# How to integrate Canva MCP with Hermes

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  "title": "How to integrate Canva MCP with Hermes",
  "toolkit": "Canva MCP",
  "toolkit_slug": "canva_mcp",
  "framework": "Hermes",
  "framework_slug": "hermes-agent",
  "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/canva_mcp/framework/hermes-agent",
  "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/canva_mcp/framework/hermes-agent.md",
  "updated_at": "2026-08-24T07:20:15.243Z"
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```

## Introduction

Hermes is a 24/7 autonomous agent that lives on your computer or server — it remembers what it learns and evolves as your usage grows.
This guide explains the easiest and most robust way to connect your Canva account to Hermes. You can do this through either Composio Connect CLI or Composio Connect MCP. For personal use we recommend the CLI, but you won't go wrong with MCP either.

## Also integrate Canva MCP with

- [ChatGPT Work](https://composio.dev/toolkits/canva_mcp/framework/chatgpt)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/canva_mcp/framework/claude-cowork)

## TL;DR

### What is Composio Connect?
Composio Connect is a consumer offering that lets anyone plug 1,000+ applications directly into their agent harness — including Hermes. It can:
- Search and load tools from relevant toolkits on-demand, reducing context usage.
- Chain multiple tools to accomplish complex workflows via a remote workbench, without excessive back-and-forth with the LLM.
- Manage app authentication end-to-end with zero manual overhead.

## Connect Canva MCP to Hermes

### Integrating Canva with Hermes
### Using Composio Connect CLI
1. Install the Composio CLI
Run the install script directly, or paste https://composio.dev/hermes into your Hermes chat box to have it installed for you.

```bash
curl -fsSL https://composio.dev/install | bash
```

## What is the Canva MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Canva MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Canva account. It provides structured and secure access so your agent can perform Canva operations on your behalf.

