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Canva MCP

OfficialRemoteby Canvafreemiumverified Aug 21, 2026

Official Canva remote MCP for campaign designs, thumbnails, decks, exports, and comments.

What it does

Canva's official remote MCP connects agents to editable design workflows: generate and edit designs, search libraries, manage assets and brand materials, export in delivery formats, resize for channels, and handle comments. For film teams it is the campaign and pitch-collateral bench: YouTube thumbnails, posters, social cutdowns, pitch decks, review decks, and branded variants around the actual film.

Connect

Remote endpoint (Streamable HTTP)

https://mcp.canva.com/mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http canva https://mcp.canva.com/mcp

Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canva": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.canva.com/mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Cursor (.cursor/mcp.json)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canva": {
      "url": "https://mcp.canva.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Auth: oauth — Canva OAuth; Client ID Metadata Documents (CIMD) is Canva's recommended method, and custom clients may need redirect URI allowlist approval

Tools you'll see

generate-designsearch-designsget-design-contentstart-editing-transactionperform-editing-operationsexport-designresize-designautofill-designcomment-on-designupload-asset-from-url

Field notes

Endpoint https://mcp.canva.com/mcp still returns 401 unauthenticated — alive and OAuth-gated. The published tools table now lists 33 tools, including a four-call editing-transaction flow (start / perform-operations / commit / cancel) and folder management, so agents that only know generate-and-export are leaving the edit surface unused. Plan gates unchanged: resize-design, list-brand-kits, search-brand-templates and create-design-from-brand-template need Pro or above; autofill-design and get-brand-template-dataset are Enterprise-only. Everything else is on all plans, rate-limited 20–100 req/min per tool. Canva documents the endpoint rather than a per-client command; CIMD is its recommended auth method and custom OAuth clients may need redirect-URI allowlisting.

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