A visual design and publishing application for creating designs and managing design-related assets and workflows.

MCPCLIAPI

What your agent can do

  • Retrieve Canva developer documentation and development assistance locally.

    Via MCP.

  • Connect AI assistants to Canva design workflows through the hosted Canva MCP server.

    Via MCP.

  • API requests (submitted to an API endpoint) tell the endpoint to do something.

    Via API.

Tasks depend on the interface and permissions.

Connection methods

Choose a route that fits your agent.

MCP connection

Retrieve Canva developer documentation and development assistance locally.

MCP server URL
npx -y @canva/cli@latest mcp

Connect AI assistants to Canva design workflows through the hosted Canva MCP server.

MCP server URL
https://mcp.canva.com/mcp

Authentication
Authorize through Canva OAuth; custom integrations must register an approved OAuth client and redirect URL.
CLI connection
API connection
API path
https://api.canva.com/rest/v1/folders/{folderId}

Authentication
OAuth 2.0 with the [Authorization Code flow with Proof Key for Code Exchange (PKCE)](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7636) using SHA-256.

Documentation & experience

  • 4 connection paths
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