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Canva Branded Presentation Creator

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by Canva ยท part of canva-sdks/canva-skills

Create on-brand Canva presentations from an outline or brief. Use when the user asks to create a branded presentation, make an on-brand deck, turn an outline into slides, or generate a presentation from a brief. Input can be text directly in the message, a reference to a Canva doc by name, or a Canva design link (e.g., https://www.canva.com/design/...).

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Create on-brand Canva presentations from an outline or brief. Use when the user asks to create a branded presentation, make an on-brand deck, turn an outline into slides, or generate a presentation from a brief. Input can be text directly in the message, a reference to a Canva doc by name, or a Canva design link (e.g., https://www.canva.com/design/...).

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name: canva-branded-presentation description: Create on-brand Canva presentations from an outline or brief. Use when the user asks to create a branded presentation, make an on-brand deck, turn an outline into slides, or generate a presentation from a brief. Input can be text directly in the message, a Canva design ID, a reference to a Canva doc by name, or a Canva design link (e.g., https://www.canva.com/design/...).

Canva Branded Presentation Creator

Create professional, on-brand presentations in Canva from user-provided outlines or briefs.

Workflow

  1. Get the content source

    • If the user provides text directly, use that as the outline/brief
    • If the user provides a Canva design ID directly (typically starts with D, e.g. DABcd1234ef), use it as design_id with Canva:start-editing-transaction to read its contents; do not use Canva:search-designs for a raw ID
    • If the user provides a Canva design link (e.g., https://www.canva.com/design/DAG.../...), extract the design ID from the URL and use Canva:start-editing-transaction to read its contents
    • If the user references a Canva doc by name, use Canva:search-designs to find it, then Canva:start-editing-transaction to read its contents
  2. List available brand kits

    • Call Canva:list-brand-kits to retrieve the user's brand kits
    • If only one brand kit exists, use it automatically without asking
    • If multiple brand kits exist, present the options and ask the user to select one
  3. Generate the presentation

    • Call Canva:generate-design with:
      • design_type: "presentation"
      • brand_kit_id: the selected brand kit ID
      • query: a detailed prompt following the presentation format below
    • Show the generated candidates to the user
  4. Finalize

    • Ask the user which candidate they prefer
    • Call Canva:create-design-from-candidate to create the editable design
    • Provide the user with the link to their new presentation

Presentation Query Format

Structure the query for Canva:generate-design with these sections:

Presentation Brief

  • Title: working title for the deck
  • Topic/Scope: 1-2 lines describing the subject
  • Key Messages: 3-5 main takeaways
  • Style Guide: tone and imagery style based on the brief

Narrative Arc One paragraph describing the story flow (e.g., Hook โ†’ Problem โ†’ Solution โ†’ Proof โ†’ CTA).

Slide Plan For each slide include:

  • Slide N โ€” "Exact Title"
  • Goal: one sentence on the slide's purpose
  • Bullets (3-6): short, parallel phrasing with specifics
  • Visuals: explicit recommendation (chart type, diagram, image subject)
  • Speaker Notes: 2-4 sentences of narrative detail

Notes

  • If multiple brand kits exist, confirm selection before generating; if only one, use it automatically
  • If the outline is sparse, expand it into a complete slide plan with reasonable content
  • For briefs (narrative descriptions), extract key points and structure them into slides
  • Aim for clear, action-oriented slide titles
  • Autofill requires a Canva Enterprise plan