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Canva Connect API — Designs

Canva Connect API — Designs. 3 operations. Lead operation: Canva List Designs. Self-contained Naftiko capability covering one Canva business surface.

Run with Naftiko CanvaDesigns

What You Can Do

GET
Listdesigns — Canva List Designs
/v1/designs
POST
Createdesign — Canva Create a Design
/v1/designs
GET
Getdesign — Canva Get a Design
/v1/designs/{designid}

MCP Tools

canva-list-designs

Canva List Designs

read-only idempotent
canva-create-design

Canva Create a Design

canva-get-design

Canva Get a Design

read-only idempotent

Capability Spec

connect-designs.yaml Raw ↑
naftiko: 1.0.0-alpha2
info:
  label: Canva Connect API — Designs
  description: 'Canva Connect API — Designs. 3 operations. Lead operation: Canva List Designs. Self-contained Naftiko capability
    covering one Canva business surface.'
  tags:
  - Canva
  - Designs
  created: '2026-05-19'
  modified: '2026-05-19'
binds:
- namespace: env
  keys:
    CANVA_API_KEY: CANVA_API_KEY
capability:
  consumes:
  - type: http
    namespace: connect-designs
    baseUri: https://api.canva.com/rest/v1
    description: Canva Connect API — Designs business capability. Self-contained, no shared references.
    resources:
    - name: designs
      path: /designs
      operations:
      - name: listdesigns
        method: GET
        description: Canva List Designs
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: query
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Search term to filter designs (max 255 characters)
        - name: ownership
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Filter designs by ownership status
        - name: sort_by
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Sort order for results
        - name: limit
          in: query
          type: integer
          description: Number of results per page
        - name: continuation
          in: query
          type: string
          description: Continuation token for paginated results
      - name: createdesign
        method: POST
        description: Canva Create a Design
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
        inputParameters:
        - name: body
          in: body
          type: object
          description: Request body (JSON).
          required: true
    - name: designs-designId
      path: /designs/{designId}
      operations:
      - name: getdesign
        method: GET
        description: Canva Get a Design
        outputRawFormat: json
        outputParameters:
        - name: result
          type: object
          value: $.
    authentication:
      type: bearer
      token: '{{env.CANVA_API_KEY}}'
  exposes:
  - type: rest
    namespace: connect-designs-rest
    port: 8080
    description: REST adapter for Canva Connect API — Designs. One Spectral-compliant resource per consumed operation, prefixed
      with /v1.
    resources:
    - path: /v1/designs
      name: designs
      description: REST surface for designs.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: listdesigns
        description: Canva List Designs
        call: connect-designs.listdesigns
        with:
          query: rest.query
          ownership: rest.ownership
          sort_by: rest.sort_by
          limit: rest.limit
          continuation: rest.continuation
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
      - method: POST
        name: createdesign
        description: Canva Create a Design
        call: connect-designs.createdesign
        with:
          body: rest.body
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
    - path: /v1/designs/{designid}
      name: designs-designid
      description: REST surface for designs-designId.
      operations:
      - method: GET
        name: getdesign
        description: Canva Get a Design
        call: connect-designs.getdesign
        outputParameters:
        - type: object
          mapping: $.
  - type: mcp
    namespace: connect-designs-mcp
    port: 9090
    transport: http
    description: MCP adapter for Canva Connect API — Designs. One tool per consumed operation, routed inline through this
      capability's consumes block.
    tools:
    - name: canva-list-designs
      description: Canva List Designs
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: connect-designs.listdesigns
      with:
        query: tools.query
        ownership: tools.ownership
        sort_by: tools.sort_by
        limit: tools.limit
        continuation: tools.continuation
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: canva-create-design
      description: Canva Create a Design
      hints:
        readOnly: false
        destructive: false
        idempotent: false
      call: connect-designs.createdesign
      with:
        body: tools.body
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.
    - name: canva-get-design
      description: Canva Get a Design
      hints:
        readOnly: true
        destructive: false
        idempotent: true
      call: connect-designs.getdesign
      outputParameters:
      - type: object
        mapping: $.