--- title: "Connect Avaza to Canva - APIANT.ai" description: "When \"Company Updated\" fires in Avaza, your agent runs \"Create Design Comment In Preview Api\" in Canva." canonical: "https://apiant.ai/connect/avaza-to-canva" --- # Connect Avaza to Canva When **Company Updated** fires in [Avaza](https://apiant.ai/connections/avaza), your agent runs **Create Design Comment In Preview Api** in [Canva](https://apiant.ai/connections/canva). Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running. Avaza **25** triggers Avaza **47** actions Canva **41** actions What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it. ## What do you want Avaza and Canva to do together? Give your AI client this address. `https://mcp.apiant.ai` One connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser. ### Set it up in your client ### Claude Code Run this in the directory you want to work in. `claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.ai` Start Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens. [Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp/claude-code) ### Claude, web and desktop Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Cursor Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Zed Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) ### Any other MCP client Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection. [Setup guide (opens in a new tab)](https://apiant.ai/docs/mcp) Example flows ## What Avaza can start in Canva - When **Company Updated** in Avaza then **Create Design Comment In Preview Api** in Canva - When **Contact Updated** in Avaza then **Create User Or Sub Folder** in Canva Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships. Everything your agent can do with Avaza and Canva ## Triggers and actions 25 triggers · 88 actions - Trigger **Company Updated** Triggers when a company is updated in Avaza, delivering a snapshot of the company. - Trigger **Contact Updated** Triggers when a contact is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Estimate Deleted** Triggers when an estimate (quote) is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Estimate Updated** Triggers when an estimate (quote) is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Expense Deleted** Triggers when an expense is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Expense Updated** Triggers when an expense is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Invoice Sent** Triggers when an invoice is sent (or marked as sent) in Avaza. - Trigger **Invoice Update** Triggers when an invoice is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **New Bill Created** Triggers when a new supplier bill is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Company** Triggers when a new company is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Contact** Triggers when a new contact is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Estimate Created** Triggers when a new estimate (quote) is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Expense Created** Triggers when a new expense is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Invoice Created** Triggers when a new invoice is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Project** Triggers when a new project is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Schedule Series Created** Triggers when a schedule series (a project booking or leave) is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Task Created** Triggers when a new task is created in Avaza. - Trigger **New Timesheet Entry** Triggers when a timesheet entry is created in Avaza. - Trigger **Project Updated** Triggers when a project is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Schedule Series Deleted** Triggers when a schedule booking or leave series is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Schedule Series Updated** Triggers when a schedule series (a project booking or leave) is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Task Deleted** Triggers when a task is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Task Updated** Triggers when a task is updated in Avaza. - Trigger **Timesheet Entry Deleted** Triggers when a timesheet entry is deleted in Avaza. - Trigger **Timesheet Entry Updated** Triggers when a timesheet entry is updated in Avaza. - Action **Create Bill** Creates a new draft supplier bill in Avaza, optionally creating the supplier company and contact if no match is found. - Action **Create Bill Payment** Records a payment made to a supplier, optionally allocating it against one or more bills. - Action **Create Company** Creates a new customer company in Avaza with billing address, contact details and custom field values. - Action **Create Contact** Creates a new contact in Avaza, optionally linked to an existing or new company. - Action **Create Estimate / Quote** Creates a new draft estimate (quote) for a customer, optionally creating the customer company and contact if no match is found. - Action **Create Expense** Creates a new expense entry in Avaza for a user, with a date, amount and expense category, optionally linked to a customer, project or task. - Action **Create Invoice** Creates a new draft invoice for a customer company, with line items. Can create the customer company and contact if no matching company is found. - Action **Create Invoice Payment** Records a customer payment in Avaza, optionally allocating it against one or more invoices. - Action **Create Project** Creates a new project in Avaza under an existing customer company, or under a new company created from the name you give. - Action **Create Schedule Booking** Creates a project work schedule booking for a user over a date range, with hours per day or a total duration. - Action **Create Section** Creates a new section (task group) within an Avaza