Why Canva Chose MCP Server Over AI Agent for App Developers

Canva launched Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server for its developer platform last month. Its use of MCP over AI agents provides a preview of what developers might expect in the near future from companies that host their own app marketplaces. It also shows how MCP could be a game-changer for building apps.

MCP is an emerging open standard from Anthropic that provides a way for AI models to interact with external data sources and tools. Think of it as a universal language and set of rules that allow a large language model to talk to systems…