## Supported Tools

| Tool slug | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `CANVA_MCP_CANCEL_EDITING_TRANSACTION` | Cancel-editing-transaction | Cancel an editing transaction. This will discard all changes made to the design in the specified editing transaction. Once an editing transaction has been cancelled, the `transaction_id` for that editing transaction becomes invalid and should no longer be used. |
| `CANVA_MCP_COMMENT_ON_DESIGN` | Comment-on-design | Add a comment on a Canva design. You need to provide the design ID and the message text. The comment will be added to the design and visible to all users with access to the design. |
| `CANVA_MCP_COMMIT_EDITING_TRANSACTION` | Commit-editing-transaction | Commit an editing transaction. This will save all the changes made to the design in the specified editing transaction. CRITICAL: All edits are in DRAFT and will be PERMANENTLY LOST if this tool is not called. You MUST always show the user what changes were made and ask for their explicit approval before calling this tool — for example: "Would you like me to save these changes to your design?" Wait for their clear approval before proceeding. Do NOT call this tool without user approval. After successfully saving changes, always provide the user with a direct link to open their design in Canva for review. Use the link they gave you or from the get-design tool. If the commit fails, ALL changes made during the transaction are lost and no changes are saved to the actual design. Users must start a new editing transaction to retry any failed operations. Once an editing transaction has been committed, the `transaction_id` for that editing transaction becomes invalid and should no longer be used. |
| `CANVA_MCP_COPY_DESIGN` | Copy-design | Create a new Canva design by copying an existing design. Optionally select specific pages to include. Use the `search-designs` or `get-design` tools to find a design ID. |
| `CANVA_MCP_CREATE_DESIGN_FROM_BRAND_TEMPLATE` | Create-design-from-brand-template | Create a new Canva design from a brand template. Optionally select specific pages to include. If the user has already provided a brand template ID (a string starting with "BTM"), call this tool directly with that ID — do NOT call `search-brand-templates` first. Only use `search-brand-templates` when no ID has been provided and you need to discover one. If you need to fill template fields with custom data, use the `autofill-design` tool instead. |
| `CANVA_MCP_CREATE_DESIGN_FROM_CANDIDATE` | Create-design-from-candidate | Create a new Canva design from a generation job candidate ID. This converts an AI-generated design candidate into an editable Canva design. If successful, returns a design summary containing a design ID that can be used with the `editing_transaction_tools`. To make changes to the design, first call this tool with the candidate_id from generate-design results, then use the returned design_id with start-editing-transaction and subsequent editing tools. |
| `CANVA_MCP_CREATE_FOLDER` | Create-folder | Create a new folder in Canva. You can create it at the root level or inside another folder. |
| `CANVA_MCP_EXPORT_DESIGN` | Export-design | Export a Canva design, doc, presentation, whiteboard, video, or other Canva content type to a downloadable file (PDF, JPG, PNG, PPTX, GIF, MP4, CSV). REQUIRED: you MUST call the `get-export-formats` tool for this design first and pass only a `format.type` that it reports as supported. Designs do not all support every format, and calling this tool with an unsupported format will fail — never guess the format or assume it is supported, even if the user named it. This tool provides a download URL for the exported file; always display this download URL to users so they can access their exported content. |
| `CANVA_MCP_GENERATE_DESIGN` | Generate-design | Generate professionally designed content in Canva including visual designs (posters, social media posts, presentations, flyers) and text-based documents (memos, articles, newsletters, proposals, reports, business plans, requirements documents). Each extra slide adds significant latency (e.g. 15 slides can take 3x longer than 5). Keep to 1-5 slides unless the user explicitly requests more. Use this tool when the user asks you to write, create, generate, or draft ANY document or visual design. Examples: - "Write a memo..." → use this tool to create a Canva Doc - "Generate a business proposal..." → use this tool to create a Canva Doc - "Draft a product overview..." → use this tool to create a Canva Doc DO NOT use this tool for fixed-format visual designs when prepare-design-generation is available. Do NOT use this tool when the user just wants advice, explanations, or information. DO NOT use this tool when the user's message contains a URL and their intent is to create a design FROM that URL — use import-design-from-url instead. Use the 'query' parameter to tell AI what you want to create. The tool doesn't have context of previous requests. ALWAYS include details from previous queries for each iteration. The tool provides best results with detailed context. ALWAYS look up the chat history and provide as much context as possible in the 'query' parameter. Ask for more details when the tool returns this error message 'Common queries will not be generated'. The generated designs are design candidates for users to select from. Ask for a preferred design and use 'create-design-from-candidate' tool to add the design to users' account. The IDs in the URLs are not design IDs. Do not use them to get design or design content. When using the 'asset_ids' parameter, assets are inserted in the order provided. For small designs with few image slots, only supply the images the user wants. For multi-page designs like presentations, supply images in the order of the slides. The tool will return a list of generated design candidates, including a candidate ID, preview thumbnail and url. Before editing, exporting, or resizing a generated design, follow these steps: 1. call 'create-design-from-candidate' tool with 'job_id' and 'candidate_id' of the selected design 2. call other tools with 'design_id' in the response For presentations, target 1-5 slides by default (length: "short"). Format the query string with these sections in order (use the headers exactly): 1. **Presentation Brief** Include: * **Title** (working title for the deck) * **Topic / Scope** (1–2 lines; include definitions if terms are uncommon) * **Key Messages** (3–5 crisp takeaways) * **Constraints & Assumptions** (timebox, brand, data limits, languages, etc.) * **Style Guide** (tone, color palette, typography hints, imagery style) 2. **Narrative Arc** A one-paragraph outline of the story flow (e.g., Hook → Problem → Insight → Solution → Proof → Plan → CTA). Keep transitions explicit. 