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Canva MCP

OfficialRemoteby Canvafreemiumverified Sep 29, 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

Sample tools

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

Field notes

Checked 29 Sep 2026: endpoint https://mcp.canva.com/mcp still returns 401 unauthenticated — alive and OAuth-gated. The published tools table still 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 loosened: autofill-design and get-brand-template-dataset, previously Enterprise-only, are now marked Pro and above, alongside resize-design, list-brand-kits, search-brand-templates and create-design-from-brand-template — so data-driven variants (one poster template, many cast or territory versions) no longer need an Enterprise seat. Everything else is on all plans, rate-limited 20–100 req/min per tool (resolve-shortlink is unmetered), and export quality depends on plan: lossless PNG and premium elements are Pro and up. 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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