# Your Canva designs. Ready when the agent is.

Source: https://corespeed.io/integrations/canva

Connect Canva to Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or any MCP agent through CoreSpeed. Your agent finds the designs, folders and uploads your Canva account can see, starts a new design from a preset or a custom size, and exports a design as PDF, PNG, JPG, GIF or PPTX. Creating a design is a separate call that approvals can hold.

## Set up an agent

Give your agent this line: `set up https://corespeed.io/SKILL.md (read it raw, e.g. with curl)`

It fetches the skill at https://corespeed.io/SKILL.md, adds the CoreSpeed MCP server, signs you in (or up), and keeps the skill for next time. Connect Canva after setup. Access follows the connected account and its permissions. Create an account: https://app.corespeed.io/sign-up

## Find the design. Get the file

Ask your agent for a design by name. It finds the design in your Canva account and hands back an export in the format you need.

You ask your agent: "Find the Q4 launch deck in Canva and export it as a PDF for the board pack. Do not create or change any design."

It calls CoreSpeed:

- `canva__list_designs`: ok, 412 ms
- `canva__export_design`: ok, 538 ms
- `canva__get_export_job`: ok, 307 ms

It reads from: Canva.

### Export: The board pack PDF, ready.

The Q4 launch deck is exported as a 14-page PDF with a temporary download link.

**Exported**

- Q4 launch deck, all 14 pages, as a PDF.

**Unchanged**

- The design itself.
- Every other design in the account.

_Illustrative example · Fictional designs · No design created or changed_

All connectors: https://corespeed.io/docs/connectors

## From a design library to the file you need

Requests you can make once Canva is connected. The data is fictional.

### Find the right design

Q4 launch · designs · Your design library

- Match: Q4 launch deck
- Also found: Webinar banner
- From the designs you can see

### Export for the hand-off

Board pack · PDF · An export, not an edit

- Design: Q4 launch deck
- Format: PDF, all pages
- A temporary download link

### Start a new design

Spring webinar slides · Held for a person

- Type: Presentation
- Title: Spring webinar
- The new design waits for a yes

## Keep your agent. Bring your work

One CoreSpeed account, across compatible agents.

1. **Set up CoreSpeed**: Give your agent the setup line. It adds CoreSpeed and signs you in.
2. **Connect Canva**: Authorize the account and the content you need.
3. **Start with one task**: Ask for a summary, a brief, or a draft. Review the answer.

Setup guides: Claude Code https://corespeed.io/docs/mcp#claude-code · Codex https://corespeed.io/docs/mcp#codex · Cursor https://corespeed.io/docs/mcp#cursor

## Questions

### Can my agent edit the pages of an existing design?

No. CoreSpeed's Canva tools read designs, folders and assets, create a new design, and export a design. They do not change an existing design's content.

### Which export formats are there?

PDF, PNG, JPG, GIF and PPTX. The export comes back as a temporary download link.

### Does it create designs on its own?

Creating a design is a separate tool call. Approvals can hold it for a person before anything is added to your Canva account.

### Do I have to switch agents?

No. CoreSpeed adds tools to the agent you already use: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or another MCP client. Each one signs in once.

### Can my agent access every account in our organization?

No. Access follows your CoreSpeed identity, each connection's visibility, and the app's own permissions. Personal connections stay private.

### Does this work without connecting an account?

No. Connect the app's account first; your CoreSpeed workspace shows what each app needs. The examples on this page use fictional data. All connectors: https://corespeed.io/docs/connectors

Every tool and price: https://corespeed.io/catalog/canva

## Related pages

- [Approval gates for AI agent tool actions](https://corespeed.io/solutions/agent-approvals): Set approval policies for writes through CoreSpeed. Review held tool actions while your team keeps using its preferred agents.
- [Higgsfield for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor](https://corespeed.io/integrations/higgsfield): Generate Higgsfield images and videos from the agent you already use, on your own Higgsfield plan, with approvals before credits are spent.
- [Miro for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor](https://corespeed.io/integrations/miro): Read Miro boards in the agent you already use: sticky notes, cards and frames turned into themes and next steps, with your own Miro account.
- [Zeplin for Claude Code, Codex, and Cursor](https://corespeed.io/integrations/zeplin): Give your coding agent the Zeplin spec: screens, components, colors, text styles and spacing tokens, read with your own Zeplin account.

## Sources

- Connectors: https://corespeed.io/docs/connectors
- Canva Connect API: https://www.canva.dev/docs/connect/
- Canva Connect API: Create design export job: https://www.canva.dev/docs/connect/api-reference/exports/create-design-export-job/

Reviewed 2026-11-10.

## Links

- Product overview: https://corespeed.io/ (Markdown: https://corespeed.io/index.md)
- All integrations: https://corespeed.io/integrations (Markdown: https://corespeed.io/integrations.md)
- Documentation: https://corespeed.io/docs
- Pricing: https://corespeed.io/pricing (Markdown: https://corespeed.io/pricing.md)