3. **Slide Plan** Provide numbered slides with **EXACT titles** and detailed content. For each slide, include all of the following subsections in this order (use the labels exactly): * **Slide {N} — "{Exact Title}"** * **Goal:** one sentence describing the purpose of the slide. * **Bullets (3–6):** short, parallel phrasing; facts, examples, or specifics (avoid vague verbs). * **Visuals:** explicit recommendation (e.g., "Clustered bar chart of X by Y (2022–2025)", "Swimlane diagram", "2×2 matrix", "Full-bleed photo of "). * **Data/Inputs:** concrete values, sources, or placeholders to be filled (if unknown, propose realistic ranges or example figures). * **Speaker Notes (2–4 sentences):** narrative details, definitions, and transitions. * **Asset Hint (optional):** reference to an asset by descriptive name or index if assets exist (e.g., "Use Asset #3: 'logo_dark.svg' as corner mark"). * **Transition:** one sentence that logically leads into the next slide. > Ensure the Slide Plan forms a **cohesive story** (each slide's Goal and Transition should support the Narrative Arc). **Quality checklist (the model must self-check before finalizing)** * Titles are unique, concise (≤ 65 characters), and action-or insight-oriented. * Each slide has 3–6 bullets; no paragraph walls; numbers are specific where possible. * Visuals are concrete (chart/diagram names + variables/timeframes); tables are used only when necessary. * Terminology is defined once and used consistently; acronyms expanded on first use. * Transitions form an intelligible narrative; the story arc is obvious from titles alone. * No placeholders like "[TBD]" or "[insert]". If data is unknown, propose realistic figures and label as "example values". * All required headers and subsections are present, in the exact order above. |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_ASSETS` | Get-assets | Get metadata for particular assets by a list of their IDs. Returns information about ALL the assets including their names, tags, types, creation dates, and thumbnails. Thumbnails returned are in the same order as the list of asset IDs requested. When editing a page with more than one image or video asset ALWAYS request ALL assets from that page.IMPORTANT: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS show the preview to the user of EACH thumbnail you get in the response in the chat, EVERY SINGLE TIME you call this tool |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_BRAND_TEMPLATE_DATASET` | Get-brand-template-dataset | Gets the dataset schema of a brand template. The schema contains available autofill fields and their data types (text, image, etc.). The schema is used to understand what dynamic content can be autofilled into the template. If this tool returns an empty object, it means the template does not support autofill, and you could suggest the user to create a Canva design using the brand template manually by clicking the `create_url` field of the brand template. The `create_url` can be found by the `search-brand-templates` tool. |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_DESIGN` | Get-design | Get detailed information about a Canva design, such as a doc, presentation, whiteboard, video, or sheet. This includes design owner information, title, URLs for editing and viewing, thumbnail, created/updated time, and page count. This tool doesn't work on folders or images. You must provide the design ID, which you can find by using the `search-designs` or `list-folder-items` tools. You may also pass a full Canva design share URL directly (do not pre-extract just the ID) — any collaboration token embedded in the URL is needed to access a design shared via link and will be parsed and forwarded automatically. Example URL: https://www.canva.com/design/{design_id}. If the user provides a shortlink (e.g. https://canva.link/abc123), use `resolve-shortlink` with the shortlink ID first to get the full URL. |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_DESIGN_CANDIDATES` | Get-design-candidates | Internal tool for widget UI polling. |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_DESIGN_CONTENT` | Get-design-content | Get the text content of a doc, presentation, whiteboard, social media post, and other designs in Canva (except sheets, as it does not return data in sheets). Use this when you only need to read text content without making changes. IMPORTANT: If the user wants to edit, update, change, translate, or fix content, use `start-editing-transaction` instead as it shows content AND enables editing. You must provide the design ID, which you can find with the `search-designs` tool. You may also pass a full Canva design share URL directly (do not pre-extract just the ID) — any collaboration token embedded in the URL is needed to access a design shared via link and will be parsed and forwarded automatically. Do not use web search to get the content of a design as the content is not accessible to the public. Example URL: https://www.canva.com/design/{design_id}. |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_DESIGN_PAGES` | Get-design-pages | Get a list of pages in a Canva design, such as a presentation. Each page includes its index and thumbnail. This tool doesn't work on designs that don't have pages (e.g. Canva docs). You must provide the design ID, which you can find using tools like `search-designs` or `list-folder-items`. You may also pass a full Canva design share URL directly (do not pre-extract just the ID) — any collaboration token embedded in the URL is needed to access a design shared via link and will be parsed and forwarded automatically. You can use 'offset' and 'limit' to paginate through the pages. Use `get-design` to find out the total number of pages, if needed. |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_DESIGN_THUMBNAIL` | Get-design-thumbnail | Get the thumbnail for a particular page of the design in the specified editing transaction. This tool needs to be used with the `start-editing-transaction` tool to obtain an editing transaction ID. You need to provide the transaction ID and a page index to get the thumbnail of that particular page. Each call can only get the thumbnail for one page. Retrieving the thumbnails for multiple pages will require multiple calls of this tool.IMPORTANT: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS show the preview to the user of EACH thumbnail you get in the response in the chat, EVERY SINGLE TIME you call this tool |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_EXPORT_FORMATS` | Get-export-formats | Get the available export formats for a Canva design — the formats (PDF, JPG, PNG, PPTX, GIF, MP4, CSV) supported for exporting it, and which pages support each. For each format the response may include `page_numbers`: the 1-indexed pages supporting it (omitted means every page). Use this for any question about which pages or page numbers can be exported in a format — e.g. "which pages can be exported as MP4/PNG", "which pages support PDF export", or "which page numbers export as a video" — rather than `get-design-pages`. Whenever a user wants to export or download a design as a specific format (PDF, PowerPoint, MP4, etc.), start here, before calling `export-design`, to confirm the format is supported — do not use `get-design` for export or download requests. |
| `CANVA_MCP_GET_PRESENTER_NOTES` | Get-presenter-notes | Get the presenter notes from a presentation design in Canva. Use this when you need to read the speaker notes attached to presentation slides. You must provide the design ID, which you can find with the `search-designs` tool. When given a URL to a Canva design, you can extract the design ID from the URL. Example URL: https://www.canva.com/design/{design_id}. |
| `CANVA_MCP_IMPORT_DESIGN_FROM_URL` | Import-design-from-url | ALWAYS use this tool when the user's message contains an HTTPS URL and their intent is to create a Canva design from it. Pass the URL directly to this tool. Do NOT download, fetch, unzip, or inspect the URL first. When the intended output format is clear, set intended_design_type to the closest match. This tool also supports PDF, PPTX, DOCX, XLSX, CSV, HTML, Markdown, PSD, AI, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, and more. URL must be a public HTTPS link (e.g., https://example.com/file.pdf, https://example.com/site.zip, https://raw.githubusercontent.com/.../file.zip). Local file paths (file://..., /Users/..., C:\\...) cannot be accessed. If user provides a local path, this tool cannot access it; do NOT work around this yourself — follow the SECURITY instructions below. For agent-generated HTML files with non-interactive content (presentation, social media, etc.), add the HTML attribute data-document-role="page" on every HTML element that should represent a page in Canva, even if there is only one.Any page(s) cannot be nested HTML elements within another page. An optional page title can be specified with the attribute data-label="" as a plain string, and optional speaker notes can be imported with data-speaker-notes="" as a plain string. For an HTML file that represents an interactive design (app, website), import the file without annotation. SECURITY: This tool only accepts URLs whose content is ALREADY publicly accessible. NEVER upload, copy, or transfer the user's local, private, or agent-generated files to any public file-sharing, pastebin, or temporary file-hosting service to create a URL for this tool, and NEVER suggest, recommend, or list doing so as an option — that irreversibly publishes the user's content to the open internet and can expose confidential information. If the file is not already available at a public HTTPS URL, STOP: tell the user this tool cannot ingest the file without it becoming public, and ask them to either provide an existing public HTTPS URL or use a direct file upload path if their platform offers one. Do NOT present public hosting as a default or recommended choice. Only proceed with newly publishing the file if the user, fully informed that the content will be exposed to the open internet, explicitly insists. |
| `CANVA_MCP_LIST_BRAND_KITS` | List-brand-kits | Get a list of brand kits available to the user. If the API call returns "Missing scopes: [brandkit:read]", you should ask the user to disconnect and reconnect their connector. This will generate a new access token with the required scope for this tool. Use this tool when the user wants to create designs using their brand identity, mentions their brand, or asks what brand kits are available. Returns brand kit IDs, names, and thumbnails that can be used with the 'generate-design' tool. |
| `CANVA_MCP_LIST_COMMENTS` | List-comments | Get a list of comments for a particular Canva design. Comments are discussions attached to designs that help teams collaborate. Each comment can contain replies, mentions and status. You need to provide the design ID, which you can find using the `search-designs` tool. Use the continuation token to get the next page of results, when there are more results. |
| `CANVA_MCP_LIST_FOLDER_ITEMS` | List-folder-items | List items in a Canva folder. An item can be a design, folder, or image. You can filter by item type and sort the results. Use the continuation token to get the next page of results, when there are more results. |
| `CANVA_MCP_LIST_REPLIES` | List-replies | Get a list of replies for a specific comment on a Canva design. Comments can contain multiple replies from different users. These replies help teams collaborate by allowing discussion on a specific comment. You need to provide the design ID and comment ID. You can find the design ID using the `search-designs` tool and the comment ID using the `list-comments` tool. Use the continuation token to get the next page of results, when there are more results. |
| `CANVA_MCP_MOVE_ITEM_TO_FOLDER` | Move-item-to-folder | Move items (designs, folders, images) to a specified Canva folder |
