Which integrations are available for this server?

Provides tools for creating and managing Excalidraw diagrams, including element creation/editing, file import/export, library item insertion (e.g., AWS, Google, Docker icons), and auto-layout flowchart generation.

How do I use excalidraw-mcp?

1. Click on "Deploy Server". 2. Wait a few minutes for the server to deploy. Once ready, it will show a "Started" state. 3. In the chat, type @ followed by the MCP server name and your instructions, e.g., "@excalidraw-mcp Create a flowchart for user login" That's it! The server will respond to your query, and you can continue using it as needed. Here is a step-by-step guide with screenshots.

Excalidraw MCP Server (Excalidraw v2 Spec Compliant)

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) Server for creating and managing Excalidraw diagrams, upgraded to follow the official Excalidraw v2 specification.

Features

Core Element Tools

Tool	Description
`create_element`	Create a single Excalidraw element
`create_elements_batch`	Create multiple elements in one call
`update_element`	Update an existing element by ID
`delete_element`	Delete an element by ID
`query_elements`	Query elements by type or custom filters
`clear_canvas`	Clear all elements from canvas

File Operations

Tool	Description
`export_file`	Export canvas to `.excalidraw` file
`import_file`	Import `.excalidraw` file into canvas
`get_scene_json`	Get full scene JSON

Library Items (Official Excalidraw Icon Packs)

Tool	Description
`list_library_items`	Search or list items across all installed libraries (`query`, `library`, `limit`)
`insert_library_item`	Insert icon at position with optional scale (`itemId`, `x`, `y`, `scale`, `library`)

Installed Official Libraries (499+ icons):

AWS Architecture Icons (aws-architecture-icons): 249 icons (CloudSearch, EMR, DynamoDB, S3, EC2, Lambda, VPC, RDS, Kinesis, etc.)
Google Icons (google-icons): 139 icons (Anthos, BigQuery, Compute Engine, Cloud Run, GKE, Firestore, etc.)
System Design Components (system-design-components): 24 items (Application server, Multi-instance server, Load Balancer, etc.)
Shapes for UML & ER Diagrams (uml-er-diagrams): 21 items (Entities, Relations, Connectors, Shapes)
Software Logos (software-logos): 18 icons (Docker, JSON, Git, Database logos, etc.)
Architecture Diagram Components (architecture-diagram-components): 11 components (Slack, Docker, GitHub, VPC, Subnets)
Software Architecture (software-architecture): 7 core diagram elements
Robots (robots): 7 illustrated robot figures
Built-in Common Icons (built-in): 23 lightweight native icons

Auto-Layout Flowchart

Tool	Description
`create_flowchart`	Create flowchart with DagreJS auto-layout

Supported layouts: Top-Bottom (TB), Left-Right (LR), Bottom-Top (BT), Right-Left (RL) Node shapes: Rectangle, Ellipse, Diamond

// Update an existing element
update_element({ id: "mybox1", strokeColor: "#099268", text: "Updated!", width: 200 })

// Query elements by filter
query_elements({ filter: { type: "rectangle" } })

// Export to file
export_file({ filePath: "docs/architecture.excalidraw" })

Related MCP server: excalidraw-architect-mcp

Setup

Add to your MCP settings file (e.g., claude_desktop_config.json, .cursor/mcp.json, or ~/.omp/agent/mcp.json):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excalidraw": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/path/to/excalidraw-mcp/src/cli.js"]
    }
  }
}

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