Canva MCP
This is Canva's hosted MCP server, reached over the network by an AI assistant once the user signs in with their own Canva account.
What it does
This is Canva's hosted MCP server, reached over the network by an AI assistant once the user signs in with their own Canva account. Through it the assistant can produce new designs from a written prompt, look up existing designs, pages and folders, change text and media inside a design using editing transactions, upload assets, work with brand kits and brand templates, leave and answer comments, and export or resize designs. Several tools, including brand templates, autofill and resizing, depend on a paid Canva plan, and Canva publishes a rate limit for each tool. Assistants that already offer a Canva connector, such as Claude or ChatGPT, connect through that connector.
Capabilities
- Generate a new Canva design from a text description
- Search designs, pages and folders in a Canva account
- Edit text, images and layout of an existing design
- Upload assets and use brand kits and brand templates
- Add comments to a design and reply to them
- Export designs (PDF, PNG, JPG, PPTX, MP4) and resize them
Install
- Add this to Any client's configuration:
{ "mcpServers": { "canva": { "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.canva.com/mcp" } } }
From the project's documentation · Add to a config file with the config builder
Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | |
| Tool | Canva | |
| Publisher | Canva | source |
| Official status | OfficialCanva's own canva-sdks repository registers https://mcp.canva.com/mcp; canva.dev documents the server; registry name uses the canva.com namespace | source |
| Connection | Remote (hosted, you connect over the internet) | source |
| Can change data | Yes | source |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Yes | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, Codex | source |
| Licence | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Pricing | Free with paid plans | source |
| Activity | No commit dataVersion 1.0.0Download data not available (not on npm or PyPI) |
Sources
- README (README.md)github.com/canva-sdks/canva-skills · Backs: AI clientsNov 12, 2026
- Web pagecanva.dev · Backs: Can change dataNov 12, 2026
- MCP Registry entryregistry.modelcontextprotocol.io · Backs: ConnectionNov 12, 2026
- Web pagecanva.com · Backs: PricingNov 12, 2026
- Web pagecanva.dev · Backs: Needs an API key or sign-inNov 12, 2026
- File in the repository (.mcp.json)github.com/canva-sdks/canva-skills · Backs: Official statusNov 12, 2026
- Web pagecanva.dev · Backs: PublisherNov 12, 2026
- MCP Registry entrycom.canva.mcp/mcp · Backs: ConnectionNov 10, 2026