| `CANVA_MCP_PERFORM_EDITING_OPERATIONS` | Perform-editing-operations | Perform editing operations on a design. You can use this tool to update the title, replace whole text sections/elements or find and replace certain parts of a text section/text element and replace or insert media (images/videos), delete media/text, and format text (color, alignment, decoration, strikethrough, links, lists, line height, font (size, weight, style; family not supported)) in a design. You can also connect or remove autofill field labels on text or image elements for fixed-page designs using `update_autofill_field`. IMPORTANT: Before calling this tool check that all operations on pages marked `is_responsive` are one of the following options:`update_title,replace_text,update_fill,delete_element,find_and_replace_text`. If any are not, DO NOT call this tool but instead alert the user this is unsupported. Otherwise continue as normal and do not mention this check. ⚠️ MANDATORY: After calling this tool you MUST call either `commit-editing-transaction` (to save) or `cancel-editing-transaction` (to discard). Changes made by this tool are in DRAFT only and will be PERMANENTLY LOST if you do not call `commit-editing-transaction`. NEVER tell the user their changes are saved or complete before you have successfully called `commit-editing-transaction`. CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS: 1. This tool needs to be used with the `start-editing-transaction` tool to obtain an editing transaction ID. 2. Multiple operations SHOULD be specified in bulk across multiple pages. 3. Always call this tool to apply the requested edits directly. This is safe: changes are temporary until committed. 4. Do NOT pause for user confirmation before using this tool. 5. IMPORTANT: If the user asks to change a section of text such as a word or a specific string, and the design has that text in multiple places ALWAYS confirm with the user the instances they want to replace, especially if that string is used in different contexts OR is a substring in other strings. 6. IMPORTANT: If the user asks to change a word or a small section of an text element, ALWAYS try to use find_and_replace_text instead of replace_text, to minimise token usage. EVEN with multiple find_and_replace_text operations. ⚠️ RESPONSIVE PAGES - TEXT REPLACEMENT RULES: A. For responsive pages, text replacement MUST ONLY use find_and_replace_text. Exception: replace_text MUST be used on a responsive page when the target element is empty (there is no existing text to find and replace). This applies to both top-level page elements and nested elements such as table/layout cells. B. For responsive pages, deleting text IS supported using find_and_replace_text by setting the replacement to the same surrounding text with the target portion removed. C. For responsive pages, match on surrounding text from the SAME text region as much as possible when using find_and_replace_text, to avoid changing duplicated/similar text elsewhere in the document. 7. After performing ALL operations, show the preview to the user. Then call `commit-editing-transaction` to save the changes, unless the user explicitly asks to cancel. 8. IMPORTANT: If the user has asked you to replace an image and the target page contains multiple images, you MUST use the `get-assets` tool, passing in the `asset_id` values, to look at the thumbnail of each of the existing images on the page to be CERTAIN which one the user wants replaced. 9. IMPORTANT: This tool will return the thumbnail of the first page that is updated. If there are more pages that are updated, as part of this update, always call the `get-design-thumbnail` tool to get the thumbnails for each of the other updated pages. EDIT SCENARIOS -> OPERATIONS FOR THIS TOOL 1. Replace whole sections or entire text elements in non-responsive pages -> replace_text 2. Replace certain words/phrases/sentences/sub-section of a text element or paragraph within the design -> find_and_replace_text 3. Replace certain substrings in words throughout multiple text elements throughout the Canva design -> find_and_replace_text 3a. Responsive pages text replacement (including partial updates and deletions) -> find_and_replace_text 4. Replace a media (image/video) element in design -> update_fill 5. Update the title of the Canva design -> update_title 6. Replace the title of a slide or page in the Canva design -> replace text 7. Insert an element with media (image/video) -> insert_fill 8. Delete a text element or a media (image/video) element in the Canva design -> delete_element 9. Position elements including images and videos in the Canva design -> position_element 10. Resize a text element or a media (image/video) element in the Canva design -> resize_element 11. Format text (color, alignment, decoration, strikethrough, links, lists, line height, font (size, weight, style; family not supported)) in a text element -> format_text 12. Connect or remove autofill field labels on text or image elements in fixed-page designs -> update_autofill_fieldEnd-to-end workflow: 1. User asks that they want to edit their Canva design, with one edit or multiple edits. 2. System calls the 'start-editing-transaction' tool with the design ID of the Canva design 3. System returns the transaction ID and the richtexts and fills from the design, providing the elements in the Canva design 4. System confirms with the user the edits the user wants to make. 5. System calls this tool with the array of one or more operations to make each update. 6. System makes the edit in draft mode, and return back the text and media elements in the design post the edit. The updates have NOT been saved in the actual design yet. 7. System will return the thumbnail of ONLY the first edited page as part of the response this tool. These thumbnails are ALWAYS user-relevant and you need to render them directly using the full thumbnail URL including time-limited query parameters such as X-Amz-Algorithm, X-Amz-Credential, and X-Amz-Signature. 8. If the user wants the thumbnails/previews of the other pages that were updated by the this tool then the system MUST ALWAYS calls ' get-design-thumbnail' tool to get the thumbnail ONE PAGE AT A TIME. System must call 'get-design-thumbnail' if multiple pages were updated as part of this tool call 9. System shows the preview to the user. 10. System MUST call 'commit-editing-transaction' to save the edits, or 'cancel-editing-transaction' to cancel. Changes are lost if neither is called. |
