> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# get-design-content

Read a design's text content for read-only inspection.

Use `get-design-content` to inspect text on a design. This response is for reading content, not for targeting edits.

## Example prompt

*"What text is on my homepage banner?"*

Pass `content_types: ['richtexts']`.

## Example response

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

```json
{
  "id": "DAF_EXAMPLE",
  "title": "AI Editing Feature Announcement in Electric Blue",
  "text": "Unlock Creativity with AI Editing\nAI\n",
  "url": "https://www.canva.com/d/EXAMPLE",
  "metadata": { "created_at": 1784078449, "updated_at": 1784078453, "page_count": 1, "revision_id": 1 }
}
```

Returns the text as a single `text` field plus `metadata`. To get individually addressable elements for editing, open an editing transaction with [start-editing-transaction](https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/mcp/tools/start-editing-transaction/). That response contains the element IDs.

## Learn more

* [MCP tools and rate limits](https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/mcp/tools/)
* [start-editing-transaction](https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/mcp/tools/start-editing-transaction/)
* [Verify your Canva MCP app](https://www.canva.dev/docs/apps/mcp/verify-app/)