Canva MCP integration for AI agents.
Connect AI agents to Canva through 13 structured actions, including create design export job, create design, and create folder. Review authentication, inputs…
- ACTION CONTRACTS
- 13
- AUTHENTICATION
- OAuth 2.0
- SOURCE STATUS
- Provider-backed
CATALOG SOURCE REVIEWED AUGUST 23, 2026 / ACTION NAMES AND SCHEMAS DERIVED FROM WORKING MACHINES PROVIDER SOURCE
CAPABILITY PROFILE
What the Canva integration exposes
The Canva Agent App exposes 13 provider-backed actions for design & media and productivity work. Its current contract lets an authorized agent start an asynchronous canva export job for a design and return the job handle for polling, create a new canva design from a preset type, custom dimensions, an optional image asset, an existing design, or a brand template, and create a canva folder at the top level, in uploads, or inside another folder. These operations are called through Working Machines as typed capabilities rather than through browser navigation or copied UI steps.
A connection uses OAuth 2.0. Before execution, the agent can inspect the selected action, its required fields, declared scopes, and expected output contract. Provider credentials remain inside the Working Machines runtime; the calling agent receives the capability and its structured result, not the underlying secret.
For reliable operation, start with the narrowest action that satisfies the task, resolve stable provider identifiers before changing state, and validate the returned object or status after execution. Availability still depends on the connected Canva account, granted provider permissions, workspace policy, region, plan, and upstream API behavior.
VERIFIED ACTION SAMPLE
Real Canva capabilities.
Showing 12 of 13 actions. Risk labels are conservative signals based on operation names, not substitutes for provider documentation or runtime policy.
create_design_export_jobREADStart an asynchronous Canva export job for a design and return the job handle for polling.
INPUTS: designId / format
create_designWRITECreate a new Canva design from a preset type, custom dimensions, an optional image asset, an existing design, or a brand template.
create_folderWRITECreate a Canva folder at the top level, in uploads, or inside another folder.
INPUTS: name / parentFolderId
create_url_asset_upload_jobWRITEStart an asynchronous Canva asset upload job from a publicly accessible URL and return the job handle for polling.
INPUTS: name / url
get_assetREADGet metadata for a Canva asset, including owner, thumbnail, and type-specific metadata.
INPUTS: assetId
get_current_userREADGet the Canva user and profile associated with the current OAuth token.
get_designREADGet metadata for a Canva design, including owner, URLs, and thumbnail details.
INPUTS: designId
get_design_export_formatsREADList the file formats currently available for exporting a Canva design.
INPUTS: designId
get_design_export_jobREADGet the current status and result URLs for a Canva design export job created by create_design_export_job.
INPUTS: exportId
get_url_asset_upload_jobREADGet the current status and uploaded asset metadata for a Canva URL asset upload job.
INPUTS: jobId
list_designsREADList metadata for the current Canva user's designs, with optional search, ownership, sorting, and pagination filters.
INPUTS: query / continuation / ownership / sortBy / limit
list_folder_itemsREADList Canva folder contents, including folders, designs, and image assets, with pagination and filtering options.
INPUTS: folderId / continuation / limit / itemTypes / sortBy
INPUT CONTRACTS
Know what the action needs before it runs.
create_design_export_job
designIdOPTIONAL- The Canva design ID to export.
formatOPTIONAL- The Canva export format request. The fields map to Canva's documented export format object. Quality is required for Canva JPG and MP4 exports.
create_folder
nameOPTIONAL- The Canva folder name.
parentFolderIdOPTIONAL- The parent folder ID, root for the top-level projects area, or uploads for the user's Uploads folder.
create_url_asset_upload_job
nameOPTIONAL- The asset name shown in Canva.
urlOPTIONAL- The publicly accessible URL of the file to upload to Canva.
get_asset
assetIdOPTIONAL- The Canva asset ID.
PROVIDER-SPECIFIC WORKFLOWS
Jobs this Agent App can support
Inspect Create Design Export Job
Start an asynchronous Canva export job for a design and return the job handle for polling. Use this as a bounded discovery step, retain the returned identifier, and avoid expanding the read beyond the task's stated scope.
create_design_export_jobControl Create Design
Create a new Canva design from a preset type, custom dimensions, an optional image asset, an existing design, or a brand template. Resolve the target first, present material changes for confirmation, and make retries idempotent where the provider supports it.
create_designVerify with Get Asset
Get metadata for a Canva asset, including owner, thumbnail, and type-specific metadata. Compare the returned provider state with the intended outcome and preserve stable IDs or canonical links in the run record.
get_assetSAFETY BOUNDARY
Operate Canva with explicit limits
- Authorize Canva with OAuth 2.0 and grant only the provider access required by the selected actions.
- 4 actions are change-capable by name. Confirm the target identity and material parameters before allowing a write.
- Do not infer permission from catalog visibility. Workspace policy, connection identity, and upstream authorization still govern execution.
- The sampled contract declares provider scopes including `design:content:write`, `design:content:read`, `folder:write`, and `asset:write`; verify the complete action contract before execution.
- After a call, inspect the structured result and execution record before reporting that the Canva task completed successfully.
CONNECTION MODEL
OAuth 2.0
Canva uses OAuth 2.0. Connection requirements and availability are determined by the provider and the Working Machines deployment.
Working Machines stores provider credentials behind the execution boundary. An agent can use an authorized connection identity, but catalog discovery alone does not reveal OAuth tokens, API keys, or provider secrets.
- READ SIGNALS
- 9
- WRITE SIGNALS
- 4
- HIGH IMPACT
- 0
- REVIEW SIGNALS
- 0
EVIDENCE AND AVAILABILITY
Provider reference
Action names, input fields, authentication types, and counts on this page are generated from the Working Machines provider catalog. Provider behavior, quotas, object semantics, account eligibility, and regional availability remain governed by Canva.