# canva

A skill for Canva social graphics: builds from the Brand Kit, batches through Bulk Create and Magic Resize, and pushes past the template look.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 602 installs · ★ 199
- Author: social-media-skills
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/canva/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-15
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/canva

## What it does

The skill walks the agent through the SCALE framework: lock the Brand Kit first, customize past the template, automate the repeatable parts, layer in AI while keeping files editable, then export properly. It reads `brand-profile`, `design-and-templates` and `voice-builder` before doing anything — without them it has no idea what your brand looks like.

Automation is the reason to reach for it. Bulk Create turns one master template plus a CSV into a run of variants, Magic Resize spreads a single design across every size, Magic Switch handles formats and languages. Where the Canva MCP connector or Connect APIs are wired up, the agent creates and resizes designs itself. A human approves every visual; the agent will not tell you it looks great on its own. Finished exports publish through WoopSocial, which does not generate or edit designs.

There are hard limits. The skill never strips watermarks, never impersonates another brand and never uses an unpermitted likeness, and it requires AI disclosure for generated visuals. Accessibility has a floor too: WCAG contrast, a cap on font count, alt text. If pure image quality is the goal, dedicated generators beat Dream Lab — Canva wins on the brand-aware workflow around the image.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/canva/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/canva/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/canva/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/canva/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install social-media-skills/skills canva
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/canva/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills --path skills/canva
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/canva/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add social-media-skills/skills --skill canva -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/social-media-skills/skills/tree/HEAD/skills/canva/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- produce a batch of graphics from one template and a spreadsheet
- resize a single design for every platform
- set up a Brand Kit before generating so drafts land on brand
- strip the recognizable template look out of a design
- prepare alt text and contrast to meet accessibility rules

## Example prompts
- set up the Brand Kit and make a series of quote cards on brand
- run Bulk Create with the master template and a CSV for city variants
- Magic Resize one design for every platform and prep the export

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
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
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