project. - Action **Create Task** Creates a new task in an Avaza project section, optionally assigning users, dates, priority, effort, tags and custom field values. - Action **Create Timesheet Entry** Creates a timesheet entry in an Avaza project, or starts a timer when no duration is given. - Action **Delete Estimate** Deletes an estimate (quote) in Avaza. Estimates converted to an invoice cannot be deleted. - Action **Delete Schedule or Leave Series** Deletes a schedule booking or leave series, along with all of its daily schedule assignments. - Action **Delete Section** Deletes a section (task group) from a project. Sections that still contain tasks cannot be deleted. - Action **Delete Task** Deletes a task, along with its subtasks and comments, from an Avaza project. - Action **Delete Timesheet** Deletes a timesheet entry in Avaza by its Timesheet Entry ID. - Action **Get Bill** Returns a single supplier bill by its ID, including line items, supplier and recipient address details, amounts, status and web links. - Action **Get Contact** Returns a single external contact by its Contact ID, including company, contact details, roles and custom field values. - Action **Get Estimate** Returns a single estimate (quote) by its ID, including line items, status, amounts, issuer/recipient details and web links. - Action **Get Project** Returns a project's full details, including its sections, team members, tags and custom field values. - Action **Lookup Company** Finds companies in Avaza whose name matches the search text and returns their IDs and names. - Action **Lookup Expense Category** Finds an expense category in your Avaza account by its name and returns its id and unit price settings. - Action **Lookup Project** Finds active projects by title, project code, or customer company and returns their ids, codes and titles. - Action **Lookup Project Timesheet Category** Looks up the timesheet categories assigned to a project, optionally matching one by name. - Action **Lookup Task** Returns a task by its ID, including project, section, assignees, dates, status, priority, tags, time tracking and custom field values. - Action **Lookup User** Finds Avaza users (team members and customer contacts) by email address, with optional filters for role, tag and company. Returns the first match and the full list of matches. - Action **Mark Invoice as Sent** Flags a draft invoice as Sent without emailing it to the customer. - Action **Reterive Task Comments** Returns the comments and discussion messages on an Avaza task, including replies, attachments and system messages. - Action **Search Expenses** Returns expense entries matching a search on merchant or category name, with optional filters for date range, user, customer, project, chargeable/invoiced status and approval status. - Action **Search Invoice** Searches invoices by status, customer company, issue date, due date or last-updated date, and returns the matching invoices with their line items. - Action **Search Project** Searches projects by title, company, category, owner, status, billing or budget type, tags and dates, and returns the matching projects. - Action **Search Task** Searches tasks, filtering by project, section parent, status, priority, due date range, assigned user, completion state and last-updated date. - Action **Search Timesheets** Searches timesheet entries, filtered by date range, user, project, customer, task, category, billable/invoiced and approval status. - Action **Stop Timer** Stops the running timer on an existing timesheet entry, adding the elapsed time to its duration. - Action **Update Company** Updates an existing Avaza company. Only the fields named in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Contact** Updates an existing customer contact in Avaza — name, email, phone, mobile, position title, time zone, portal roles and custom field values. Only the fields you fill in are changed. - Action **Update Estimate** Updates an existing draft or sent estimate (quote) in Avaza, changing only the fields you list. Accepted, converted or void estimates cannot be updated. - Action **Update Expense** Updates an existing Avaza expense entry. Only the fields you list in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Invoice** Updates an existing draft invoice in Avaza. Only the fields you list in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Project** Updates an existing Avaza project. Only the fields named in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Project Member** Updates a project member's rates, budget, or permissions on an Avaza project. Only the fields named in Fields To Update are changed. - Action **Update Project Timesheet Category** Updates a timesheet category's settings on a project, such as billable status, hourly rate, cost rate and budget hours. - Action **Update Schedule Booking** Updates an existing project work schedule booking in Avaza, such as its user, project, dates or hours. - Action **Update Task** Updates an existing Avaza task. Only the fields you fill in are changed; blank fields keep their current values. - Action **Update Timesheet Entry** Updates an existing timesheet entry in Avaza, changing only the fields you list as fields to update. - Action **Access User Specific Brand Templates List** This year, brand template ids will change; integrations storing them must update within 6 months. also, api use requires canva enterprise membership. - Action **Create Asset Upload Job** Uploads an asset file to the user's Canva content library. This endpoint initiates an asynchronous upload job for images or videos. Returns a job ID to track the upload progress. Once complete, the asset can be used in designs, referenced by its asset ID, and managed through other asset endpoints. IMPORTANT: This is an async operation. Use