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Excalidraw MCP Server (community)

A live Excalidraw canvas that agents can draw on, see, refine and export as .excalidraw files.

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Checked against public documentation on September 23, 2026. Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Best for

Coding agents that should produce editable diagrams alongside the code they document.

About Excalidraw MCP Server (community)

mcp-excalidraw-server gives agents a live Excalidraw canvas: they create architecture diagrams and flowcharts programmatically, check their own work through screenshots, fix layout problems and export .excalidraw files to commit with your code. The canvas can be driven from an agent skill and CLI, an MCP stdio server with 26 tools, or a REST API. It is a community project, separate from Excalidraw's own MCP app.

Excalidraw MCP Server (community) is an open-source project written primarily in TypeScript, with 2.5k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in September 2026.

Add Excalidraw MCP Server (community) to your MCP client

Generated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand.

Claude CodeRun in your terminal

claude mcp add mcp-excalidraw-server -- npx -y mcp-excalidraw-server

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-excalidraw-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-excalidraw-server"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "mcp-excalidraw-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-excalidraw-server"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-excalidraw-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-excalidraw-server"]
    }
  }
}

Codex~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.mcp-excalidraw-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "mcp-excalidraw-server"]

Check the project's README for required accounts, keys and permissions before connecting. Setup guide for each client →

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