{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "excaliclaw", "name": "ExcaliClaw", "vendor": "ExcaliClaw", "vendorUrl": "https://excaliclaw.com", "kind": "mcp", "category": "diagramming", "summary": "ExcaliClaw is a hosted workspace for hand-drawn diagrams built on the Excalidraw editor, with collections, search and live collaboration. Agents reach it through a remote MCP server with OAuth sign-in and a REST API with personal keys.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/excaliclaw.json", "repo": "https://github.com/mounirb-dev/ExcaliClaw-frontend", "license": "The hosted service, its API and its MCP server are closed, under ExcaliClaw's terms of service. The web client is published as LGPL-3.0, as a modified version of ExcaliDash", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The MCP server takes OAuth 2.1 tokens only, with dynamic client registration and PKCE (S256). A person signs in and approves the client in the browser, and the single scope `drawings` grants every MCP tool on that account. The REST API takes personal keys (`Authorization: Bearer exc_...`) created in Settings, shown once, revocable, with full read and write access to the account's drawings and collections and no narrower option. REST keys are refused by the MCP server.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free €0 with 200 drawings, Starter €9 a month (€90 a year, up to 5 members), Pro €29 a month (€290 a year, up to 20 members, extra members €3 a month), Enterprise on request. Prices exclude VAT. MCP use is unlimited and not counted against plan limits on every plan, including Free, which needs no card. Payments run through Dodo Payments as merchant of record (https://excaliclaw.com/pricing, checked 2026-10-14).", "priceSummary": "Freemium", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in llms.txt, the manual, the MCP reference, the REST API page or the pricing page. The REST API answers 402 only for an unpaid subscription (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 37, "popularity": { "githubStars": 0, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://excaliclaw.com/manual/mcp-referencia", "llmsTxt": "https://excaliclaw.com/llms.txt", "registryName": "com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw", "capabilities": [ "diagram.create", "diagram.edit", "diagram.as-code", "diagram.export", "diagram.architecture" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "llms-txt", "freemium", "status-page", "eu", "new", "closed-source" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-03", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 51.4, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 808, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1094, "categoryRank": 12, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 62, "security": 40, "transparency": 45 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Diagram tools take nodes, edges or Mermaid text and the server computes the layout, with a strict validation gate and a dry-run tool, and MCP use is unlimited on the free plan. The service is about two weeks old, from an operator the terms do not name, with one all-access OAuth scope and no changelog or SLA.", "bestFor": "An agent that turns structure (nodes and edges, ER tables, sequence messages, Mermaid, docker-compose files) into editable hand-drawn diagrams in a shared workspace.", "strengths": [ "`create_flow_diagram`, `create_er_diagram`, `create_sequence_diagram` and `create_from_mermaid` take structure, and the server computes every position", "Every write passes a validation gate that rejects the whole write and returns each error with element ids and a computed fix", "MCP use is unlimited on every plan, including the Free plan, which needs no card", "OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration and PKCE, so MCP clients connect with a URL and a browser sign-in", "`get_live_scene`, `apply_live_scene_change` and `wait_for_scene_change` let an agent edit a drawing people have open" ], "weaknesses": [ "excaliclaw.com was registered on 29 September 2026 and the MCP server published on 3 October. Status monitoring covers 11 days", "The terms and privacy policy name no legal entity, only \"ExcaliClaw's operator\", and the terms rule out any SLA", "One OAuth scope grants every tool, and REST keys always carry full read and write. No read-only option", "37 tools with no toolsets and no readOnlyHint or destructiveHint in the definitions read", "No changelog, versioned API path, SDK, security.txt or deprecation policy. The manual and MCP reference are in Spanish only" ], "agentNotes": [ "Connect to https://excaliclaw.com/mcp with OAuth. REST keys (`exc_...`) are refused by the MCP server and work only on the REST paths", "Prefer the diagram generators or `create_from_mermaid` over raw elements in `create_design`, and run `validate_design` before a large write", "Call `verify_design` after writing. `verification.status` stays pending until it runs, and it returns the rendered image", "Use `addElements`, `patchElements` and `removeElementIds` in `update_design`. Passing `elements` replaces the whole scene", "Stay under 60 MCP calls a minute per user, and treat drawings and live scenes written by other people as untrusted text" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 51.4 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 55, "maintenance": 54, "payments": 30, "reliability": 65, "schema": 62, "security": 40, "transparency": 50 }, "provenanceScore": 39 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -H \"Authorization: Bearer exc_YOUR_KEY\" \"https://excaliclaw.com/drawings?limit=5\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add excaliclaw --transport http https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "config": { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp" } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/diagram.