Canva

Give agents tools to create, edit, search, and export designs in Canva through Mastra Connect. Canva serves these tools from a hosted Model Context Protocol (MCP) server. Your application never stores Canva credentials.

Connect

Before you start, complete the Connect setup to install @mastra/connect and configure your platform project.

Connect an account

Run this command from the directory that contains your .env file:

mastra connect add canva-mcp

The CLI guides you through Canva's authorization and waits until the connection is active.

Add tools to an agent

Pass tools() to the agent and select the canva-mcp provider:

src/mastra/agents/canva-mcp-agent.ts

import { Agent } from '@mastra/core/agent'
import { tools } from '@mastra/connect'

export const canvaMcpAgent = new Agent({
  id: 'canva-mcp-agent',
  name: 'Canva agent',
  instructions: 'You help people create, edit, search, and export designs in Canva.',
  model: 'openai/gpt-6-luna',
  tools: tools({ providers: ['canva-mcp'] }),
})

Mastra discovers Canva's tools from its MCP server when the agent runs. The available tools depend on the server and the connected account, not on your @mastra/connect version. Tool keys start with canva-mcp_.

To see which tools Canva provides, read the Canva MCP documentation. To require approval before a call runs, see MCP providers in the tools() reference.