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Openflowkit MCP

Openflowkit MCP is an MCP server that adds developer tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Architecture diagrams for your agent: draw on the live OpenFlowKit canvas or edit diagram files. It has 911 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @vrun-design/openflowkit-mcp.

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Install Openflowkit MCP

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openflowkit-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@vrun-design/openflowkit-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio openflowkit-mcp -- npx -y @vrun-design/openflowkit-mcp

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openflowkit-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@vrun-design/openflowkit-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "openflowkit-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@vrun-design/openflowkit-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).

About Openflowkit MCP

Architecture diagrams you draw, write as code, or hand to your agent. Free, open source and local-first. Paste a GitHub repo and get its map, every arrow cited to a line of code.

  • flowchart
  • ai
  • architecture-diagrams
  • diagramming
  • local-first
  • open-source
  • mermaid
  • self-hosted
  • developer-tools
  • code-to-diagram

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FAQ

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How do I install the Openflowkit MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @vrun-design/openflowkit-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 Openflowkit MCP free?

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

Is Openflowkit MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 22, 2026. The latest release is v2.1.0, published Oct 13, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.