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Excalidraw Architect

Excalidraw Architect is an MCP server that generates beautiful Excalidraw architecture diagrams with auto-layout and component styling. It has 157 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx excalidraw-architect-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code.

github.com/BV-Venky/excalidraw-architect-mcp (opens in a new tab)

Install Excalidraw Architect

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excalidraw-architect": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excalidraw-architect-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio excalidraw-architect -- uvx excalidraw-architect-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "excalidraw-architect": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excalidraw-architect-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "excalidraw-architect": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "excalidraw-architect-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Tools (22)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • create_diagram

    Create a diagram of any of the 25 supported types

  • list_diagram_types

    Every type with when-to-use / when-not-to guidance

  • get_diagram_schema

    Spec schema + worked example for one type

  • mermaid_to_excalidraw

    Convert Mermaid flowchart syntax to .excalidraw

  • modify_diagram

    Patch an existing diagram — nodes/connections, or the stored spec

  • get_diagram_info

    Read current diagram state (call before modifying)

  • export_diagram

    Export .excalidraw to SVG or PNG image

  • kg_init

    Create a new knowledge graph file

  • kg_set_domain

    Group a service into a domain / bounded context

  • kg_info

    Summarize services, domains, and topology

  • kg_render

    Render the whole architecture to .excalidraw

  • kg_render_view

    Render a focused diagram of specific services

  • kg_render_around

    Render everything within N hops of a service

  • kg_render_domain

    Render a single domain

  • kg_import

    Bootstrap the graph from an existing .excalidraw diagram

  • whats_connected_to

    Impact analysis — upstream/downstream blast radius

  • kg_path

    Trace the dependency path between two services

  • kg_lint

    Health check: cycles, single points of failure, orphans, dangling refs

  • kg_export

    Export the graph to Mermaid, Graphviz DOT, or JSON

  • kg_diff

    Show how the architecture changed since a git ref

  • kg_onboarding_doc

    Generate a human onboarding guide from the graph

  • kg_drift

    Detect drift between the declared graph and Python imports

About Excalidraw Architect

Every diagram your engineering docs need — as hand-drawn Excalidraw, generated by your AI. Twenty-five diagram types. Architecture and flowcharts, but also sequence diagrams, state machines, ER models, swimlanes, timelines, Gantt charts, quadrants, funnels, and hand-sketched bar/line/scatter charts. No coordinates to hallucinate, no Figma, no stale PNGs.

  • ai
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  • cursor
  • excalidraw
  • llm
  • mcp
  • windsurf
  • skills
  • developer-tools
  • productivity

FAQ

Excalidraw Architect FAQ

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What is Excalidraw Architect?

Excalidraw Architect is an MCP server that generates beautiful Excalidraw architecture diagrams with auto-layout and component styling. It has 157 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx excalidraw-architect-mcp. It works with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. The source code is at github.com/BV-Venky/excalidraw-architect-mcp.

How do I install the Excalidraw Architect MCP server?

Add the command uvx excalidraw-architect-mcp to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Excalidraw Architect free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Excalidraw Architect actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Aug 25, 2026. The latest release is v2.0.0, published Aug 25, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.