# Excalidraw MCP Server (community)

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

## Facts
- **Category:** [MCP Servers](https://agentsearchengine.app/category/mcp-servers)
- **Type:** MCP server
- **Pricing:** Open source
- **GitHub stars:** 2,459
- **Language:** TypeScript
- **License:** MIT
- **Last repo activity:** 14 days ago (Sep 8, 2026)
- **Official site:** https://mcp-excalidraw-landing.vercel.app/
- **Source code:** https://github.com/yctimlin/mcp_excalidraw
- **Listing on Agent Search Engine:** https://agentsearchengine.app/agents/mcp-excalidraw-server
- **Data verified:** September 2026

## 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.

## Connect to an MCP client
Launch command from the project's README: `npx -y mcp-excalidraw-server`

### Claude Code (Run in your terminal)

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

### Cursor (~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json)

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

### VS Code (.vscode/mcp.json)

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

### Claude Desktop (claude_desktop_config.json)

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

### Codex (~/.codex/config.toml)

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

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