# 🚀 Introducing the Canva Dev MCP Server! **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** apps-sdk, connect-api, product-update, developer-preview\ **Created:** [April 10, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682 "2025-04-10T02:00:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Anto](https://community.canva.dev/u/Anto)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 2:00am UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/1 "2025-04-10T02:00:48Z")
# 🚀 Introducing the Canva Dev MCP Server We are excited to announce the beta release of our Canva Dev Model Context Protocol (MCP) server! This powerful new tool brings AI-powered development assistance directly to your Canva apps and integrations workflow. ## ❓ What is the Canva Dev MCP Server? The Canva Dev MCP server connects your favourite AI coding assistants to specialized Canva development tools and documentation, to supercharge your developer experience and productivity. This enables use-cases such as: - Generating app components from a single prompt - Localizing apps using the `@canva/app-i18n-kit` - Migrating apps and components to the App UI Kit - Exploring the Connect API endpoints and generating code-snippets in various languages - Ensuring your app is compliant with our guidelines - Conversing with AI assistant about Canva apps and integration ![Todo list app generated using cursor + Canva Dev MCP](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/canva/original/2X/0/0c46d422a98725b825ed7a4496e6e8448ad6afd8.gif) ## 🛠 How to Set Up Get started by following our [setup guide](https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/mcp-server/). The guide includes configuration steps for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and VS Code (Preview). ## ✍ Feedback The Dev MCP is out in beta and while we’re constantly working on improving it, we’re really keen to hear from you all on ways we can improve it, and make it more useful in your development workflows. What features would you like to see added next to our dev MCP 👀 ! ---
**Author:** ![shivaskanthan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@shivaskanthan](https://community.canva.dev/u/shivaskanthan)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 3:48am UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/2 "2025-04-10T03:48:59Z")
Ohhhh just when you thought things couldn’t get any better. Definitely trying this out this weekend. Kudos to the team at Canva once again! 🌟 ---
**Author:** ![quill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/bc79bd/32.png) [@quill](https://community.canva.dev/u/quill)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/3 "2025-04-10T14:33:34Z")
It works very well and helps a lot. Btw Is the MCP server code open-sourced? ---
**Author:** ![Anto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Anto](https://community.canva.dev/u/Anto)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/4 "2025-04-10T22:19:52Z")
@quill that’s great to hear! And no it’s not open source. ---
**Author:** ![sagi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@sagi](https://community.canva.dev/u/sagi)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 11:00pm UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/5 "2025-04-13T23:00:18Z")
Im a pro user, how can i get access to the api? ---
**Author:** ![Anto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Anto](https://community.canva.dev/u/Anto)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/6 "2025-04-13T23:03:26Z")
Hi @sagi, This isn’t an API rather an MCP server to aide with development via your favourite MCP client. Have you had a chance to read the [Setup Guide](https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/mcp-server/) linked in the announcement above? ---
**Author:** ![sagi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@sagi](https://community.canva.dev/u/sagi)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/7 "2025-04-14T18:07:48Z")
Thanks Anto I did Im just trying to find use cases for this mcp Can share some knowledge? ---
**Author:** ![Anto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Anto](https://community.canva.dev/u/Anto)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 1:06am UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/8 "2025-04-28T01:06:21Z")
@sagi you can find some usecases in this [blog post](https://www.canva.dev/blog/developers/canva-dev-mcp-server/) 🙌 ---
**Author:** ![diegoUSDZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/43a26b/32.png) [@diegoUSDZ](https://community.canva.dev/u/diegoUSDZ)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2025, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.canva.dev/t/introducing-the-canva-dev-mcp-server/6682/9 "2025-05-05T20:02:14Z")
Are you kidding me? I was looking for copper and I found Gold!