Excalidraw MCP Server

MCP server that streams hand-drawn Excalidraw diagrams with smooth viewport camera control and interactive fullscreen editing.

Local serverstdioMIT

What is the Excalidraw MCP Server?

Excalidraw is an MCP project maintained in the excalidraw/excalidraw-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “MCP server that streams hand-drawn Excalidraw diagrams with smooth viewport camera control and interactive fullscreen editing”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Local setup

The project provides a local client configuration using node. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Excalidraw MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excalidraw": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "/path/to/excalidraw-mcp-app/dist/index.js",
        "--stdio"
      ]
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.