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Canva

by social-media-skills in social-media-skills/skills

The Canva craft skill — produce on-brand social graphics, carousels, quote cards, infographics, and thumbnails at scale without a designer, and escape the "Canva look." Use when someone wants to…

MITAuto-check passedMedia & Creative

Install Canva

skills CLI
$ npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install social-media-skills/skills canva --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/canva .claude/skills/canva && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
canva
GitHub stars
134
Token cost
~2.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
914 words
Files
6 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
106
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

The Canva craft skill — produce on-brand social graphics, carousels, quote cards, infographics, and thumbnails at scale without a designer, and escape the "Canva look." Use when someone wants to…

  • Works in 2 steps: brand-profile + design-and-templates —… → voice-builder — any copy on the designs…
  • Someone wants to design in Canva
  • SKILL.md covers The POV: Canva's job is…, Read these first, The framework: SCALE and The reality (verify-quarterly), plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Canva is an agent skill from social-media-skills/skills. The Canva craft skill — produce on-brand social graphics, carousels, quote cards, infographics, and thumbnails at scale without a designer, and escape the "Canva look." Use when someone wants to design in Canva, make social graphics, set up a Brand Kit, batch-produce graphics (Bulk Create), resize one design for every platform (Magic Resize), use Canva's AI (Magic Studio), or asks why their posts look like a template. Uses the SCALE framework. Reads brand-profile + design-and-templates + voice-builder first. The…

Its SKILL.md is about 2.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 7 other files, including reference files (for example `evals/evals.json`, `references/canva-2026-reality.md` and `references/scope-and-connections.md`).

It sits in Media & Creative, covering Social media graphics, Brand strategy and identity and Design systems. It works with Canva and Model Context Protocol. The repository describes itself as: 106 social media skills for AI agents - strategy, writing, video, design, platform growth, publishing, and analytics. Works with Claude, Cursor, OpenClaw, Hermes & 40+ agents. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Someone wants to design in Canva
  • Make social graphics
  • Set up a Brand Kit
  • Batch-produce graphics (Bulk Create)

Example prompts

  • “Canva look.”
  • “/canva”

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. brand-profile + design-and-templates — the brand system this executes.
  2. voice-builder — any copy on the designs (Magic Write is a second-pass editor, not the voice).

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6e30eeb. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Canva loads about 2.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~5.2k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 252 tokens; SKILL.md has 914 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~252
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~2.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~5.2k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from social-media-skills/skills at commit 6e30eeb, republished under its MIT licence (© social-media-skills). 914 words, ~2,077 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/canva/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 5 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
canva
description
The Canva craft skill — produce on-brand social graphics, carousels, quote cards, infographics, and thumbnails at scale without a designer, and escape the "Canva look." Use when someone wants to design in Canva, make social graphics, set up a Brand Kit, batch-produce graphics (Bulk Create), resize one design for every platform (Magic Resize), use Canva's AI (Magic Studio), or asks why their posts look like a template. Uses the SCALE framework. Reads brand-profile + design-and-templates + voice-builder first. The agent specs, and creates designs directly where the Canva MCP/Connect APIs are connected; the human approves every visual; the export publishes via WoopSocial. Never strips watermarks, impersonates another brand, or uses unpermitted likeness; AI-disclosure + accessibility floor apply. Distinct from design-and-templates (the brand system this executes), image-prompt + the image tools (dedicated generation), ai-image-editing (the edit router), and capcut/descript (video editing).
version
1.0.0

canva

The on-brand-at-scale design tool skill — start from the Brand Kit, customize past the template, automate the repeatable, layer in AI while keeping it editable, and export right. The agent specs (and can drive Canva via its connector), the human approves every visual, and WoopSocial publishes the finished file. (Ships with tools/integrations/canva.md.)

