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
POST /api/v1/teachable/publish_lesson
Input
Input: publish_lesson
Parameter
Type
Description
course_id required
string
Course ID from list_courses.
lesson_id required
string
Lesson ID from get_curriculum.
published
boolean
false unpublishes. Default: true.
Example response
{
"lesson_id": "35120874",
"published": true
}
POST
create_coupon
Coupon code for all products, one product type or one pricing plan.
asks first write
Creates a coupon on the Coupons page. The code holds letters and numbers only. Quantity is the number available, up to 10,000. Teachable does not sell a paid product below $1.00 USD. The code takes money off your sales. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
POST /api/v1/teachable/create_coupon
Input
Input: create_coupon
Parameter
Type
Description
name required
string
Internal name, for your own list.
code required
string
Letters and numbers only.
discount_type required
enum
percent or amount.
discount required
integer
Percent off, or the fixed amount off.
applies_to
enum
all_products, courses, coaching, digital_downloads, memberships, bundles or pricing_plan. Default: all_products.
Unpublish a coupon so the code stops working. Archived codes can be used again.
asks first write
Archives a coupon, which is how Teachable unpublishes one. Buyers who have the code can no longer use it. An archived code can be used for a new coupon later. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
Enroll a student in a course for free, adding them to your school first if the email is new.
asks first write
Does what manual enrollment does in the Users menu: the student gets access to the course with no payment. A new email is added to your school first, because adding a student does not enroll them. Teachable sends no confirmation email for manual enrollments, and plan limits such as access duration or enrollment caps do not apply. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
Send an email from your school to chosen users, the students of a course or all users, as on the Emails, Compose page.
asks first write
Sends a custom email from your school. Students who opted out of instructional and promotional emails in their profile do not receive it. To reach part of a course, take the emails from list_students and pass them in user_emails. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
POST /api/v1/teachable/send_email
Input
Input: send_email
Parameter
Type
Description
to required
enum
users, course or all_users.
user_emails
string[]
Recipients when to is users.
course_id
string
Recipients when to is course.
subject required
string
Email subject.
body_markdown required
string
Email body.
Example response
{
"email_id": "em_4471",
"to": "course",
"course_id": "1204512",
"subject": "Live Q&A moved to Thursday",
"status": "sent",
"sent_at": "2026-10-11T09:30:00+02:00"
}
POST
reply_to_comment
Reply to a lesson comment as the school owner. The reply is public to the course.
asks first write
Posts a reply under one comment, as the Reply button does in your comment admin. Comments are public and cannot be made private, so the whole course sees the reply. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
Approve or deny a comment held in Pending Approval.
asks first write
Does what Approve and Deny do on a pending comment. An approved comment appears on the lesson. A denied comment stays in your comment admin with a Denied tag and is hidden from students. Pending Approval exists only when Comment moderation is on. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.
How do I connect Teachable to Claude Code, Codex or Cursor?
Connecting Teachable takes three steps: request access, sign in to Teachable once, then add one MCP server or call the REST API with the same key.
Connect Teachable over MCP
1
Create an account
Sign up and add Teachable in the console. Your API key is there too.
2
Sign in to Teachable once
Open the connect page from the console and sign in to Teachable the way you always do. We keep the session, never your password, and you can revoke it anytime.
Paste the snippet for your client. The same server and key serve every app you connect, so you do this once.
4
Ask your agent
Prompt
Make a 30% coupon BLACKFRIDAY26 for all courses, 100 uses, ending 1 December. Check first that the code is free.
Ask in plain words. Your agent finds the Teachable tools on the server and calls them for you; anything that reaches other people waits for your OK unless you switch that off for a tool.
Call Teachable over REST
1
Export your API key
Shell
export COTLET_API_KEY="cotlet_..."
Your scripts use the same API key as your agent. Keep it in an environment variable, never in your code.
You get plain JSON back, ready for your script. A failed call costs nothing.
Why Cotlet
Why use Cotlet for Teachable? Hosted, safe and kept working.
Built for agents
One MCP server for every app you connect.
The same tools as a REST API for scripts and cron jobs.
Works with Claude Code, Codex and Cursor.
Your login stays yours
You sign in to Teachable yourself. We keep only the session, encrypted with AES-256.
The model never sees a login.
No stored passwords, no CAPTCHA solving, no MFA bypass.
