Canva Viral Content Generator MCP server

This MCP server provides a powerful toolset for generating viral content with Canva. It allows you to parse spreadsheet data, create templates, generate bulk content, export designs, and schedule social media posts—all through a Model Context Protocol implementation.

Installation

To install the Canva Content MCP Server, run:

npm install

After installation, you can start the server with:

npm start

Available Tools

The MCP server provides several tools to help you generate and manage content.

Parse Spreadsheet

This tool allows you to parse Excel or CSV files to use as data sources for your content generation.

npm start -- parse_spreadsheet --file=your_data.xlsx

Create Template

Use this tool to create a new Canva template that will serve as the foundation for your content generation.

npm start -- create_template --name="Social Media Post" --size="1080x1080"

Generate Content

This powerful tool combines your templates with data to generate multiple designs at once.

npm start -- generate_content --template=template_id --data=parsed_data_id --count=10

Running in Development Mode

If you need to make changes or want to run the server in development mode:

npm run dev

Building the Project

To build the project for production use:

npm run build

Type Safety

The server leverages Zod for runtime type validation and TypeScript for static type checking, ensuring reliable operation and predictable behavior when generating content.

How to add this MCP server to Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > MCP and click "Add new global MCP server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "cursor-rules-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "cursor-rules-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explictly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.