Autofill a brand template

Autofill a brand template

Starts a job that creates a design from a brand template, or updates a design in place, filling its text, image and chart fields with your data.

Note: Needs a user on a plan with autofill, such as Canva Pro, Teams or Enterprise. Read the template's fields from its dataset first, then poll the job for the finished design.

Set up

Use the first option your agent supports.

MCP (official, remote)

Add this server to your agent's MCP settings, then sign in when asked.

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

Call the MCP tool autofill-design.

Server URL: https://mcp.canva.com/mcp

API (official)

• Base URL: https://api.canva.com/rest/v1
• Endpoint: POST /autofills
• Auth: an OAuth access token, sent as Authorization: Bearer <token>
• Docs: https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/rest-apis/

Before anything else, confirm access with the cheapest read-only call, like a list or a search. Never send or change anything to test access.

Rules

• Ask the user before anything that sends messages, costs money, or changes data, and say how many records it touches. One approval covers a batch the user has seen.
• Never print API keys.