You stay in control
Pick read only, or read and write.
Anything that reaches other people waits for your OK, unless you switch it off per tool.
Revoke access in one click.
Kept working for you
We test every integration daily.
When Teachable changes, the tool pauses until we fix it.
Failed calls cost nothing.
Alternatives
Is there a Teachable MCP server on GitHub?
Yes. Open-source Teachable MCP servers exist on GitHub, usually maintained by one person, and most of them wrap the public API, so they need a Growth plan and cannot edit lessons, create coupons or send emails. You install one on your own computer and keep it running yourself; when something changes, you or the maintainer fix it. Teachable also has an experimental MCP of its own, which runs locally and works with Claude Desktop only. Cotlet hosts a server that works in your school as you, and our team keeps it working.
Cotlet compared with a GitHub MCP server
GitHub MCP server
Cotlet
Setup
Clone or install the package, add your API key to each MCP client
Request access, sign in to Teachable once, add one MCP server or API key
Plan needed
Growth plan or higher, for the API key
No API key: Cotlet signs in to your school like you do
What it can do
What the public API has: courses, lecture reads, users, enrollments, pricing plans, transactions
Lessons, coupons, emails to students and comments, plus courses and enrollments
When Teachable changes
It breaks until you or the maintainer fix it
Our team tests it daily and fixes it for you; failed calls are free
Your login
API key in a config file on your computer, valid until you revoke it
Your session, encrypted in an EU vault, revoked in one click; if Teachable logs you out, your agent gets a link to sign in again
Where it runs
Your computer, while it is on
Hosted: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, n8n and scripts, also on a schedule
Price
Free, paid for with your time
Free 7-day trial with 5,000 credits, then credits per call
Which one fits you
Pick Cotlet if
you are not a developer, or you do not want to maintain a server
you need it to keep working when Teachable changes, without checking it yourself
your agent or a script should run it on a schedule, also while your computer is off
Pick an open-source server if
you are comfortable installing, updating and fixing it yourself
you want the session to stay on your own computer
you only need it now and then, from one MCP client
For AI agents
Cotlet for Teachable in plain text The facts on this page in one block: status, endpoints, access, pricing, contact.
Endpoint health
verified 2h ago
list_coursespassing
get_curriculumpassing
get_lessonpassing
list_studentspassing
list_commentspassing
+ 10 more endpoints
15/15 passing latest checkself-healing
teachable.txt
Teachable has a public API, but only on the Growth plan and up, and it reads courses and lecture content and manages users, enrollments, pricing plans and transactions (checked 11 Oct 2026). Lesson editing, coupons, emails to students and comments are not in it.
Cotlet provides a hosted MCP server and REST API for Teachable: 15 tools (6 read, 9 write).
Access Request access at https://cotlet.dev/app/signup?app=teachable; we email the API key.
MCP server https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1
REST base https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/teachable
Auth Authorization: Bearer <COTLET_API_KEY>. Listing endpoints and schemas needs no key; calling an endpoint needs one.
Tools list_courses, get_curriculum, get_lesson, list_students, list_comments, list_coupons, create_lesson, update_lesson, publish_lesson, create_coupon, archive_coupon, enroll_student, send_email, reply_to_comment, moderate_comment
Confirm update_lesson, publish_lesson, create_coupon, archive_coupon, enroll_student, send_email, reply_to_comment, moderate_comment (by default the user approves each call; the user can switch this off per tool, e.g. for scheduled automations)
Markdown https://cotlet.dev/integrations/teachable-api-mcp-server.md
How access works:
1. The user requests access at https://cotlet.dev/app/signup?app=teachable (Teachable is pre-selected). Each request is reviewed and the API key is sent by email.
2. The user signs in to Teachable once in a browser. An agent cannot do this step.
3. The API key goes into the MCP client or the REST call as a bearer token.
Fits: people who want a hosted Teachable server that someone else maintains, including non-developers. Developers who prefer to run and fix code on their own computer can use an open-source Teachable MCP server instead.
Policy: Cotlet never stores passwords, never solves CAPTCHAs, never bypasses MFA.
Company: legal details in the Terms of service at https://cotlet.dev/terms. Contact contact@cotlet.dev.
Session: the user signs in to Teachable in a browser; Cotlet keeps only the session, AES-256 encrypted, revocable in the dashboard at any time.
