Hosting

Remote hosted

Transport

Streamable HTTP (remote)

Endpoint

https://api.canva.com/connect/v1/mcp

Authentication

OAuth; each user authenticates individually.

Requirements

• Canva account for each user
• MCP-compatible assistant/client
• For custom integrations, a Canva Developer Portal app with Canva MCP enabled, or an approved CIMD redirect URI
• Paid Canva plan for some brand/autofill/resize features

Setup steps

1. For personal Canva AI Connector setup, follow Canva's Help Center instructions for the selected AI client.
2. For a custom integration, create an app in Canva Developer Portal, enable Canva MCP, configure redirect URLs, and use the resulting OAuth credentials; if using a CIMD client without a secret, submit its redirect URI for allowlisting.
3. Complete per-user Canva OAuth authorization. The tools available reflect the signed-in user's permissions over designs and assets.
4. Check Canva's MCP tools and rate limits reference. Pro and above is required for resize, autofill, brand kits and brand templates; all plans include most core capabilities.

The official tool reference lists 46 named tools across assets, autofill, brands, comments, designs, exports, images, folders, resize, edit transactions, and help. Actual availability depends on plan and user permissions; Canva advises clients to discover tools dynamically.

• upload-asset-from-url
  01
• get-assets
  02
• create-upload-url
  03
• autofill-design
  04
• get-brand-template-dataset
  05
• get-design-dataset
  06
• search-brand-templates
  07
• list-brand-kits
  08
• create-design-from-brand-template
  09
• create-brand-template-draft
  10
• publish-brand-template
  11
• comment-on-design
  12
• reply-to-comment
  13
• list-comments
  14
• list-replies
  15
• search-designs
  16
• get-design
  17
• get-design-pages
  18
• get-design-content
  19
• get-presenter-notes
  20
• get-export-formats
  21
• create-design-from-candidate
  22
• create-design
  23
• get-create-design-async-job
  24
• copy-design
  25
• merge-designs
  26
• import-design-from-url
  27
• resolve-shortlink
  28
• export-design
  29
• generate-image
  30
• get-generate-image-job
  31
• remove-background
  32
• separate-image-layers
  33
• get-separate-image-layers-job
  34
• create-folder
  35
• list-folder-items
  36
• search-folders
  37
• move-item-to-folder
  38
• resize-design
  39
• start-editing-transaction
  40
• perform-editing-operations
  41
• commit-editing-transaction
  42
• cancel-editing-transaction
  43
• get-design-thumbnail
  44
• help
  45
• generate-design

  Generate an editable Canva design from a text prompt; the operation may complete asynchronously.

  46

• This is a remote service; no local npm server is documented for this implementation.
• Developer documentation is aimed at teams building/integrating AI assistants; personal users should follow the separate Canva AI Connector setup.
• Users authorize individually and see only resources they can access.
• Pro and above is required for resizing, autofill, brand kits, and brand templates; some free-plan trials apply.
• Canva documents per-tool rate limits and a default per-user cap of 300 requests per minute.

• official tool reference

  Reviewed current publisher or maintainer documentation for the tool inventory, availability, endpoint, or configuration.

• official documentation

  Reviewed current publisher or maintainer documentation for the tool inventory, availability, endpoint, or configuration.

• official ga announcement

  Canva announced general availability for developer integrations on 2026-10-27, documented the hosted endpoint, per-user OAuth, permission-scoped access, and advised clients to dynamically list tools.

Documentation checked 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z. Connection has not been runtime tested.