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Excalidraw MCP

Excalidraw MCP

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github.com/al1yMedia & Design15Updated 74w ago
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About Excalidraw MCP

Excalidraw MCP is an MCP server for creating Excalidraw diagrams through hosts such as Claude Desktop and Cursor, with a live preview in a web app.

Key features

  1. 01Creates Excalidraw diagrams through MCP
  2. 02Works with hosts such as Claude Desktop and Cursor
  3. 03Provides a live preview in a web app

Use cases

  1. 01Create Excalidraw diagrams from a host
  2. 02View diagram previews in the web app

MCP support

The server provides Excalidraw diagram creation to MCP hosts such as Claude Desktop and Cursor.

#excalidraw#diagramming#web-app

Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

No install method listed yet

We haven’t collected a package or remote endpoint for this server. Follow the instructions in the project README.

Repository

Tools

No tool list yet

Local servers expose tools only once running on your machine, and the maintainer has not provided a tool list.

Details

From the project README

Excalidraw MCP

MCP server creating Excalidraw diagrams via Claude Desktop, Cursor, or other hosts with a live web app preview.

Setup

From repo root, run

npm i
npm run build

Configure MCP server for the relevant host

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "excalidraw": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": [
                "<repo_root>\\build\\index.js"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Example

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