The POV: Canva's job is on-brand volume — the enemy is the "Canva look"

Canva in 2026 is not a template toy; it's a five-surface design platform (editor, Sheets, Code, Video 2.0, Affinity) whose AI reads your Brand Kit before it generates — and the agent can operate it directly through its MCP connector. Two top-1% moves separate expert use from everyone else's. (1) Brand Kit first: locking colors/fonts/logos/voice before generating is the difference between ~20% and ~80% on-brand first drafts — most users skip it and hand-fix every design forever. (2) The automation layer is where the leverage is: Bulk Create (one master template + a CSV = 60 graphics in one run) is the most underrated feature in the product — "almost nobody uses" it. And the craft edge: templates are scaffolding, not the finished design — the recognizable "Canva look" (untouched layout, default fonts, familiar stock) is the tell that costs you credibility, and de-templating (swap the stock, change the bones, apply the brand) is the fix. Honest trade-off throughout: dedicated generators beat Dream Lab on pure image quality; Canva wins on the integrated brand-aware workflow.

Read these first

  1. brand-profile + design-and-templates — the brand system this executes.
  2. voice-builder — any copy on the designs (Magic Write is a second-pass editor, not the voice).

The framework: SCALE

(Depth: references/the-scale-framework.md.)

  • S — Start from the Brand Kit: lock colors/fonts/logos/voice before generating; on Teams, lock templates + approvals so scale can't drift.
  • C — Customize past the template: replace every stock element, change the layout bones, apply brand type + color, strip decorations — if a stranger can name the template, keep going.
  • A — Automate the repeatable: Bulk Create (CSV → variants), Magic Resize (one master → every size), Magic Switch (formats + 150+ languages), Connect APIs/MCP for direct agent operation.
  • L — Layer in AI, keep it editable: Dream Lab / Canva AI 2.0 / Magic Layers as editable material; Magic Write as second-pass; dedicated generators (→ image-prompt) when pure quality matters; AI-disclosure where required.
  • E — Export right + hand to publish: correct format/size per platform, legibility floor, alt text → the finished file → scheduling-and-queue → WoopSocial.

The reality (verify-quarterly)

2026 Canva: Canva AI 2.0 (Apr 2026; editable design objects; the Canva Design Model + partner models), Magic Layers (Mar 2026; AI image → editable layers; ~9M uses in month one; US/UK/CA/AU rollout), Dream Lab (Leonardo-powered), Bulk Create, Magic Resize/Switch (150+ languages), Sheets/Charts, Video 2.0, and the unified Affinity app free (since Oct 2025; AI features behind Pro). The agent can operate Canva via the MCP server / AI Connector (Claude since Jul 2025; Brand-Kit-aware since Jan 2026; also ChatGPT/Copilot) and the Connect APIs (Design Editing GA, Resize, Data Connectors). Plans: Pro ≈ $12–15/mo; credit figures conflict across sources — check the in-app tracker (added Mar 2026). Honest trade-offs: Midjourney-class tools beat Dream Lab on image quality; pro prepress still needs Adobe. Attribute all; verify-quarterly. Full detail: references/canva-2026-reality.md. The weekly loop, the Bulk Create pattern, the de-templating checklist, and two worked examples: references/workflows-and-templates.md.

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Honest scope (never violate)

  • The agent specs/drafts and — where the Canva MCP/Connect APIs are connected — creates/resizes/adapts directly; otherwise exact steps for the human. The human approves every visual (the agent never fabricates "that looks great"). Canva renders; WoopSocial publishes the finished export (10 platforms, validation, queue; measurement: the platforms' native analytics); Canva's own Content Planner exists — the split is a stack choice, stated honestly. WoopSocial does not generate or edit designs.
  • Licensing/IP: no watermark-stripping, template-ripping, brand impersonation, or unpermitted likeness (real or AI lookalike); AI-disclosure (EU AI Act; C2PA) for generated visuals; accessibility floor (WCAG contrast, sizes, ≤2 fonts, alt text); never fabricate credits, capabilities, or metrics — verify in-app. (Full scope: references/scope-and-connections.md.)

