io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp

@ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp

Local Excalidraw whiteboard your coding agent draws on live, and sees what you draw back.

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No known CVEs

MIT license

Actively maintained

Last commit 14d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

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io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp is an MCP server that local Excalidraw whiteboard your coding agent draws on live, and sees what you draw back. Its tool list has not been published yet over stdio and http, requires no API key, and scores 59/100 on MCPpedia's security, maintenance and efficiency rubric.

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients - only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whiteboard": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Local Excalidraw whiteboard your coding agent draws on live, and sees what you draw back.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp safe to use?: io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp?: io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.
What AI clients work with io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp?: io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp actively maintained?: io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp is actively maintained - last commit was 14 days ago. It has 8 GitHub stars.

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Quick start

Add it to your agent

# Claude Code claude mcp add whiteboard --scope user -- npx -y @ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp # Codex CLI codex mcp add whiteboard -- npx -y @ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp # Gemini CLI gemini mcp add --scope user whiteboard npx -y @ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp # Devin CLI devin mcp add whiteboard --scope user -- npx -y @ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp # VS Code code --add-mcp '{"name":"whiteboard","command":"npx","args":["-y","@ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp"]}'

Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf and other JSON configs (~/.cursor/mcp.json, Claude Desktop's config, …):

{ "mcpServers": { "whiteboard": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp"] } } }

OpenCode (opencode.json):

{ "mcp": { "whiteboard": { "type": "local", "command": ["npx", "-y", "@ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp"] } } }

Agents without MCP, project-level configs and more: client setup. The bundled skill teaches the agent when a drawing helps.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp safe to use?

io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. Authentication requirements were not detected automatically - check the project's documentation before connecting in a shared environment. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp?

io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp supports copy-paste install configs on its MCPpedia page for Claude Desktop, Cursor, and Claude Code. Scroll to the Quick Install section and select your client.

What AI clients work with io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp?

io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp actively maintained?

io.github.ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp is actively maintained - last commit was 14 days ago. It has 8 GitHub stars.

https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/197876d8-5620-4c1b-9bc3-332e0e7d5622

Whiteboard MCP is a free and extremely token-efficient whiteboard MCP that runs locally. Your coding agent draws diagrams on a live board beside the chat, and sees what you draw back.

One command install for every agent ↓

Features

What you can do with it

Understand an architecture

An agent chat beside a live whiteboard: the agent draws a checkout architecture step by step, the human drags Postgres, circles the queue and sends a note asking what happens if the email worker is down, and the agent reads the changes and adds a dead-letter queue

Explain a flow

The agent draws a login flow step by step, highlights the parts it explains, then answers a note left by the human

Play games

Playing Dots and Boxes with a coding agent: the human draws a line on the board, the agent sees the move and plays back, until red wins 12 to 4

Make something

An agent paints the Mona Lisa on the board, then refines the sky, hair and dress with pencil strokes

Quick start

Add it to your agent

# Claude Code
claude mcp add whiteboard --scope user -- npx -y @ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp

# Codex CLI
codex mcp add whiteboard -- npx -y @ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp

# Gemini CLI
gemini mcp add --scope user whiteboard npx -y @ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp

# Devin CLI
devin mcp add whiteboard --scope user -- npx -y @ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp

# VS Code
code --add-mcp '{"name":"whiteboard","command":"npx","args":["-y","@ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp"]}'

Cursor, Claude Desktop, Windsurf and other JSON configs (~/.cursor/mcp.json, Claude Desktop's config, …):

{ "mcpServers": { "whiteboard": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp"] } } }

OpenCode (opencode.json):

{ "mcp": { "whiteboard": { "type": "local", "command": ["npx", "-y", "@ansuman-shukla/whiteboard-mcp"] } } }

Agents without MCP, project-level configs and more: client setup. The bundled skill teaches the agent when a drawing helps.

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