Excalidraw

The official Excalidraw MCP app allowing you to build interactive visual applications right in Claude. Ask Claude to create hand-drawn style diagrams using Excalidraw with smooth viewport camera control and interactive fullscreen editing.

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Integration type: Connector
Verification status: Verified connector
Platform: Claude
Category: Content & Design
Primary Subcategory: Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration Canvases
Secondary Subcategories: Charts, Diagrams & Visual Collaboration Diagramming & Flowchart Tools Mind Mapping Tools
Brand: Excalidraw
Access: No account required
First tracked: 2026-02-09
Tool count: 5
Geography: US

Claude Discoverability Score

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Excalidraw in Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration Canvases

5/100

Invisible

#7of 8competitors

Shown to buyers in 5.5% of contested Runs.

How this score is measured

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What we measure

One core score. Three important factors to discoverability.

Picked
· 5.5/100
Sets the score
Found
· 2.9/100
Diagnostic
Positioned
· 12.8/100
Diagnostic

Primary Subcategory

Competing in Claude Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration Canvases

View Category

#7 of 8ranked by public Discoverability Score

Primary Subcategory

1Lucid100/100

2Whimsical98/100

3tldraw77/100

4Mermaid Chart59/100

5Miro58/100

7Excalidraw5/100

Score explained

What does 5/100 mean?

5 is Excalidraw's rounded picker appearance rate. It appeared in the connector picker, or Claude invoked it directly, in 5.5% of contested conversations. All three measures are important to discoverability: Picked determines the headline score, Found shows how often Claude found Excalidraw in connector search, and Positioned shows where it appeared in the picker.

InvisibleBuriedEmergingCompetitiveWinning

Excalidraw is 5 points from Buried.

FoundDiagnostic

Whether Claude found your Connector in connector search. It must be Found before it can reach the picker, but the score counts picker appearances—not search results.

PickedMain score

How often your Connector appeared in the picker, or Claude invoked it directly, across contested conversations. This percentage is the Discoverability Score; the headline number is rounded.

PositionedDiagnostic

What position your Connector appeared in when it was shown in the picker. This shows prominence, but it does not affect the score.

Read the full scoring methodology Recommended guideHow to get your Claude Connector organically discoveredFollow the practical steps agents use to find, shortlist, and choose your Connector.

Tools

5 tools agents can invoke

Renders a hand-drawn diagram using Excalidraw elements. Elements stream in one by one with draw-on animations. Call read_me first to learn the element format.
create_view
Upload diagram to excalidraw.com and return shareable URL.
Read checkpoint state for restore.
Returns the Excalidraw element format reference with color palettes, examples, and tips. Call this BEFORE using create_view for the first time.
Update checkpoint with user-edited state.

Excalidraw FAQ

How do I improve a Verified connector's discoverability?

The levers are the listing surface agents actually read: names, descriptions, keywords, tool metadata, and registry health. Which lever matters depends on where discovery breaks, which is what continuous measurement shows.

What are Excalidraw alternatives on Claude?

As of 2026-08-14, Excalidraw competes with Lucid, Whimsical, tldraw, Mermaid Chart, Miro, Canva, Canvs.io in Claude Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration Canvases, ranked by public Discoverability Score.

Where does Excalidraw rank in Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration Canvases on Claude?

As of 2026-08-14, Excalidraw ranks #7 of 8 in Claude Whiteboards & Visual Collaboration Canvases with a Discoverability Score of 5/100 (Invisible).

Where is this profile measured?

This profile uses the geography attached to the latest public registry snapshot: US. Locale tags are intentionally omitted.