CANVA_FETCH_ASSET_UPLOAD_JOB_STATUS to poll the job status until it reaches 'success' or 'failed' status. - Action **Create Canva Design With Optional Asset** Create a new canva design using a preset or custom dimensions, and add an asset with `asset id` from a user's project using relevant apis. - Action **Create Design Comment In Preview Api** This api is in preview and may change without notice; integrations using it won't pass review. it allows creating comments on a design, with a limit of 1000 comments per design. - Action **Create Design Import Job** Imports an external file as a new Canva design. This endpoint converts documents (PDF, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) and design files (PSD, AI) into editable Canva designs. The import runs asynchronously and returns a job ID to track progress and retrieve the created design. IMPORTANT: This is an async operation. Use CANVA_RETRIEVE_DESIGN_IMPORT_JOB_STATUS to poll the job status until it reaches 'success' or 'failed' to get the final design ID. - Action **Create Design Merge Job** Start a preview job that creates or modifies a design using page operations. New designs support page insertion. Existing designs support insert, move, and delete operations. Poll the returned ID with CANVA_GET_DESIGN_MERGE_JOB. - Action **Create Design Resize Job** Creates a resized copy of an existing design (Canva Pro/Enterprise only). This endpoint creates a new design with different dimensions from an existing one. The resize operation runs asynchronously and preserves content where possible. Returns a job ID to track progress and retrieve the new design once complete. IMPORTANT: This is an async operation. Use CANVA_RETRIEVE_DESIGN_RESIZE_JOB_STATUS to poll the job status until completion to get the resized design ID and access URLs. - Action **Create Url Asset Upload Job** Tool to create an asynchronous Canva asset import job from a public URL. Use when you need to import an asset into Canva directly from a publicly accessible URL without S3 choreography. - Action **Create User Or Sub Folder** This api creates a folder in a canva user's projects at the top level or within another folder, returning the new folder's id and additional details upon success. - Action **Delete Asset By Id** You can delete an asset by specifying its `assetid`. this operation mirrors the behavior in the canva ui. deleting an item moves it to the trash. deleting an asset doesn't remove it from designs that already use it. - Action **Fetch Canva Connect Signing Public Keys** The api for verifying canva webhooks, 'connect/keys,' is in preview, meaning unstable, not for public integrations, and provides a rotating jwk for signature verification to prevent replay attacks. cache keys for efficiency. - Action **Fetch Current User Details** Returns the user id, team id, and display name of the user account associated with the provided access token. - Action **Fetch Design Metadata And Access Information** Gets the metadata for a design. this includes owner information, urls for editing and viewing, and thumbnail information. - Action **Get Design Comment Replies** Retrieves a page of replies for a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Returns up to limit replies (default 50, maximum 100); follow the continuation token to retrieve the rest. This is a preview API. Public integrations that use it cannot pass Canva's review process. - Action **Get Design Comment Reply** Retrieves a specific reply to a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Use when you need to view details of a particular reply. This is a preview API. Public integrations that use it cannot pass Canva's review process. - Action **Get Design Export Job Result** Get the outcome of a canva design export job; if done, receive download links for the design’s pages. for details, visit the create design export job api documentation. - Action **Get Design Merge Job** Return a design merge job's current status and result. Call this action repeatedly until the returned status is `success` or `failed`. - Action **Get Designs Designid Comments Threadid** Retrieves metadata for a comment or suggestion thread on a design. Use when you need to get details about a specific thread including content, author, timestamps, and status. This is a preview API. Public integrations that use it cannot pass Canva's review process. - Action **Get Designs Designid Export Formats** Lists available file formats for exporting a design. Use this to check which export formats (PDF, JPG, PNG, SVG, PPTX, GIF, MP4, HTML bundle, standalone HTML, and CSV) are supported for a specific design. - Action **Get Url Asset Uploads Jobid** Tool to retrieve the status and result of a URL-based asset upload job. Use this after creating a URL asset upload job to check progress and retrieve the uploaded asset ID when successful. - Action **Get Url Imports Jobid** Polls for URL import job completion status. Use this after creating a URL import job to check the import progress. Repeatedly call this endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received to get the final imported design ID and metadata. - Action **Initiates Canva Design Export Job** Canva's new job feature exports designs in multiple formats using a design id, with provided download links. the export status can be tracked via an api. exports with 'pro' quality may fail if the design contains unpaid premium elements. - Action **List Design Pages With Pagination** Preview api for canva: subject to unannounced changes and not for public integrations. lists metadata for design pages with optional `offset` and `limit`; not applicable to all design types. - Action **List Folder Items By Type With Sorting** Lists the items in a folder, including each item's `type`. folders can contain: - other folders. - designs, such as instagram