design-campaignlisted

# Campaign visuals via Canva The kit can already put an image on a post and inside a video frame. What it could not do is *make* one — stock search finds photographs, screenshots capture a page, and neither produces a branded campaign visual. This does that in Canva and hands back **a file on disk**, because everything downstream — `make-post.mjs`, `video/render.mjs` — takes a path or a URL, not a Canva design link. ## Before you start The `canva` server in `.mcp.json` must be connected (`/mcp` in Claude Code). If it is not, say so and stop — do not silently fall back to a stock photo and call it a campaign visual. **Know the plan limits before designing around them:** | Capability | Plan | |---|---| | Generate, edit, search, upload, comment, export | any, including free | | Resize a design to another aspect | Pro and above | | Autofill a template from data | Enterprise | Autofill is an accelerator, never a required step. If it is unavailable, generate and edit directly — the output is the same, it just takes more turns. **Design the workflow for the free plan** and use the rest when it is there. ## 1. Decide the sizes before opening Canva Resizing is a paid feature, so producing the wrong canvas costs a redo. Ask what the asset is for, then create at the final size: | Use | Canvas | Where it goes | |---|---|---| | Post image | 1080 × 1080 | `make-post.mjs --image` | | Story / Reel cover | 1080 × 1920 | `make-post.mjs --thumbnail` | | Video frame asset | 1080 × 1920