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Orshot

Orshot generates images, PDFs, and videos from templates and manages workspace templates, brand assets, and social publishing.

Verdict

Orshot is a visual-content automation platform that lets teams generate branded images and PDFs from templates. In Switchy, @mentioning Orshot gives your AI direct access to your workspace's brand colors, Studio templates, and render engine — so you can ask it to create social graphics, export reports, or batch-produce visuals without leaving the conversation. Marketing and design teams get the most value: they can iterate on template variations, pull brand assets into prompts, and render final files in seconds. The integration requires an API key and consumes render credits on each output, so monitor usage if you're on a metered plan.

Common use cases

  • Generate social graphics from campaign briefs
  • Batch-render report covers with live data
  • Pull brand colors into design prompts
  • Preview template variations before publishing
  • Export PDFs for client deliverables

Integration

Vendor
Orshot
Category
other
Auth
API_KEY
Tools
8
Composio slug
orshot

Tools

  • Add Brand Color

    Save a hex, RGB, HSL, or gradient color to the workspace brand assets and return its new ID.

  • Delete Brand Color
    destructive

    Permanently delete one saved workspace brand color by ID. This deletion cannot be undone; use it only for a color the caller explicitly intends to remove.

  • Get Profile

    Return the authenticated Orshot profile and the IDs, names, and slugs of its accessible workspaces.

  • Get Studio Template

    Return one Studio template's metadata, pages, and available render modifications by template ID. A 403 response can mean the template is missing or is not owned by the connected workspace; the API does not distinguish those conditions.

  • List Brand Assets

    List one category of workspace brand assets, optionally requiring all supplied tags. Brand colors are limited by Orshot to the 200 most recent values.

  • List Social Accounts

    Return connected social-account IDs and platforms, optionally checking whether each account needs reconnection.

  • List Studio Templates

    Return one filtered page of Studio templates in the API key's workspace, with an opaque cursor for the next page.

  • Render Studio Template

    Render an owned Studio template as an image or PDF URL/base64 result. This consumes render credits and does not publish to social accounts.

Setup

Setup guide

  1. 11. In Switchy, open your workspace settings and navigate to the Integrations tab. 2. Search for Orshot and click Connect. 3. You'll be prompted to paste an Orshot API key; generate one by logging into your Orshot account, opening workspace settings, and creating a new API key under the Developers section. 4. Copy the key and paste it into Switchy, then click Authorize. 5. Switchy will verify the key and display your connected Orshot workspace name. 6. To test the connection, open any Project and type '@Orshot list my Studio templates' — the AI should return a list of templates from your workspace. 7. Once confirmed, you can invoke any of Orshot's eight tools by @mentioning Orshot and describing the task in natural language.

What teammates see: by default, memories from Orshot are scoped to the Project (PROJECT visibility) - you can mark any memory PRIVATE or share it ORG-wide.

Works well with

Top models

Compatibility data appears once enough Projects have used this MCP together with a given model.

How Switchy teams use it

Not enough Projects yet to publish anonymised usage stats (we require ≥ 50 Projects per week).

Starter prompts

List My Templates

@Orshot show me all the Studio templates in my workspace, including their IDs and names.

Render Social Post

@Orshot render template ID 12345 as a PNG with the headline 'New Feature Launch' and return the image URL.

Fetch Brand Colors

@Orshot list all brand colors in my workspace and show me their hex codes.

Add New Brand Color

@Orshot add the hex color #3B82F6 to my brand assets and confirm the new ID.

Export PDF Report

@Orshot render template ID 67890 as a PDF with the title 'Q4 Performance Summary' and return the download link.

Example outputs

Illustrative - representative of the model's voice and quality, not literal recordings.

Prompt

@Orshot list all Studio templates tagged 'product-launch' and show me which ones have been rendered in the last 30 days

Output

Found 7 Studio templates tagged 'product-launch' in your workspace. Three have recent renders: 'Hero Banner v3' (rendered 12 times this month), 'Feature Callout Grid' (8 renders), and 'Launch Email Header' (3 renders). The remaining four templates—'Social Promo Square', 'Blog Header Wide', 'Press Kit Cover', and 'LinkedIn Carousel'—have not been rendered since early December. Each template ID and modification options are available if you'd like to render or inspect one.

Notes

This example combines List Studio Templates with metadata filtering. Orshot's API returns templates with cursor-based pagination; the MCP handles that internally. The 'recent render' detail is illustrative—actual metadata depends on your workspace's render history. No render credits are consumed by listing.

Prompt

@Orshot render the 'Weekly Newsletter Header' template with headline text 'Q1 Product Roadmap' and export it as a PNG

Output

Rendered 'Weekly Newsletter Header' (template ID tpl_8x3k) with your headline modification. The 1200×630 PNG is ready at https://cdn.orshot.com/renders/abc123.png (link expires in 24 hours). This render consumed 1 credit from your workspace balance of 487 remaining credits. If you need the same asset in PDF or a different resolution, let me know and I can trigger another render with those parameters.

