Make Cover Art in Canva, Saved to Drive
For the cover every post, episode and video needs. DuckyHelper learns Canva's web API the first time, starts from your brand template, sets the title and image, exports the size you need, and saves it to Drive.
“Make a cover for Spring Launch from my Canva brand template and save it to my Covers folder in Drive.”
- 01Learn the web APIs of Canva and Google Drive, first time onlyBuilt from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. Kept on your device and reused next time.
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- 02Start from your brand template
- 03Set the title, image and colors you described
- 04Export it at 1920 by 1080
- 05Save it to your Covers folder in Drive
You getOn brand, in the folder, done. The cover matches your template and sits where your team looks for it. The next cover is one ask.
A run, drawn from this page · early access on Mac
Nothing to send, so it runs straight through.
Nothing in this job sends a message or pays for anything, so it works through to the end and tells you when it's done. If a step ever would, it's built to stop and ask you first.
If it hits a sign-in, you sign in yourself. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers.
Before you ask it.
What do I say?
Press fn (Ctrl+Shift+Space on Windows and Linux) and ask out loud, in your own words, like "Make a cover for Spring Launch from my Canva brand template and save it to my Covers folder in Drive."
Why is the second time faster?
The first time, it writes small JavaScript tools for Canva and Google Drive and builds an API from each site's own buttons, forms and requests. After that it calls them directly, so the job runs in one go instead of click by click. It costs less and breaks less.
Will it send anything without me?
It's built to ask first before it sends a message or pays for anything, and to wait for your yes. It may not recognize every send or payment, so keep an eye on tasks that involve messages or money. It's built not to type your passwords or card numbers: you sign in yourself, and it picks up from there.
Why not just do it by hand?
One more cover means opening the template, swapping text, resizing, exporting, then finding the folder. Every single time.
Can I use this today?
Doing jobs in your apps is in early access on Mac. Talking to DuckyHelper, and having it see your screen and draw on it, works today on Mac, Windows and Linux.
- Early access
“Research four-day work weeks from the last 3 months and put an outline with sources in Notion.”
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See it run
- Early access
“Write a 45-second intro script in my voice in Google Docs and make a YouTube thumbnail in Canva with the headline THE 4-DAY WEEK.”
Write a Script and Make the Thumbnail
See it run
- Early access
“Make this week's posts from my content sheet with my Canva template and queue them on Instagram and Facebook.”
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See it run
Do anything
Ask it a question or hand it a job, in any app.
Doing jobs for you is in early access on Mac. Asking works on Mac, Windows and Linux.