Canva MCP server for Claude, Codex and Cursor

What your AI apps can do with Canva

Search and export designs
Create designs from templates

Canva MCP tools

28 tools, taken from the publisher's documentation on 29 October 2026. The server decides what it offers and can add or rename tools at any time; after you connect, Toolstile shows the current list.

Tool	What it does
`search-designs`	Find your existing designs by keyword
`get-design`	Metadata and access links for one design
`get-design-content`	Read a design's text content
`get-design-pages`	List the pages of a multi-page design
`get-presenter-notes`	Read speaker notes in a presentation
`resolve-shortlink`	Expand a Canva shortlink into the full design URL
`generate-design`	Create design candidates from a written brief
`create-design-from-candidate`	Save a chosen candidate as an editable design
`copy-design`	Duplicate a design or selected pages
`resize-design`	Make a copy at a different canvas size (Pro and above)
`merge-designs`	Combine, reorder, insert or delete pages across designs
`import-design-from-url`	Turn a public file or web page into a Canva design
`start-editing-transaction`	Open an editing session on a design
`perform-editing-operations`	Apply edits inside an open session
`commit-editing-transaction`	Save draft edits to the design
`cancel-editing-transaction`	Discard draft edits
`get-export-formats`	Check which formats a design can export to
`export-design`	Export to a downloadable file (PDF, PNG, MP4 and others)
`search-brand-templates`	Find Brand Templates shared with you (Pro and above)
`autofill-design`	Fill a design's data fields with text, images or chart data (Pro and above)
`publish-brand-template`	Publish a design as a Brand Template
`list-comments`	Read comment threads on a design
`list-replies`	Read comment threads on a design
`comment-on-design`	Post comments or replies
`reply-to-comment`	Post comments or replies
`create-folder`	Organize designs, folders and images
`move-item-to-folder`	Organize designs, folders and images
`upload-asset-from-url`	Upload an image or video to your media library

Suggested access for each AI app

The documentation this list comes from doesn't mark Canva's tools as read-only or destructive. Read each tool's description and decide per app before allowing it.

Coding agent in Claude Code or Cursor. Allow the read tools so the agent can look things up without stopping, and require approval for tools that change shared data.

Chat or research app in Claude Desktop. Allow reading and searching. Allow writes only where you want the app to act for you.

Unattended agent, such as a scheduled Codex job. No one is watching the session, so keep it narrow: allow what the job needs, require approval for changes and block the rest.

Blocked tools are removed from the tool list an app sees, so it won't try them. Because rules apply per app, the same Canva connection can be broad in one app and read-only in another, and the credential stays in Toolstile instead of each app's config file.

How it works with Toolstile

Connect once. Add Canva to a workspace (browser sign-in). Toolstile keeps the credential, so no agent config holds it.
Choose access per app. Give Claude Code every Canva tool, give Cursor only the read tools, or keep Canva away from an app entirely.
Share approved accounts. Teammates use the connection without copying tokens, and you can remove access in one place.
Review activity. See which app called which tool and when, so you can tighten access with evidence.

Add the Canva MCP server to an AI app

Through Toolstile, every AI app uses one gateway entry, whichever servers you connect. In Claude Code:

Shell

claude mcp add --transport http toolstile 'https://mcp.toolstile.com/mcp'

Then connect Canva in your workspace and choose which of its tools that app may use. Client setup covers Codex, Cursor and Claude Desktop.

To connect directly instead, add the Canva endpoint to each app separately. In Claude Code:

Shell

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

In Cursor's mcp.json:

JSON

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

Some servers accept only clients they have approved, or need a token header. Check the Canva MCP documentation for what your client needs.

Before you connect

A Canva account. Sign-in uses your Canva permissions.

Server details

Detail	Value
Publisher	Canva
Endpoint	`https://mcp.canva.com/mcp`
Authentication	Browser sign-in
Categories	Productivity, Marketing & research
Tool list	28 tools, observed 29 October 2026 (docs)

Canva MCP documentation