create-folder

Use create-folder to set up a project folder, or a subfolder inside an existing folder, so related designs, images, and folders stay together. To file existing items into the new folder, follow up with move-item-to-folder.

"Create a folder called 'Q3 campaign' inside my Marketing folder."

Pass the name and the parent_folder_id. Use "root" as the parent_folder_id to create the folder at the top level.

IDs, URLs, and tokens below are placeholders; field names and structure are exactly as returned.

{
  "folder": {
    "id": "FOLDER_EXAMPLE",
    "name": "Q3 campaign",
    "created_at": 1758000000,
    "updated_at": 1758000000,
    "folder_url": "https://www.canva.com/folder/FOLDER_EXAMPLE"
  }
}

The folder.id is the folder_id to pass to other folder tools, and folder_url opens the folder in Canva.

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