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Draw on a board: boxes (rectangle, ellipse, diamond), text, arrows between two shapes, and frames that hold shapes under a name. Everyone with the board open sees it at once. Give shapes your own short ids to join them with arrows and put them in frames in the same call. Leave out x and y, and the board lays new shapes out along their arrows, below what is already there. A box sizes itself to its text unless you give a width and height, and a frame wraps the shapes in it.
The board's id, as in its URL.
Which way arrows run between the shapes the board places: right unless given.
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claude mcp add --transport http excalidraw https://excalidraw.holonlabs.io/mcp/excalidraw
docker.io/holonlabs/excalidraw:0.0.1Draw on a board: boxes (rectangle, ellipse, diamond), text, arrows between two shapes, and frames that hold shapes under a name. Everyone with the board open sees it at once. Give shapes your own short ids to join them with arrows and put them in frames in the same call. Leave out x and y, and the board lays new shapes out along their arrows, below what is already there. A box sizes itself to its text unless you give a width and height, and a frame wraps the shapes in it.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| board* | string | The board's id, as in its URL. |
| shapes* | array | |
| direction | string | Which way arrows run between the shapes the board places: right unless given. |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"board",
"shapes"
],
"properties": {
"board": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$",
"description": "The board's id, as in its URL."
},
"shapes": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"x": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Left edge, in pixels. Leave out x and y of a new shape to have the board place it."
},
"y": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Top edge, in pixels. y grows downward."
},
"id": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64,
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Names the shape. The id of a shape on the board changes that shape, keeping the fields you leave out."
},
"to": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The id of the shape an arrow points at."
},
"fill": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A box's background, as a CSS color."
},
"from": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The id of the shape an arrow leaves."
},
"text": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 2000,
"description": "The label of a box or an arrow, what a text shape says, or a frame's name."
},
"type": {
"enum": [
"rectangle",
"ellipse",
"diamond",
"text",
"arrow",
"frame"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Required for a new shape."
},
"color": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Stroke color, as a CSS color."
},
"frame": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The id of the frame the shape sits in. An empty string takes it out."
},
"width": {
"type": "number",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
"height": {
"type": "number",
"exclusiveMinimum": 0
},
"stroke": {
"enum": [
"solid",
"dashed",
"dotted"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "The line of a box's outline or an arrow."
},
"fontSize": {
"type": "number",
"maximum": 200,
"minimum": 8,
"description": "The text's size in pixels: 20 unless given, 28 or 36 for a heading."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
},
"maxItems": 500,
"minItems": 1
},
"direction": {
"enum": [
"right",
"down"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Which way arrows run between the shapes the board places: right unless given."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Erase shapes from a board by id. An arrow attached to an erased shape stays, so erase it too if it should go. The shapes in an erased frame stay.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ids* | array | |
| board* | string | The board's id, as in its URL. |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"board",
"ids"
],
"properties": {
"ids": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"maxItems": 500,
"minItems": 1
},
"board": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$",
"description": "The board's id, as in its URL."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}For the board's page: read the file of an image on the board, as a data URL. Without one, the board has no such file.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string | The fileId of the image's Excalidraw element. |
| board* | string | The board's id, as in its URL. |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"board",
"id"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$",
"description": "The fileId of the image's Excalidraw element."
},
"board": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$",
"description": "The board's id, as in its URL."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}For the board's page: store the file of an image on the board, as a data URL.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| id* | string | The fileId of the image's Excalidraw element. |
| board* | string | The board's id, as in its URL. |
| dataURL* | string |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"board",
"id",
"dataURL"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$",
"description": "The fileId of the image's Excalidraw element."
},
"board": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$",
"description": "The board's id, as in its URL."
},
"dataURL": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^data:image\\/[a-z0-9.+-]+;base64,[A-Za-z0-9+/]+=*$",
"maxLength": 2000000
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Read a shared Excalidraw board and open it. Returns its shapes and the URL where anyone can watch and edit it live. Leave out board to start a new one.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| board | string | The board's id, as in its URL. |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"board": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$",
"description": "The board's id, as in its URL."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}For the board's page: send the Excalidraw elements it changed and where its pointer is. With since, also receive the elements changed elsewhere and everyone else's cursors.
| Argument | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| board* | string | The board's id, as in its URL. |
| since | integer | |
| client* | string | Names the calling page, so that it is not told its own changes. |
| elements* | array | |
| presence | object |
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"required": [
"board",
"client",
"elements"
],
"properties": {
"board": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9_-]{1,64}$",
"description": "The board's id, as in its URL."
},
"since": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 9007199254740991,
"minimum": 0
},
"client": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64,
"minLength": 1,
"description": "Names the calling page, so that it is not told its own changes."
},
"elements": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"id",
"version",
"versionNonce",
"isDeleted"
],
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64,
"minLength": 1
},
"updated": {
"type": "number"
},
"version": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 9007199254740991,
"minimum": 0
},
"isDeleted": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"versionNonce": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 9007199254740991,
"minimum": -9007199254740991
}
},
"additionalProperties": {}
},
"maxItems": 5000
},
"presence": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"x",
"y",
"selected"
],
"properties": {
"x": {
"type": "number"
},
"y": {
"type": "number"
},
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 40,
"minLength": 1
},
"selected": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 64
},
"maxItems": 200
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}We read every tool's name, description and inputs the way the model will, looking for instructions hidden from you. A clean result means no warning signs, not a guarantee. Scanned Nov 15, 2026.
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