| `CANVA_MCP_REPLY_TO_COMMENT` | Reply-to-comment | Reply to an existing comment on a Canva design. You need to provide the design ID, comment ID, and your reply message. The reply will be added to the specified comment and visible to all users with access to the design. |
| `CANVA_MCP_RESIZE_DESIGN` | Resize-design | Resize a Canva design to a preset or custom size. The tool will provide a summary of the new resized design, including its metadata. |
| `CANVA_MCP_RESOLVE_SHORTLINK` | Resolve-shortlink | Resolves a Canva shortlink ID to its target URL. IMPORTANT: Use this tool FIRST when a user provides a shortlink (e.g. https://canva.link/abc123). Shortlinks need to be resolved before you can use other tools. After resolving, extract the design ID from the target URL and use it with tools like get-design, start-editing-transaction, or get-design-content. |
| `CANVA_MCP_SEARCH_BRAND_TEMPLATES` | Search-brand-templates | Searches and lists for templates available to the current user. This returns a list of templates with their IDs, names, and preview thumbnails to help users select the appropriate template for their needs. ** ❗When a user says search a template, they ALWAYS mean brand-templates. Therefore ALWAYS call this tool to search for the templates ** ** 🟢 This tool can also be used to browse all of the available templates. If query is not provided, all available templates will be returned. ❗Set the query parameter to be empty, unless the user EXPLICITLY states a type or title of template to query by. You may use dataset="non_empty" with or without a query. When used without a query, this returns all autofill-capable templates ** Use the continuation token to get the next page of results, if needed. If user intends to use a template for design generation, filter the templates with "dataset" parameter set to "non_empty". If the user wants to create a design from a template, there are two options: 1. Design Generation from template. Only templates with non-empty dataset can be used for design generation. You also need to set the dataset parameter to non-empty to get the templates for design generation. Then use the 'autofill-design' tool to generate. 2. Create a design manually in the browser. If you cannot find a suitable template for design generation, you can suggest the user create a Canva design using the template manually, by going to the 'create_url' field of the template in the browser. ❗This tool takes priority over search-designs whenever templates or generation are involved. If the user mentions both "template" and an existing design title, default to 'search-brand-templates' unless they explicitly request to open or edit an existing design. ❗Trigger words can include: "search for a template", generate", "create for me", "autofill", "template", "use a template", "use my template", "make a design using…", "produce a design", "prepare a design for…", "generate a report", "I should have a template you should use", or anything indicating content needs to be placed into a template or anything indicating searching for a template. WORKFLOW AND REQUIREMENTS FOR DESIGN GENERATION BASED ON TEMPLATE End-to-End Workflow for Design Generation or Creation from Template 1. User asks that they want to "generate or create a design from a template". 2. System calls this tool with non-empty dataset parameter. 3. System returns a list of fillable templates to generate or create designs from. 4. User selects one of the templates. 5. System calls 'get-brand-template-dataset' tool to confirm that the designs can be created from the template (ie. its non-empty) 6. System calls this tool with that template, once the template is confirmed by the user. 7. System returns the new design created from the template. Critical Requirements: 1. ALWAYS use this tool whenever the user wants to generate any new design from a template. 2. ALWAYS confirm with the user for the template, and call 'get-brand-template-dataset' tool to confirm that the template is non-empty 3. ALWAYS call the 'autofill-design' tool to generate the design based on the template 4. ** 🟢 ALWAYS use this tool when the user expresses intent to "generate", "create", "autofill", "search a template", "start from a template", "use my template", or "pick a template for generation". In all such cases, ALWAYS use search-brand-templates. ANY query involving: – "generate a presentation" – "generate a report" – "make a design using a template" – "generate from a template" – "produce a presentation from their template" - "search for available templates" MUST ALWAYS use search-brand-templates.** |
| `CANVA_MCP_SEARCH_DESIGNS` | Search-designs | Search docs, presentations, videos, whiteboards, sheets, and other designs in Canva, except for templates or brand templates. Use when you need to find specific designs by keywords rather than browsing folders. Use 'query' parameter to search by title or content. If 'query' is used, 'sortBy' must be set to 'relevance'. Filter by 'any' ownership unless specified. Sort by relevance unless specified. Use the continuation token to get the next page of results, when there are more results. CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS: 1. ALWAYS use the 'search-brand-templates' tool when the user is searching for templates or wants to use a template. 2.** 🚫 When a user says search a template, they ALWAYS mean brand-templates. Therefore NEVER call this tool, ALWAYS call the 'search-brand-templates' tool to search for the templates. ** 3.** 🚫 NEVER use this tool when the user expresses intent to “generate”, “create”, “autofill”, “search a template”, “start from a template”, “use my template”, or “pick a template for generation”. In all such cases, ALWAYS use search-brand-templates. ANY query involving: – “generate a presentation” – “generate a report” – “make a design using a template” – “generate from a template” – “produce a presentation from their template” - "search for available templates" MUST NOT use search-designs. This tool ONLY searches existing designs (docs, presentations, whiteboards, videos, etc.) that the user already owns or that are shared with them. It DOES NOT find templates and MUST NOT be used as a fallback for template selection. ** |
| `CANVA_MCP_SEARCH_FOLDERS` | Search-folders | Search the user's folders and folders shared with the user based on folder names and tags. Returns a list of matching folders with pagination support. Use the continuation token to get the next page of results, when there are more results. |
