Generate a design

Generate a design

Generates design candidates from a natural-language brief and returns each candidate's id, preview link and thumbnails.

Note: Candidates are not editable designs yet: show them to the user rather than picking one, then call create-design-from-candidate with the chosen candidate_id and the job id.

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 generate-design.

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

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.