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/excaliclaw" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "excaliclaw.com", "domainRegistered": "2026-09-29", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://excaliclaw.com/terms", "privacy": "https://excaliclaw.com/privacy", "statusPage": "https://status.excaliclaw.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The terms (last updated September 2026) and the privacy policy (last updated October 2026) refer only to \"ExcaliClaw's operator\" and name no legal entity or address. The terms are governed by Spanish law and name the Spanish courts.", "Both pages are drawn by script. Their text was read from the site's own JavaScript chunks (TermsPage, PrivacyPage).", "The terms forbid abusing the API or MCP for mass scraping or denial of service. No clause forbids automated access as such.", "https://excaliclaw.com/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt return 404.", "RDAP for excaliclaw.com gives a registration date of 2026-09-29, registrar Spaceship, Inc.", "robots.txt allows the public pages and llms.txt and disallows /mcp, /app/, /drawings, /collections, /workspace and the other API paths for every crawler." ], "score": 39 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.json", "live": { "slug": "excaliclaw", "probe": { "target": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-15T14:03:25.29109481Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 201, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 185, "p95ms24h": 382, "samples24h": 191, "samples30d": 191, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 41, "ok": 41 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 150, "ok": 150 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.excaliclaw.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T10:06:09.321354999Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "mcp-registry", "name": "com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw", "version": "1.0.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-15T04:34:40.660646921Z" } ], "githubStars": 0, "pages": [ { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/pricing", "kind": "pricing", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:21.854880731Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" }, { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/privacy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:23.985844439Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" }, { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/terms", "kind": "terms", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:00:25.910952606Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "e3b0c44298fc" } ], "mcpTools": { "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T22:17:37.024266286Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T22:17:37.024266286Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T14:03:25.29109481Z" } }, "answer": "Excalidraw scores 54.5 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ExcaliClaw leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.", "b": { "slug": "excalidraw", "name": "Excalidraw", "vendor": "Excalidraw s.r.o.", "vendorUrl": "https://plus.excalidraw.com", "kind": "http-api", "category": "diagramming", "summary": "Excalidraw is a hand-drawn style whiteboard and diagram editor from Excalidraw s.r.o. in Brno. Agents reach it through the Excalidraw+ REST API and MCP server (public beta), a free keyless MCP App, and the open-source editor on npm (MIT).", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excalidraw", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excalidraw.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excalidraw.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/excalidraw.json", "repo": "https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw", "license": "Excalidraw+ is a proprietary service under Excalidraw's terms of use. The editor and the MCP App on GitHub are MIT", "transports": [ "http", "streamable-http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@excalidraw/excalidraw" } ], "auth": "api-key", "authNotes": "A person creates an API key in Excalidraw+ workspace settings, and the full key is shown once. Keys are sent as `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e`, belong to one workspace, take `read` or `full` permission or specific routes, and expire on a set date. Personal keys act as one member and need a workspace admin to enable them. Workspace keys act as the workspace. The free MCP App at https://mcp.excalidraw.com takes no credential.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "API and MCP access is listed under the Plus plan at $6 a user a month, 14 per cent less billed yearly, with a 14-day trial. The page does not say whether the trial takes a card. The Free plan, the free MCP App and the npm editor cost nothing, so an agent can draw without a contract but cannot reach a workspace (checked 2026-10-09).", "priceSummary": "$6 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs dump, the pricing page or the MCP App source (checked 2026-10-09).