---
title: "render_flexible_creative. Metadata MCP tool reference"
url: https://metadata.io/developers/tools/render_flexible_creative
description: "Flatten a layered flexible-creative document into a final PNG (rendered from the SAME layout the editor shows) and upload it to the creatives library. Writes tool on the Metadata MCP server, with its full JSON Schema."
source: metadata.io
---

# render_flexible_creative

Flatten a layered flexible-creative document into a final PNG (rendered from the SAME layout the editor shows) and upload it to the creatives library.

Writes [creative](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/#cat-creative)

## What it does

## Arguments

| Argument | Type |   | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| `design` | object | required | The layered creative document to flatten (canvas, background, layers, brand) — the same JSON the editor edits. |
| `name` | string |   | Optional library name for the rendered image. Omit it and one is derived from the doc as `<brand-domain>-<channel>-<width>x<height>.png`, which is normally what you want. Must end in a file extension. |
| `upload_to_library` | boolean |   | Push the rendered PNG to the creatives library. Default: true. |
| `archive_library_image_id` | string |   | Optional. The library image id this save supersedes (the creative's previous render). Archived on the platform ONLY after the new upload succeeds, so re-saving an editable creative retires the old PNG instead of piling up dead library images. Never affects an ad already built from it. |

## Request

**Request template, not a complete runnable example.** Replace placeholders, empty objects, arrays, and zero values with valid account-specific inputs. Read required fields and nested constraints in the full schema. Confirm the account, connected channels, and referenced assets before calling a write tool.

## Response

## Related

Other creative tools:

- [archive_ad](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/archive_ad) Destructive
- [create_update_carousel_ad](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_update_carousel_ad) Destructive
- [create_update_convo_ad](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_update_convo_ad) Destructive
- [create_update_document_ad](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_update_document_ad) Destructive
- [create_update_google_ads_ad](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_update_google_ads_ad) Destructive
- [create_update_image_ad](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_update_image_ad) Destructive
- [create_update_linkedin_message_ad](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_update_linkedin_message_ad) Destructive
- [create_update_microsoft_ads_ad](https://metadata.io/developers/tools/create_update_microsoft_ads_ad) Destructive

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