Excalidraw

Enables creation and management of Excalidraw drawings with tools for creating, updating, exporting, and storing visual content directly within conversational workflows.

Installation Instructions

README: https://github.com/i-tozer/excalidraw-mcp

Excalidraw MCP Server

This is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Excalidraw, providing API functionality for operating on Excalidraw drawings.

Features

• Create, read, update, and delete Excalidraw drawings
• Export drawings to SVG, PNG, and JSON formats
• Simple file-based storage system

Installation

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/excalidraw-mcp.git
cd excalidraw-mcp

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build the project
npm run build

Usage

Starting the Server

npm start

API Endpoints

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

Development

Project Structure

excalidraw-mcp/
├── src/
│   ├── common/
│   │   └── errors.ts
│   └── operations/
│       ├── drawings.ts
│       └── export.ts
├── index.ts
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── README.md

Building

npm run build

Running in Development Mode

npm run dev

License

MIT