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Canva for AI agents

Canva is a drag-and-drop design tool for creating social graphics, presentations, and marketing materials from templates, without needing a dedicated designer. Connect it once through Arc0, and your agent, or Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, can use it through one MCP endpoint, limited to what each user approved.

Connect CanvaSee the 49 actions ↓
Design and imagesOAuth 2.0MCP + RESTcanva.com
AUDIT LOG · CANVAPOLICY: acme-support
09:41:07 · claude · u_8f2read
canva.list_user_designs
List User Designs✓ allowed · 212ms
09:41:08 · claude · u_8f2read
canva.get_url_imports_jobid
Get URL import job status✓ allowed · 164ms
09:41:09 · claude · u_8f2write
canva.create_asset_upload_job
Create Asset Upload Job✓ approved · approved by user
09:41:12 · claude · u_8f2destructive
canva.delete_asset_by_id
Delete asset by id✕ blocked · policy: deny
EVERY CANVA CALL, ON THE RECORD
01 · USE CASES

What agents do in Canva.

01

Create a new design

Create a new design from a brand template, ready for someone to fill in and edit.

02

Check a user's existing designs

List a user's existing designs before starting a new one, to avoid duplicating work.

03

Confirm before deleting an asset

Confirm before deleting an uploaded asset, since any design using it would lose that image.

02 · ACTIONS

49 Canva actions, graded by risk.

Every Canva action is tagged read, write or destructive, so one policy covers the whole app and new actions inherit the right default.

read

25

Look things up. Allowed by default.

  • canva.list_user_designs
    List User Designs
  • canva.get_url_imports_jobid
    Get URL import job status
  • canva.get_design_comment_reply
    Get specific design comment reply
  • canva.get_users_me_capabilities
    Get user capabilities
  • canva.get_design_comment_replies
    Get design comment thread replies
  • canva.get_url_asset_uploads_jobid
    Get URL asset upload job status
  • canva.get_design_export_job_result
    Get design export job result
  • canva.list_design_pages_with_pagination
    List design pages with pagination
  • canva.get_designs_designid_export_formats
    Get design export formats
  • canva.get_designs_designid_comments_threadid
    Get designs designid comments threadid
  • canva.list_folder_items_by_type_with_sorting
    List folder items by type with sorting
  • canva.fetch_current_user_details
    Fetch current user details
  • canva.retrieve_user_profile_data
    Retrieveuserprofiledata
  • canva.retrieve_app_public_key_set
    Retrieve app public key set
  • canva.fetch_asset_upload_job_status
    Fetch asset upload job status
  • canva.retrieve_asset_metadata_by_id
    Retrieve asset metadata by id
+ 9 MORE

write

21

Create and change things. Allow, or ask the user first.

  • canva.post_designs
    Create new Canva design
  • canva.post_exports
    Start design export job
  • canva.post_folders
    Create folder
  • canva.post_url_imports
    Create URL Import Job
  • canva.create_asset_upload_job
    Create Asset Upload Job
  • canva.create_design_import_job
    Create Design Import Job
  • canva.create_design_resize_job
    Create Design Resize Job
  • canva.create_url_asset_upload_job
    Create URL Asset Upload Job
  • canva.update_folder_details_by_id
    Update folder details by id
  • canva.create_canva_design_export_job
    Create Canva Design Export Job (Deprecated)
  • canva.create_comment_reply_in_design
    Create comment reply in design (Deprecated)
  • canva.post_designs_designid_comments
    Post designs designid comments
  • canva.update_asset_s_name_and_tags_by_id
    Update asset s name and tags by id
  • canva.create_design_comment_in_preview_api
    Create design comment in preview api (Deprecated)
  • canva.create_canva_design_with_optional_asset
    Create canva design with optional asset (Deprecated)
  • canva.post_designs_designid_comments_threadid_replies
    Create reply to comment thread
+ 5 MORE

destructive

3

Delete, cancel or archive. Ask first, or deny outright.

  • canva.delete_asset_by_id
    Delete asset by id
  • canva.remove_folder_and_move_contents_to_trash
    Remove folder and move contents to trash
  • canva.revoke_oauth_tokens
    Revoke oauth tokens
03 · HOW IT WORKS

Canva in three steps.

  1. 01Your users connect CanvaThey sign in to Canva on Arc0 Connect, under your brand, and approve the access you ask for.
  2. 02You set the rulesReads run, writes like “create Asset Upload Job” can wait for the user, and “delete asset by id” can be denied outright.
  3. 03Any agent can actYour agent calls Canva through the Arc0 SDK or MCP, and so can Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor. Every call lands on the audit log.
POLICY.TS
await arc0.policies.set('canva', {
  read: 'allow',
  write: 'ask',        // create_asset_upload_job
  destructive: 'deny',  // delete_asset_by_id
})

# Claude Code: the same connection, one URL
$ claude mcp add --transport http arc0 \
    https://mcp.arc0.ai/u/u_8f2
04 · AUTH AND DATA

How Canva connects.

Users sign in to Canva on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Canva OAuth app, or bring your own so the Canva consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

The same Canva connection serves your agent over MCP and your own backend over REST and the proxy, so a user connects once. How Arc0 handles credentials →

AUTH
OAuth 2.0
CREDENTIALS
Per-tenant encrypted vault
MODEL SEES
Results only, never credentials
AUDIT LOG
Every call, on every plan
05 · WORKS WITH

Use Canva from any agent.

Claude
ChatGPT
Cursor
Codex
VS Code
OpenAI Agents SDK
Claude Agent SDK
Vercel AI SDK
Mastra
LangGraph
06 · RELATED

More design and images apps.

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07 · FAQ

Canva and Arc0, answered.

Q01

Can I use Canva with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor?

Yes. Connect Canva to Arc0 once, then add your Arc0 MCP URL to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code or any other remote-MCP client. Each assistant only gets the Canva actions you allow.

Q02

How do users connect Canva?

Users sign in to Canva on Arc0 Connect and approve the scopes you request. Build with Arc0’s Canva OAuth app, or bring your own so the Canva consent screen names you. Tokens refresh automatically, and you can export them whenever you want.

Q03

Which Canva actions can my agent take?

49 in total: 25 read, 21 write and 3 destructive, such as “create Asset Upload Job”. Your policies decide which of them each agent may call.

Q04

Can I stop my agent from deleting things in Canva?

Yes. Actions like “delete asset by id” are graded destructive. Set destructive actions to deny, or to ask so the user approves each one, and blocked calls still show up on the audit log.

Q05

Can my own backend call Canva too?

Yes. The same Canva connection is available over REST and through the Arc0 proxy, so your product and your agent share one connection per user.

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Plug Canva into your agent.

Your users connect Canva once, under your brand. Your agent gets 49 actions behind your policies, with every call on the record.

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Free to build · MCP + REST · Audit log on every plan