Notes

Render Studio Template is a write operation that deducts credits from your Orshot account. The MCP returns a temporary CDN URL or base64-encoded image; it does not publish to social accounts. Always confirm the template ID and modification schema before rendering at scale to avoid burning credits on incorrect outputs.

Prompt

@Orshot pull our workspace brand colors and draft a palette recommendation for a new 'trust and security' campaign, then save any new colors you suggest

Output

Your workspace has 14 saved brand colors, anchored by primary blue (#2E5BFF) and neutral slate (#64748B). For a trust-and-security campaign, I recommend pairing your existing blue with a deeper navy (#1E3A8A) for authority and a soft green accent (#10B981) to convey safety. I've added those two new colors to your workspace: navy is now ID clr_9x2a, green is clr_9x2b. You can reference these IDs in future template renders or modify them via the Orshot dashboard.

Notes

This example chains List Brand Assets (read) with Add Brand Color (write). The AI synthesizes design reasoning, but the MCP performs the actual save operations. Brand colors are capped at the 200 most recent entries per workspace, so older colors may be pruned. Verify the new color IDs before using them in production renders.

Use-case deep-dives

Weekly social-media batch creation

When Orshot beats manual design for recurring posts

A three-person content team publishes 15 social posts every Monday morning across Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter. They used to open Canva for each variant; now they store brand colors and templates in Orshot, then render all 15 images in one Switchy conversation by looping through a spreadsheet of headlines and CTAs. The render tool returns URLs they paste straight into Buffer. This works because their templates are stable and their color palette lives in one workspace. If your posts need heavy per-image art direction or you're rendering fewer than five images a week, the setup overhead isn't worth it. But for teams shipping repetitive visual content at volume, Orshot turns a 90-minute design session into a 10-minute API call.

Brand-asset audit during rebrand

Using Orshot to inventory templates before a refresh

A five-person marketing team is rebranding and needs to know which Studio templates reference the old logo and color palette. They use Switchy to call List Studio Templates, then Get Studio Template for each result, scanning the returned metadata for deprecated asset IDs. The List Brand Assets tool confirms which colors are still in use. This scenario is borderline: Orshot's API doesn't expose deep template-layer details, so if your templates embed assets in complex ways, you'll still need to open the Studio UI. But for teams with under 50 templates and a clear asset-naming convention, this MCP surfaces the inventory in minutes instead of hours of manual clicking.

Customer onboarding with branded exports

When render credits justify automated welcome graphics

A six-person SaaS onboarding team sends every new customer a personalized welcome PDF with their company name, logo placeholder, and brand colors pulled from signup forms. They store a single Studio template in Orshot, then render it on-demand during the onboarding Slack thread by passing the customer's hex codes and text into Render Studio Template. The PDF URL goes straight into the welcome email. This only makes sense if you're rendering at least 20 PDFs a month and your template structure is locked; below that threshold, the render-credit cost and API-key rotation overhead outweigh the time saved. For high-volume onboarding or lead-magnet funnels, though, Orshot turns a design task into a one-line function call.

Frequently asked

What does the Orshot MCP let me do in Switchy?

It connects your Orshot workspace so AI agents can read your brand colors, list Studio templates, and trigger renders. The MCP can't create new templates from scratch, but it can modify and render existing ones programmatically. Use it when you want an agent to generate social images or PDFs using your brand assets without leaving the chat.

Do I need an Orshot API key to connect this MCP?

Yes. Generate an API key inside your Orshot workspace settings, then paste it into Switchy's connection modal. The key ties the MCP to one workspace, so every team member who connects will need their own key or you'll share one key across the team. Orshot doesn't offer OAuth, so rotation is manual.

Can the MCP create new Studio templates or only render existing ones?

It can only render and modify templates you've already built in Orshot's Studio. The MCP reads template metadata, swaps text or images via render modifications, and exports the result as PNG, JPG, or PDF. If you need a net-new layout, design it in Orshot first, then let the agent fill it in.

Does using this MCP consume Orshot render credits the same way the web app does?

Yes. Every call to Render Studio Template deducts credits from your Orshot plan exactly as if you clicked render in the browser. The MCP doesn't bypass billing. If your team runs a high-volume agent workflow, monitor your credit balance or upgrade your Orshot tier to avoid mid-month cutoffs.

Who on my team should connect the Orshot MCP in Switchy?

Anyone who manages brand assets or runs social-content workflows. Because the MCP can delete brand colors and trigger paid renders, limit access to designers or marketers who understand your Orshot workspace structure. If you share one API key, remember that all actions appear under that key's owner in Orshot's audit logs.

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