posts, presentations, and documents (canva docs). - image assets. - Action **List User Designs** Provides a summary of canva user designs, includes search filtering, and allows showing both self-created and shared designs with sorting options. - Action **Move Item To Specified Folder** Transfers an item to a different folder by specifying both the destination folder's id and the item's id. if the item is in various folders, an error occurs; manual relocation via canva ui is required. - Action **Post Designs** Creates a Canva design with a preset type, custom dimensions, an existing design, or a brand template. Copying designs and using brand templates are Canva preview features. Optionally insert an image asset when using a preset or custom type. Returns design ID, edit/view URLs, and metadata. - Action **Post Designs Designid Comments** Creates a comment thread on a Canva design. Use when you need to add feedback or collaboration comments to a specific design. Rate limited to 100 requests per minute per user. This is a preview API. Public integrations that use it cannot pass Canva's review process. - Action **Post Designs Designid Comments Threadid Replies** Tool to create a reply to a comment or suggestion thread on a Canva design. Use when you need to respond to existing comments or suggestions. Maximum 100 replies per thread allowed. This is a preview API. Public integrations that use it cannot pass Canva's review process. - Action **Post Exports** Starts a new asynchronous job to export a Canva design file. Use when exporting designs to various formats (PDF, JPG, PNG, GIF, PPTX, MP4, CSV, and HTML). Returns a job ID that can be used to poll for completion status and download URLs. IMPORTANT: Format compatibility varies by design type. Before exporting, use the CANVA_GET_DESIGNS_DESIGNID_EXPORT_FORMATS action to check which formats are supported for the specific design. Attempting to export in an unsupported format will result in a 400 error (e.g., 'png export not supported for this design type'). - Action **Post Folders** Tool to create a folder in Canva. Use when you need to organize designs, assets, or create nested folder structures in a user's projects or uploads folder. - Action **Post Url Imports** Tool to start an asynchronous job to import an external file from a URL as a new design in Canva. Use when you need to import a design from a publicly accessible URL. This is an async operation; poll the job status using the job ID until it reaches 'success' or 'failed'. - Action **Remove Folder And Move Contents To Trash** Deletes a folder by moving the user's content to trash and reassigning other users' content to their top-level projects. - Action **Retrieve A Specific Design Comment** This preview api is subject to unannounced changes and can't be used in public integrations. it retrieves a comment, details of which are on canva help center. - Action **Retrieve Asset Metadata By Id** You can retrieve the metadata of an asset by specifying its `assetid`. - Action **Retrieve Design Resize Job Status** Retrieves the status and results of a design resize job. Polls for design resize job completion status. Use this after CANVA_CREATE_DESIGN_RESIZE_JOB to check the resize progress. Keep polling until status is 'success' or 'failed'. Successful jobs include the new design ID and temporary access URLs. - Action **Retrieve Folder Details By Id** Gets the name and other details of a folder using a folder's `folderid`. - Action **Retrieve User Profile Data** Currently, this returns the display name of the user account associated with the provided access token. more user information is expected to be included in the future. - Action **Update Asset S Name And Tags By Id** You can update the name and tags of an asset by specifying its `assetid`. updating the tags replaces all existing tags of the asset. - Action **Update Folder Details By Id** Updates a folder's details using its `folderid`. currently, you can only update a folder's name. - Action **Upload Asset From URL** Starts a job that uploads an image or video from a public URL into the user's Canva media library. Poll Fetch Asset Upload Job Status with the returned job ID to get the asset. ## Each app on its own - [ **Avaza** Avaza is a versatile software for client-focused businesses.](https://apiant.ai/connections/avaza) - [ **Canva** Canva offers a drag-and-drop design suite for creating social media graphics, presentations, and marketing...](https://apiant.ai/connections/canva) Reviews ## What our customers say ## More from Avaza - [ **Avaza to HubSpot** HubSpot is your all-in-one stop for all of your marketing software needs.](https://apiant.ai/connect/avaza-to-hubspot) - [ **Avaza to Salesforce** Salesforce is a leading enterprise customer relationship management (CRM) platform.](https://apiant.ai/connect/avaza-to-salesforce) - [ **Avaza to Slack** Slack is a messaging platform for teams. 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Any of Canva's 41 actions, including Create Asset Upload Job, Create Canva Design With Optional Asset, Create Design Comment In Preview Api and Create Design Import Job. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Can it also run from Canva to Avaza? Canva has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Avaza. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads Canva's API documentation and adds it. ### ### Do I have to build a connector for Avaza or Canva? No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. ### ### Can my AI client use Avaza and Canva without building an automation? Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both. ### ### What happens when something fails? Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships. ### ### Is there a free plan? Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.