# excalidraw-mcp

> Unofficial MCP server for Excalidraw diagram management with canvas sync

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/excalidraw-mcp-2/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/lesleslie/excalidraw-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/lesleslie/excalidraw-mcp
- version: 0.39.3
- license: BSD-3-CLAUSE
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:excalidraw-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Excalidraw MCP Server: AI-Powered Live Visual Diagramming

[![Code style: crackerjack](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-crackerjack-000042)](https://github.com/lesleslie/crackerjack)
[![Runtime: oneiric](https://img.shields.io/badge/runtime-oneiric-6e5494)](https://github.com/lesleslie/oneiric)
[![Framework: FastMCP](https://img.shields.io/badge/framework-FastMCP-0ea5e9)](https://github.com/jlowin/fastmcp)
[![uv](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astral-sh/uv/main/assets/badge/v0.json)](https://github.com/astral-sh/uv)
[![Python: 3.14+](https://img.shields.io/badge/python-3.14%2B-green)](https://www.python.org/downloads/)

> **🙏 Acknowledgments**
> This project is based on and extends the excellent work from [yctimlin/mcp_excalidraw](https://github.com/yctimlin/mcp_excalidraw).
> Special thanks to the original contributors for creating the foundation that made this enhanced version possible.

A dual-language MCP server that combines Excalidraw canvas manipulation with AI-driven tool access for live diagram creation.

It uses a Python FastMCP server plus a TypeScript canvas server for separation of protocol handling, canvas state, and browser updates.

## Quick Links

- [What This System Does](#-what-this-system-does)
- [Architecture Overview](#-architecture-overview)
- [Key Features](#-key-features)
- [Usage Guide](#-usage-guide)
- [Development](#development)

## Quality & CI

Crackerjack is used as the standard quality-control and CI/CD gate for the Python side of this repo. Pair it with the existing TypeScript build and test checks for cross-stack changes.

## Installation via Bodai Marketplace

This repo ships as a Bodai-style Claude Code plugin. Register the local marketplace, then install the plugin — the manifest's `mcpServers` entry points at the colocated `.mcp.json` (HTTP transport, port `3032`) and exposes the three slash commands in `commands/`. The TypeScript canvas server still needs to be running for liv…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.ci-cd (1, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/excalidraw-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T15:22:00.260Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/excalidraw-mcp-2/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/excalidraw-mcp-2 · ARD identifier urn:air::server:excalidraw-mcp-2