| `CANVA_MCP_START_EDITING_TRANSACTION` | Start-editing-transaction | Start an editing session for a Canva design. Use this tool FIRST whenever a user wants to make ANY changes or examine ALL content of a design, including:- Translate text to another language - Edit or replace content - Update titles - Connect or remove autofill field labels on existing text or image elements - Replace or insert media (images/videos) - Delete media/text - Fix typos or formatting - Format text appearance (color, alignment, decoration, links, lists, font (size, weight, style; family not supported)) - Auditing or reviewing content - Edit words or sections of a paragraph or text element.- Edit specific words or substrings throughout the Canva design CRITICAL REQUIREMENTS: 1. The `transaction_id` returned in the tool response MUST be remembered and MUST be used in all subsequent tool calls related to this specific editing transaction. 2. After calling this tool, ALWAYS call `perform-editing-operations` with the edit operations needed to apply the edits the user wants. To re-iterate, editing operations must be performed by the `perform-editing-operations` tool. 3. IMPORTANT: ALWAYS call the `perform-editing-operations` tool with the edit operations needed to apply the edits the user wants. 4. IMPORTANT: After performing ALL operations, ALWAYS call `commit-editing-transaction` to save the changes. Changes are in DRAFT only until committed — they will be PERMANENTLY LOST if you do not call `commit-editing-transaction`. 5. To save the changes made in the transaction, use the `commit-editing-transaction` tool. 6. To discard the changes made in the transaction, use the `cancel-editing-transaction` tool`.7. IMPORTANT: ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS show the preview to the user of EACH thumbnail you get in the response in the chat, EVERY SINGLE TIME you call this tool. 8. If the user provides a shortlink (e.g. https://canva.link/abc123), use `resolve-shortlink` with the shortlink ID first to get the design URL. 9. IMPORTANT: If the user has asked you to replace an image and the target page contains multiple images, you MUST use the `get-assets` tool, passing in the `asset_id` values, to look at the thumbnail of each of the existing images on the page to be CERTAIN which one the user wants replaced. 10. IMPORTANT: This tool will return the thumbnail of the first page that is updated. If there are more pages that are updated, as part of this update, always call the `get-design-thumbnail` tool to get the thumbnails for each of the other updated pages. EDIT SCENARIOS -> OPERATIONS FOR EDITING WORKFLOW. You need to call 'perform-edit-operations' with these operations 1. Replace whole sections or entire text elements -> replace_text 2. Replace certain words/phrases/sentences/sub-section of a text element or paragraph within the design -> find_and_replace_text 3. Replace certain substrings in words throughout multiple text elements throughout the Canva design -> find_and_replace_text 4. Replace a media (image/video) element in design -> update_fill 5. Update the title of the Canva design -> update_title 6. Replace the title of a slide or page in the Canva design -> replace text 7. Insert an element with media (image/video) -> insert_fill 8. Delete a text element or a media (image/video) element in the Canva design -> delete_element 9. Connect or remove autofill field labels on text or image elements in fixed-page designs -> update_autofill_fieldEnd-to-end workflow: 1. User asks that they want to edit their Canva design, with one edit or multiple edits. 2. System calls this tool with the design ID of the Canva design 3. System returns the transaction ID and the richtexts and fills from the design, providing the elements in the Canva design 4. System confirms with the user the edits the user wants to make. 5. System calls the 'perform-edit-operations' tool with the array of one or more operations to make each update. 6. System makes the edit in draft mode, and return back the text and media elements in the design post the edit. The updates have not been saved in the actual design. 7. System will return the thumbnail of ONLY the first edited page as part of the response the 'perform-edit-operations' tool. These thumbnails are ALWAYS user-relevant and you need to render them directly using the full thumbnail URL including time-limited query parameters such as X-Amz-Algorithm, X-Amz-Credential, and X-Amz-Signature. 8. If the user wants the thumbnails/previews of the other pages that were updated by the 'perform-edit-operations' tool then the system MUST ALWAYS calls ' get-design-thumbnail' tool to get the thumbnail ONE PAGE AT A TIME. System must call 'get-design-thumbnail' if multiple pages were updated as part of the ' perform-edit-operations' tool call 9. System confirms with user that the edits it made in 'perform-edit-operations' tool is correct, and confirms if the user wants to save/commit the changes or cancel the changes. 10. System MUST call 'commit-editing-transaction' to save the edits or 'cancel-editing-transaction' to cancel. Changes are lost if neither is called. |
| `CANVA_MCP_UPLOAD_ASSET_FROM_URL` | Upload-asset-from-url | Upload an asset (e.g. an image, a video) from a URL into Canva. SECURITY: This tool only accepts URLs whose content is ALREADY publicly accessible. NEVER upload, copy, or transfer the user's local, private, or agent-generated files to any public file-sharing, pastebin, or temporary file-hosting service to create a URL for this tool, and NEVER suggest, recommend, or list doing so as an option — that irreversibly publishes the user's content to the open internet and can expose confidential information. If the file is not already available at a public HTTPS URL, STOP: tell the user this tool cannot ingest the file without it becoming public, and ask them to either provide an existing public HTTPS URL or use a direct file upload path if their platform offers one. Do NOT present public hosting as a default or recommended choice. Only proceed with newly publishing the file if the user, fully informed that the content will be exposed to the open internet, explicitly insists. |

