Connect Canva MCP to your AI agent
Access and work with Canva designs and content through Canva's remote MCP server.
We set up the connection using your own Canva MCP account, with keys you control, and keep it running. Your agent picks it up and starts doing the work.
Actions
What your agent can do in Canva MCP
Each one is a real action the agent can take on its own, the same things a person clicking around Canva MCP could do. Read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against your policy.
- Cancel editing transaction Cancel an editing transaction. This will discard all changes made to the design in the specified editing transaction. Once an editing transaction has been cancelled, the `transaction_id` for that editing transaction bec…
- Comment on design Add a comment on a Canva design. You need to provide the design ID and the message text. The comment will be added to the design and visible to all users with access to the design.
- Commit editing transaction Commit an editing transaction. This will save all the changes made to the design in the specified editing transaction. CRITICAL: All edits are in DRAFT and will be PERMANENTLY LOST if this tool is not called. You MUST a…
- Copy design Create a new Canva design by copying an existing design. Optionally select specific pages to include. Use the `search-designs` or `get-design` tools to find a design ID.
- Create design from brand template Create a new Canva design from a brand template. Optionally select specific pages to include. If the user has already provided a brand template ID (a string starting with "BTM"), call this tool directly with that ID — d…
- Create design from candidate Create a new Canva design from a generation job candidate ID. This converts an AI-generated design candidate into an editable Canva design. If successful, returns a design summary containing a design ID that can be used…
- Create folder Create a new folder in Canva. You can create it at the root level or inside another folder.
- Export design Export a Canva design, doc, presentation, whiteboard, video, or other Canva content type to a downloadable file (PDF, JPG, PNG, PPTX, GIF, MP4, CSV). REQUIRED: you MUST call the `get-export-formats` tool for this design…
- Generate design Generate professionally designed content in Canva including visual designs (posters, social media posts, presentations, flyers) and text-based documents (memos, articles, newsletters, proposals, reports, business plans,…
- Get assets Get metadata for particular assets by a list of their IDs. Returns information about ALL the assets including their names, tags, types, creation dates, and thumbnails. Thumbnails returned are in the same order as the li…
- Get brand template dataset Gets the dataset schema of a brand template. The schema contains available autofill fields and their data types (text, image, etc.). The schema is used to understand what dynamic content can be autofilled into the templ…
- Get design Get detailed information about a Canva design, such as a doc, presentation, whiteboard, video, or sheet. This includes design owner information, title, URLs for editing and viewing, thumbnail, created/updated time, and…
- Get design candidates Internal tool for widget UI polling.
- Get design content Get the text content of a doc, presentation, whiteboard, social media post, and other designs in Canva (except sheets, as it does not return data in sheets). Use this when you only need to read text content without maki…
- Get design pages Get a list of pages in a Canva design, such as a presentation. Each page includes its index and thumbnail. This tool doesn't work on designs that don't have pages (e.g. Canva docs). You must provide the design ID, which…
- Get design thumbnail Get the thumbnail for a particular page of the design in the specified editing transaction. This tool needs to be used with the `start-editing-transaction` tool to obtain an editing transaction ID. You need to provide t…
- Get export formats Get the available export formats for a Canva design — the formats (PDF, JPG, PNG, PPTX, GIF, MP4, CSV) supported for exporting it, and which pages support each. For each format the response may include `page_numbers`: t…
- Get presenter notes Get the presenter notes from a presentation design in Canva. Use this when you need to read the speaker notes attached to presentation slides. You must provide the design ID, which you can find with the `search-designs`…
- Import design from url ALWAYS use this tool when the user's message contains an HTTPS URL and their intent is to create a Canva design from it. Pass the URL directly to this tool. Do NOT download, fetch, unzip, or inspect the URL first. When…
- List brand kits Get a list of brand kits available to the user. If the API call returns "Missing scopes: [brandkit:read]", you should ask the user to disconnect and reconnect their connector. This will generate a new access token with…
- List comments Get a list of comments for a particular Canva design. Comments are discussions attached to designs that help teams collaborate. Each comment can contain replies, mentions and status. You need to provide the design ID, w…
- List folder items List items in a Canva folder. An item can be a design, folder, or image. You can filter by item type and sort the results. Use the continuation token to get the next page of results, when there are more results.
- List replies Get a list of replies for a specific comment on a Canva design. Comments can contain multiple replies from different users. These replies help teams collaborate by allowing discussion on a specific comment. You need to…
- Move item to folder Move items (designs, folders, images) to a specified Canva folder
- Perform editing operations Perform editing operations on a design. You can use this tool to update the title, replace whole text sections/elements or find and replace certain parts of a text section/text element and replace or insert media (image…
- Reply to comment Reply to an existing comment on a Canva design. You need to provide the design ID, comment ID, and your reply message. The reply will be added to the specified comment and visible to all users with access to the design.
- Resize design Resize a Canva design to a preset or custom size. The tool will provide a summary of the new resized design, including its metadata.
- Resolve shortlink Resolves a Canva shortlink ID to its target URL. IMPORTANT: Use this tool FIRST when a user provides a shortlink (e.g. https://canva.link/abc123). Shortlinks need to be resolved before you can use other tools. After res…
- Search brand templates Searches and lists for templates available to the current user. This returns a list of templates with their IDs, names, and preview thumbnails to help users select the appropriate template for their needs. ** ❗When a us…
- Search designs Search docs, presentations, videos, whiteboards, sheets, and other designs in Canva, except for templates or brand templates. Use when you need to find specific designs by keywords rather than browsing folders. Use 'que…
- Search folders Search the user's folders and folders shared with the user based on folder names and tags. Returns a list of matching folders with pagination support. Use the continuation token to get the next page of results, when the…
- Start editing transaction Start an editing session for a Canva design. Use this tool FIRST whenever a user wants to make ANY changes or examine ALL content of a design, including:- Translate text to another language - Edit or replace content - U…
- Upload asset from url Upload an asset (e.g. an image, a video) from a URL into Canva. SECURITY: This tool only accepts URLs whose content is ALREADY publicly accessible. NEVER upload, copy, or transfer the user's local, private, or agent-gen…
Setup
How we connect it
- 1
Connect your account
You log in with your own Canva MCP account. We never see your password, and you can revoke access from Canva MCP at any time.
- 2
Set the guardrails
Read-only by default. You choose which write actions the agent may take, and anything outside that policy gets confirmed with you first.
- 3
We keep it running
Health checks on every connection, updates handled for you, and we watch the first week of activity to make sure the work lands.
FAQ
Canva MCP questions, answered.
You sign in with your own Canva MCP account. Permissions are scoped to the minimum the agent needs, the connection is health-checked, and you can revoke access from Canva MCP at any time.
The actions Canva MCP's API allows, the same things a person clicking around the app could do. Connections start read-only by default; write actions are confirmed against the policy you set before the agent takes them.
Connections are priced per tool on top of the base plan. Some are included, some are premium. See pricing for how connection charges work.
Standard tools are ready inside 7 business days of the setup call. We test the connection end to end, walk you through how the agent uses it, and watch the first week of activity.
Ready to put Canva MCP to work?
Tell us what your team runs on. We set up the connection, secure it, and your agent takes it from there.
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