Terms: the user stays responsible for following Teachable's terms; Cotlet is not affiliated with Teachable.
Can Teachable automations run on a schedule in n8n, Make or Zapier?
Yes. Cotlet does not replace your automation platform: it gives it a Teachable connection it does not have, with the same API key as your agent. Write actions ask for your OK by default; switch that off in your dashboard for the tools you choose, for example to moderate and answer lesson comments, and the schedule runs on its own. Cotlet runs in the cloud, so it keeps going while your computer is off.
Where to run Teachable automations through Cotlet, and how to schedule them
Where
How to connect
How to schedule
Your AI agent
Add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 with your API key.
A scheduled agent run, for example a Claude Code routine.
n8n
MCP Client node with https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1, or an HTTP Request node to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/teachable/{tool}.
Schedule Trigger node.
Make
HTTP module: POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/teachable/{tool} with an Authorization: Bearer header and a JSON body.
Scenario schedule.
Zapier
Webhooks by Zapier: POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/teachable/{tool} with the same header and body.
Schedule by Zapier trigger.
Your own script
POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/teachable/{tool} with your API key.
cron or GitHub Actions.
Pricing & limits
How much does the Teachable API cost?
Free 7-day trial with 5,000 credits, no card needed. After that, the Teachable API comes with the Cotlet plan, from $29 a month for 3,000 credits, with no limit on apps. Each month's credits stay valid for 3 months, so unused credits add up.
Cotlet plan sizes: price, monthly credits and price per credit
Size
Price
Credits / month
Per credit
Solo
$29/mo
3,000
about $0.0097
Pro
$99/mo
12,000
about $0.0083
Agency
$299/mo
40,000
$0.0075
Each successful call uses credits for the work it takes; failed calls and timeouts cost nothing. A hard spend cap is on by default. Authenticate with the Authorization: Bearer header.
About Cotlet
How Cotlet holds your access
Cotlet hosts MCP servers and REST APIs for apps with no usable API. Your agent works in your own Teachable account.
Company details
The legal name, address and registration numbers of the company behind Cotlet are in the Terms of service. Terms
Your session
You sign in to Teachable yourself, in your browser. We keep only the session, never your password: encrypted with AES-256 in an EU vault, isolated to your account and used only when your agent calls a Teachable tool you allowed. When it expires, your agent gives you a link to sign in again. Security
Revoking access
Disconnect Teachable in your dashboard: the session is deleted and access ends at once. Actions that reach other people wait for your OK unless you switch that off per tool.
What we never do
Store passwords, solve CAPTCHAs or bypass MFA.
Teachable's terms
You use your own Teachable account and stay responsible for following Teachable's terms. Cotlet is independent and not affiliated with Teachable. Terms
Request access and pick Teachable. Cotlet reviews each request and emails you your API key.
Do I need to be technical?
No. You sign in to Teachable once in your browser and paste one command into your agent, or one URL into n8n. Your agent can walk you through it. There is no server to install, update or fix.
Is a hosted server safe? My Teachable session would leave my computer.
Cotlet keeps your Teachable session encrypted with AES-256 in an EU vault, isolated to your account and used only for the tools you allow: read only, or read and write. The AI model never sees it, and you revoke it in one click. A local server keeps the same session in a file on your computer, readable by any program you run, and needs a fresh sign-in whenever it expires.
Do I need the Growth plan or an API key?
No. Cotlet signs in to your own school like you do, so it does not use the API key that Teachable's public API and its experimental MCP need on the Growth plan or higher. What you can change still follows what your account can do in the Teachable admin.
Will students get an email when my agent enrolls them?
No. Teachable sends no confirmation email for manual enrollments. If you want them to hear about it, send_email can write to them, and students who opted out of instructional and promotional emails do not receive it.
Can my agent post or send messages in Teachable without asking me?
No. Every call to update_lesson, publish_lesson, create_coupon, archive_coupon, enroll_student, send_email, reply_to_comment or moderate_comment waits for your OK by default. For scheduled automations you can switch confirmation off per tool in your dashboard, for example only for approvals. create_lesson runs without asking, because it sends nothing to anyone and one call undoes it.
Can I use the Teachable API in n8n?
Yes. Add https://cotlet.dev/mcp/v1 with your API key in n8n's MCP Client node, or call https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/teachable/{tool} from the HTTP Request node.