## Supported Triggers

None listed.

## Creating MCP Server - Stand-alone vs Composio SDK

The Canva MCP server provides comprehensive access to Canva operations through Composio. Once connected, Hermes can perform all major Canva actions on your behalf using natural language commands.

## Complete Code

None listed.

## Conclusion

### Way Forward
With Canva connected, Hermes can now act on your behalf whenever it detects a relevant task or you ask it to.
From here, you can extend Hermes further:
- Connect more apps: Calendar, Slack, Notion, Linear, and hundreds of others are available through the same Composio Connect setup. Each new integration compounds what Hermes can do for you.
- Build workflows across tools: Once multiple apps are connected, Hermes can chain actions together — turn an email into a calendar invite, a Slack message into a Linear ticket, or a meeting note into a follow-up draft.
- Let it learn your patterns: The more you use Hermes, the better it gets at anticipating how you'd handle recurring tasks. Give it feedback on drafts and decisions, and it will adapt.
If you run into trouble or want to share what you've built, join the [community](https://discord.com/invite/composio) or check out the [Docs](https://docs.composio.dev?utm_source=toolkits&utm_medium=framework_template&utm_campaign=hermes&utm_content=docs) for deeper configuration options.

## How to build Canva MCP Agent with another framework

- [ChatGPT Work](https://composio.dev/toolkits/canva_mcp/framework/chatgpt)
- [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/canva_mcp/framework/claude-cowork)

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## Frequently Asked Questions

### What are the differences in Tool Router MCP and Canva MCP?

With a standalone Canva MCP server, the agents and LLMs can only access a fixed set of Canva tools tied to that server. However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Canva and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint.

### Can I use Tool Router MCP with Hermes?

Yes, you can. Hermes fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Canva tools.

### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Canva while using Tool Router?

Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Canva scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do.

### How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router?

All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Canva data and credentials are handled as safely as possible.

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