Guide, checked by hand on 30 October 2026

How to connect Canva to Claude

Search, create, autofill and export Canva designs from a chat.

The address

https://mcp.canva.com/mcp

Made by: Canva
Sign-in: OAuth (sign in with Canva)
Transport: Streamable HTTP

What it can do

Search your designs and folders
Create designs and fill templates with your content
Export to PDF or images

How to add Canva to Claude

Canva is in Claude's connector directory, so you do not need the address. The same steps work on the web and in the desktop app.

In Claude, open Customize, then Connectors (Settings > Connectors in some versions).
Browse the connectors and search for Canva.
Press Connect, sign in and allow access.
In a chat, press +, then Connectors, to switch it on or off.

On your phone: connectors belong to your Claude account. Add it once on claude.ai or in the desktop app, and it is in the Claude app for iPhone and Android too: in a chat, press +, then Connectors, and switch it on.

Not in your list? Add it as a custom connector with the address above: the steps for a custom connector.

How to add it to ChatGPT

On chatgpt.com, on a Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan, turn on Developer mode (Settings > Security and login, or Settings > Apps > Advanced settings in some versions).
Open Settings > Apps and create an app (the + or Create button).
Name it Canva, paste the address, choose OAuth (or No authentication if the server is open) and press Create.
Sign in when it asks.
In a new chat, press + and pick Canva.

ChatGPT's menus move now and then; the idea stays the same: a new app, this address, OAuth. On business plans an admin may have to allow custom apps first.

Claude Code

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

Then run /mcp in Claude Code to sign in.

Try asking

"Make three Instagram posts for our spring sale in our brand kit."
"Export the pitch deck as PDF."

Good to know

Some tools need a paid plan: resizing needs Pro, brand kit autofill needs Enterprise.

Official docs

Canva MCP server

In design and portfolios and websites.