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find the canva design someone shared with you

find the deck without asking everyone to resend it. a bot searches canva designs you own, designs people shared with you, or both.

by the dusk bot team · checked · how we made this

put recent edits first and get matching titles here. you get a shortlist to open, instead of another round of 'can you send that link again?'

pixel art: an indigo pixel bot and a green pixel bot beside a tile saying Canva, a magnifying glass and a paint palette, on a grassy meadow in front of white cliffs with a waterfall, one saying "find the shared deck"

where it helps

  • find the reseller deck someone shared before your partner call
  • recover an old campaign design when you forget its folder
  • separate your designs from files other people shared
  • bring recent matches to the designer so they can choose the approved version

the short version

the deck is in there somewhere. get the titles in front of you. name a phrase and choose owned designs, shared designs or both. ask for recent changes first when several versions look alike.

canva normally returns 25 designs per batch, with a maximum of 100. if more remain, tell the bot to keep going until it has them all.

step by step

  1. connect canva under connected apps; give this bot read only
  2. name the phrase and say whether to include shared designs
  3. ask it to finish all batches and list matching titles
  4. open a matching title, then schedule the search while the campaign keeps changing

send this to your bot

paste this into a chat with your bot

every friday at 3, find shared canva designs matching 'reseller training'. sort by most recently changed. read further batches yourself until you cover the matches. list the titles here and flag designs changed this week. if nothing changed, say so in one line. ask me to choose between similar titles. never export, rename, move or edit designs. don't claim you read the slides.
when
fridays at 3
needs
canva connected; read only is enough

what comes back looks like this (an example)

shared reseller training designs

1. reseller training: november refresh, from lunecrest learning.
2. reseller training: field guide.

most recently changed first. open either to see the slides.

what can go wrong

  • the first batch can hide the file you need. have the bot keep reading until canva has no more matches.
  • owned only misses shared work. include both when you cannot remember who made it.
  • open the design to see the artwork. the list gives you file details, not slide contents.
  • let the designer choose the final version. newest only tells you when someone last edited it.

permissions and asking first

dusk bot counts List User Designs as a read: it looks and changes nothing. a bot you allow only to read can use it.

the permissions Canva asks for to run it: design:meta:read.

inputs

inputrequiredwhat it is
limitnoThe number of designs to return.
querynoLets you search the user"s designs, and designs shared with the user, using a search term or terms.
sort_bynoSort the list of designs.
ownershipnoFilter the list of designs based on the user"s ownership of the designs.
continuationnoIf the success response contains a continuation token, the list contains more designs you can list.

from composio's catalog for Canva (action CANVA_LIST_USER_DESIGNS, read 12 november 20263). your bot fills these in from what you tell it.

try it in 2 minutes

  1. connect canva with read only
  2. ask for shared designs matching a phrase
  3. request recent edits first
  4. open the title that matches your deck

mistakes people make

searching only your own designs

include shared designs when a colleague made the deck.

calling the latest edit final

ask the designer which version is approved before presenting it.

questions

can it find designs other people shared with me?

yes, within your connected account. include shared designs, owned designs or both in the request.

can it tell which deck has the correct slides?

open the shortlisted decks to choose. the list finds likely files and sorts them; it cannot judge the slides.

does finding a design download it?

finding a design gives you its details. export formats and downloads take separate actions.

sources

  1. dusk bot docs: files and apps
  2. dusk bot docs: routines
  3. composio, Canva toolkit (catalog version 20261101_00), checked 12 november 2026

drafted with ai help from the dusk bot docs and the sources listed on this page, then checked against them. if something here is wrong or out of date, write to [email protected].