Excalidraw MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Excalidraw.

Features

• Create, read, update, and delete Excalidraw drawings

• Export drawings to SVG, PNG, and JSON formats

• Simple file-based storage system

• Only supports stdio

Usage

The command to use in MCP configs is:

docker run --rm --interactive --volume "$(pwd)/.excalidraw:/app/storage" andreswebs/excalidraw-mcp

Note the --volume flag: the /app/storage directory from the container must be mounted locally to access the drawings.

Example config for GitHub Copilot / VSCode:

.vscode/mcp.json:

{
  "servers": {
    "excalidraw": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "--interactive",
        "--volume",
        "${workspaceFolder}/.excalidraw:/app/storage",
        "andreswebs/excalidraw-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Tools

The server provides the following tools:

Drawing Management

• create_drawing: Create a new Excalidraw drawing

• get_drawing: Get an Excalidraw drawing by ID

• update_drawing: Update an Excalidraw drawing by ID

• delete_drawing: Delete an Excalidraw drawing by ID

• list_drawings: List all Excalidraw drawings

Export Operations

• export_to_svg: Export an Excalidraw drawing to SVG

• export_to_png: Export an Excalidraw drawing to PNG

• export_to_json: Export an Excalidraw drawing to JSON

Acknowledgements

This project was originally forked from i-tozer/excalidraw-mcp.

It also drew inspiration from yctimlin/mcp_excalidraw.

Authors

Andre Silva - @andreswebs

License

This project is licensed under the Unlicense.