Flowzap MCP Server

Create workflow diagrams via AI assistants with FlowZap Code validation and playground URLs.

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What is the Flowzap MCP server?

Flowzap MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Flowzap directly instead of describing what you should do. Create workflow diagrams via AI assistants with FlowZap Code validation and playground URLs.

What you get

Create workflow, sequence, and architecture diagrams using AI assistants like Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and 8 other MCP-compatible tools.

FlowZap turns text prompts into triple-view diagrams (Workflow, Sequence & Architecture) using FlowZap Code DSL. It is NOT Mermaid, NOT PlantUML - it is a unique domain-specific language designed for simplicity and AI generation.

Setting it up

Being a remote server, there is no local install. You register the endpoint with your client, authorise it once, and the tools appear.

What the assistant can call

Once Flowzap is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • Cursor — Open Settings → Features → MCP Servers → Add Server. Use the same JSON config
  • Continue.dev — Create .continue/mcpServers/flowzap.yaml with: name: FlowZap mcpServers: - name: flowzap command: npx args: ["-y", "flowzap-mcp"]
  • flowzap_validate — Validate FlowZap Code syntax
  • flowzap_create_playground — Create a shareable diagram URL
  • flowzap_get_syntax — Get FlowZap Code syntax documentation
  • flowzap_export_graph — Export FlowZap Code as structured JSON graph (lanes, nodes, edges) for reasoning
  • flowzap_artifact_to_diagram — Parse HTTP logs, OpenAPI specs, or code into FlowZap diagrams
  • flowzap_diff — Compare two versions of FlowZap Code and get structured diff
  • flowzap_apply_change — Apply structured patch operations (insert/remove/update nodes/edges)
  • Endpoint — Method

Before you rely on it

  • Your data travels to the provider's service, so the usual questions apply about what you send and what they retain.
  • With 10 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Flowzap.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the flowzap mcp server does with a few real requests.

Choosing this one

Among the developer tooling options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Flowzap's toolset — Cursor, Continue.dev, flowzap_validate and 7 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by flowzap-xyz; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
CursorOpen Settings → Features → MCP Servers → Add Server. Use the same JSON config.
Continue.devCreate .continue/mcpServers/flowzap.yaml with: name: FlowZap mcpServers: - name: flowzap command: npx args: ["-y", "flowzap-mcp"]
flowzap_validateValidate FlowZap Code syntax
flowzap_create_playgroundCreate a shareable diagram URL
flowzap_get_syntaxGet FlowZap Code syntax documentation
flowzap_export_graphExport FlowZap Code as structured JSON graph (lanes, nodes, edges) for reasoning
flowzap_artifact_to_diagramParse HTTP logs, OpenAPI specs, or code into FlowZap diagrams
flowzap_diffCompare two versions of FlowZap Code and get structured diff
flowzap_apply_changeApply structured patch operations (insert/remove/update nodes/edges)
EndpointMethod

How to install the Flowzap MCP server

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

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Example prompts to try

  • Use Flowzap to Cursor.
  • Use Flowzap to Continue.dev.
  • Use Flowzap to flowzap validate.

Frequently asked questions

It connects Flowzap to MCP-compatible AI assistants such as Claude and Cursor, exposing 10 tools (Cursor, Continue.dev, flowzap_validate, and more) that the assistant can call on your behalf. Instead of copying data back and forth by hand, the assistant works with Flowzap directly.