Automation · Content and publishing
Create a Canva design from WhatsApp, from the request to the finished file
Describe on WhatsApp the post or flyer you need: an AI agent generates proposals in Canva, shows you how they look and hands you the file.
How do I make a Canva design from WhatsApp without opening Canva?
You text your Met on WhatsApp "I need a square post for Friday's two for one deal". The Met asks Canva for design proposals based on that description, turns the best fit into an editable design and shows you the thumbnail so you say whether it works. If you also need it for stories, it creates a version in another size, which needs Canva Pro. Finally it checks which formats the design can be exported to, exports it as PNG or PDF and shares the download link. The design stays in your Canva account, where you can touch it up. The Met does not ask for confirmation in the chat before creating or exporting: that depends on the actions the admin left on.
What starts it
When someone asks for it
It starts when someone on the team describes on WhatsApp the piece they need: a post, a flyer, a story. Each design is on request.
A manual task: someone on the team runs it with a button, or asks the Met for it in chat.
Who runs it
Internal Met that builds pieces for you in Canva
Studio team
This is not a named, seeded Met. It is an internal Met with Canva connected, for the owner or whoever runs the business's social media: it is done when you have the exported file's link and the design saved in your Canva account.
Run by the content and social Met
Channels: WhatsApp
What you need connected
- Canva Create and promote
5 steps · 6 tools
The procedure, step by step
Each step shows the tool that runs. They belong to the real connector: if one of them stopped existing, this page would not build.
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Generate proposals from the description
The Met asks Canva for design proposals based on what you wrote: the format, the offer and the text it must include. Canva allows up to 20 of these requests per minute.
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Turn the chosen one into an editable design
The Met turns the proposal that best fits your request into an editable design. From then on the design exists in your Canva account and someone on the team can touch it up by hand.
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Show you how it looks
The Met pulls the design's thumbnail and shows it to you on WhatsApp. If you do not like it, you ask for another proposal before exporting, instead of finding the problem in the final file.
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Make another size if you need it
If the piece also goes in stories or another format, the Met creates a version of the design in that size. This tool needs Canva Pro or higher; Free has a limited trial.
- 5
Export and hand you the file
The Met checks which formats the design can be exported to, exports it as PNG for social media or PDF for print and shares the download link in the chat.
Before you start
What you need ready
The Met solves none of these for you. If one is missing, the automation stops there.
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A Canva account
Any plan works to generate, create and export. To resize a design you need Canva Pro or higher.
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A Canva integration for your company
You create an integration in the Canva developer portal, add the return URL Met shows you and copy its client ID. Then, in Met, you open Connections → Canva → Connect and paste it.
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An internal Met on WhatsApp
A team Met with Canva connected that you text on WhatsApp. It is not the Met that serves your customers: it is for whoever requests the pieces.
The limits
What this automation does NOT solve
Better said here than discovered halfway through the rollout.
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It does not post the piece on your social media: it leaves it in Canva and hands you the file. Publishing is a separate skill.
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It does not apply your brand kit on its own: the proposal comes from the description you gave. If you want your colors and logo fixed, the other Canva procedure works with brand templates.
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It does not ask for confirmation in the chat before creating or exporting: if the action is on, it runs it. The admin chooses which actions stay on.
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It does not export premium elements your account does not have: if the design uses them without a license, the export fails.
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It does not resize on the free plan beyond the limited trial Canva gives.
FAQ
Questions about this automation
Yes. When the proposal becomes an editable design, it stays in your account and someone on the team can open it and touch it up like any other.
Yes. The Met shows you the thumbnail first; if you do not like it, you ask for another proposal with more detail on what you want.
To generate, create and export, no. To make the same piece in another size, yes: that tool needs Pro or higher.
It shares the download link of the file Canva exported, as PNG or PDF, inside the conversation.
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