Find the right Canva starting point for each Trello request
Give every creative request a shortlist of existing Canva designs before anyone starts from scratch.
Trigger
New Card Trigger
Triggered when a card is created in the specified board
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.
Why this helps
New requests often duplicate designs that already exist in Canva.
- Increase reuse of existing work
- Reduce duplicate design effort
- Give assignees a focused shortlist
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Trello and Canva in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation for creative request discovery.
- 3Tell Notis to search Canva designs using the new card title and brief, then summarize the best matches.
- 4Pick the Trello New Card Trigger.
- 5Choose where reports go and test with one real request.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis search shared designs too?
Yes, if the Canva list designs action is instructed to include shared designs.
What if no design matches?
Have Notis report that no match was found and suggest creating a new design.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Trello to Canva. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Trello triggers
Canva actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
Card Archived Trigger
Triggered when a card is archived in the specified board
Create comment reply in design
This preview api allows replying to comments within a design on canva, with a limit of 100 replies per comment. users should note potential unannounced changes, and that preview apis are not eligible for public integrations.
New Activity Trigger
Triggered when there is activity in Trello.
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.
New Board Trigger
Triggered when a board is created in the specified workspace
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.
New Card Trigger
Triggered when a card is created in the specified board
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.
Card Updated Trigger
Triggered when a specific card is updated
Exchange oauth 2 0 access or refresh token
The oauth 2.0 endpoint issues time-limited (4-hour) access tokens of up to 4kb for user authorization via codes or refresh tokens. it requires client id/secret for authentication.
Fetch asset upload job status
Summarize asset upload outcome by repeatedly calling the endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received after using the create asset upload job api.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Trello and Canva, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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