Make Canva designs from a chat
Turn on Canva and your Claude agents can create designs, search your Canva library and export files for you.
With Canva turned on, you can ask an agent for a design in plain words ("make a poster for the Nimbusworks launch") and it makes it in your own Canva account. Agents can also search your designs, export them as PDF, PNG or JPG, and organize assets and folders.
Turn on Canva#
Open Settings > Channels and expand Canva.
Turn on Canva Integration.
Start a new Claude session and ask for a design.
The first time an agent uses Canva, Canva asks you to sign in to your Canva account in your browser and allow access.
There is no key to paste. Canva handles the sign-in itself, and Yardmaster never sees or stores your Canva password. Sessions that are already running pick up Canva the next time they start.
What it cannot do#
Choose which sessions get Canva#
The switch above turns Canva on for every new session. Canva reaches your agents as an MCP server (an add-on tool server that gives agents extra tools), which is why the menus below say MCP. You can change Canva for one project or one session:
One project: right-click the project, choose Edit Project, click More options and use MCP tools.
One session: open the session's menu (the three dots above the conversation) and choose MCP servers. The change applies the next time the session starts.
See how much agents do on their own to change when they ask.
Turn Canva off#
Turn off Canva Integration. New sessions no longer get Canva. To take back the access you gave, remove it in your Canva account's settings.
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