MCP serverOfficial
Canva Dev MCP server
Runs locallyNo API key needed
Canva's Dev MCP server is aimed at developers writing Canva apps or Connect API integrations, not at editing designs.
What it does
Canva's Dev MCP server is aimed at developers writing Canva apps or Connect API integrations, not at editing designs. It ships inside the Canva CLI package and runs locally through npx, pulling documentation from canva.dev and other sources so a coding agent can answer questions about the Developers SDK, the App UI Kit and related topics while it writes code. Canva gives setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code and VS Code, and lists git, Node.js 24 or later and npm as prerequisites. The docs say code and prompts are sent nowhere except to the user's own agent or model.
Capabilities
- Answer questions from Canva developer documentation
- Help a coding agent build Canva apps with the Developers SDK
- Look up App UI Kit components
Install
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | |
| Tool | Canva | |
| Publisher | Canva | source |
| Official status | Officialdocumented on Canva's developer site and shipped in Canva's @canva/cli package | source |
| Connection | Local (runs on your computer) | source |
| Can change data | No | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | No | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Visual Studio Code | source |
| Licence | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | No commit dataDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | |
| Links | Website npm: @canva/cli |
Sources
- Web pagecanva.dev · Backs: AI clients, Connection, Official status, PublisherNov 12, 2026