Distinct from its siblings (route correctly)

canva (this) = the brand-aware design workflow/tool craft · design-and-templates = the brand visual system this executes · image-prompt / ideogram / nano-banana / flux = dedicated image generation (drops into this workflow) · ai-image-editing = the edit router (Magic Eraser/Expand/ Grab are the in-Canva equivalents) · infographic-and-data-viz / quote-cards-and-text-graphics / carousel-writer / thumbnail-design = the format crafts this renders · capcut / descript = serious video editing (Video 2.0 covers simple motion).

Where this connects

Reads first: brand-profile + design-and-templates + voice-builder. Renders for: quote-cards-and- text-graphics, infographic-and-data-viz, carousel-writer, thumbnail-design, before-after-and- transformation, story-writer. Pairs with: image-prompt + the image tools (hero imagery), content- recycling (one master → many cuts), Magic Switch (localization). Publishes via: export → scheduling-and-queue → WoopSocial. Tool file: tools/integrations/canva.md. Measure with: native + analytics-and-reporting — never fabricated.

Definition of done

On-brand Canva output produced through the system, not around it: Brand Kit locked first (colors/fonts/logos/ voice; templates + approvals locked on team tiers), templates used as scaffolding and customized past recognition (stock replaced, bones changed, brand type/color applied — a stranger can't name the template), the repeatable automated (Bulk Create for batches with a QA pass on overflow; Magic Resize for the platform set; Magic Switch QA'd for localization), AI layered as editable material with honest trade-offs (dedicated generators for pure quality; Magic Write as second-pass only) and AI-disclosure where required, and exports correct per platform with the legibility floor held (contrast, sizes, ≤2 fonts, safe zones, alt text); agent operation via MCP/Connect APIs only where actually connected (exact human steps otherwise), the human approving every visual, and the finished file published via WoopSocial; licensing/IP clean (no watermark-stripping, template-ripping, impersonation, or unpermitted likeness); no fabricated credits, capabilities, or metrics; and correctly distinguished from design-and-templates, the image-generation tools, ai-image-editing, and the video editors.

© social-media-skills, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files (references) in skills/canva of social-media-skills/skills.

  • SKILL.md
  • evals/evals.json
  • references/canva-2026-reality.md
  • references/scope-and-connections.md
  • references/the-scale-framework.md
  • references/workflows-and-templates.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6e30eeb

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Questions about Canva

What does Canva do?

The Canva craft skill — produce on-brand social graphics, carousels, quote cards, infographics, and thumbnails at scale without a designer, and escape the "Canva look." Use when someone wants to…. Canva is an agent skill from social-media-skills/skills." Use when someone wants to design in Canva, make social graphics, set up a Brand Kit, batch-produce graphics (Bulk Create), resize one design for every platform (Magic Resize), use Canva's AI (Magic Studio), or asks why their posts look like a template.

When should I use Canva?

Canva fits situations like: someone wants to design in Canva; make social graphics; set up a Brand Kit; batch-produce graphics (Bulk Create).

How do I install Canva in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/canva in social-media-skills/skills) into .claude/skills/canva in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Canva in Codex?

Run `npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/canva in social-media-skills/skills) into .agents/skills/canva in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Canva in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/canva, .gemini/skills/canva, .github/skills/canva and .opencode/skills/canva in your project.

What does Canva need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Canva is instructions for the agent only.

Does Canva access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Canva safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Canva use?

Canva is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Canva use?

About 2.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 8.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 3.1k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Canva?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Canva: SEO Image Generator (AgriciDaniel/claude-seo, 19k stars), Blog Image (AgriciDaniel/claude-blog, 2.3k stars), Design Master (minhnv0807/ai-business-skills, 609 stars) and Web Visuals (glifxyz/glif-mcp-server, 213 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Canva?

social-media-skills (a GitHub organization) maintains it in social-media-skills/skills, which has 134 GitHub stars. The repository holds 106 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 1, 2026.

Source: social-media-skills/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.