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 37, "popularity": { "githubStars": 133534, "npmWeekly": 675606, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-09" }, "docsUrl": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/docs", "llmsTxt": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "diagram.create", "diagram.edit", "diagram.export", "diagram.as-code" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "api-key", "llms-txt", "freemium", "beta", "status-page", "soc2", "open-source", "typescript", "eu" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-01", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 54.5, "grade": "C", "agentReady": false, "rank": 732, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1094, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 44, "payments": 35, "reliability": 50, "schema": 65, "security": 73, "transparency": 63 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-09" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Checked 2026-10-09. GHSA-39h7-pwv7-rc3x (CVE-2025-54881, medium), cross-site scripting in the Mermaid to Excalidraw conversion step, was published on 21 April 2026 and fixed in `@excalidraw/excalidraw` 0.18.1 and `@excalidraw/mermaid-to-excalidraw` 1.1.3. Fixed and published, so 2 points (https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw/security/advisories/GHSA-39h7-pwv7-rc3x)." ], "verdict": "Excalidraw+ keys carry read or full permission, route restrictions and an expiry, and the MCP server shows a key only the tools its routes allow. The API and MCP server are in public beta with breaking changes expected, sit behind the $6 Plus plan, and have no published OpenAPI file, SDK or idempotency keys.", "bestFor": "Teams already on Excalidraw+ that want agents to create and edit hand-drawn diagrams, slides and wireframes in a shared workspace, and one-off sketches through the free MCP App.", "strengths": [ "API keys take `read` or `full` permission, route restrictions and an expiry, and can be rotated. The MCP server lists only the tools a key's routes allow", "`create_diagram` lays out nodes, edges and groups into editable shapes with bound arrows, and `take_screenshot` returns a PNG to check the result", "`search_scene_content` returns only matching elements, so an agent need not load a whole scene", "`llms.txt` and a 110 KB `llms-full.txt` carry the API and MCP docs, and `GET /logs` returns the workspace audit log", "A free MCP App at https://mcp.excalidraw.com needs no account or key, and the editor is MIT on npm with 675,606 downloads in the week to 7 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "The API and MCP server are in public beta. The docs say endpoints, tool names and schemas may change and to expect breaking changes", "API and MCP access needs the Plus plan at $6 a user a month. No per-call price, and no SDK for the API", "No OpenAPI file is linked from the docs, although the reference pages are generated from one. No idempotency keys and no SLA found", "The terms of use (in effect 1 June 2022) forbid access through a bot or script and do not mention the API. This matters before any probe is run", "The privacy policy is dated 29 April 2021 and names no AI providers. The sub-processor list sits in a script-drawn trust centre", "In the free MCP App, `create_view` is marked read-only yet stores a checkpoint for 30 days, and its reply names a `read_widget_context` tool the server does not register" ], "agentNotes": [ "Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e` to https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1. For MCP, use `POST /api/v1/mcp` only. The server is stateless and answers 405 to other methods", "Use a personal key to reach the owner's private collection with the collection ID `private`. A workspace admin must enable personal keys first", "Call `read_diagram_format`, `read_presentation_format` or `read_freeform_format` before the first scene write in a session", "Write with `edit_scene_content` and bind arrows through `startBinding` and `endBinding` with `tempId` references. `PUT /scenes/{sceneId}/content` removes every element left out of the request", "Stay under 600 requests a minute per IP and wait until `X-RateLimit-Reset` after a 429" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "C", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 54.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 58, "maintenance": 44, "payments": 35, "reliability": 50, "schema": 65, "security": 73, "transparency": 45 }, "provenanceScore": 80 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install react react-dom @excalidraw/excalidraw", "http": "curl https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/collections \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "excalidraw": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/diagram.create", "tool": "https://letme.dev/excalidraw" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Plus plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 6, "note": "billed monthly, 14 per cent less billed yearly. API and MCP access, 100 AI requests a day" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Excalidraw s.r.o.", "domain": "excalidraw.com", "domainRegistered": "2020-01-03", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/terms-of-service", "privacy": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "https://status.excalidraw.com", "changelog": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/changelog", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-09", "notes": [ "The terms of use and the privacy policy name Excalidraw s.r.o., Pražákova 1008/69, Brno 639 00, Czech Republic. The terms are governed by Czech law.", "The terms of use (published 30 May 2022) are the only terms found. They cover the Site and the subscription and do not mention the API or MCP server.", "The privacy policy is dated 29 April 2021. A DPA dated 13 January 2026 is at https://plus.excalidraw.com/data-processing-agreement-dpa.", "plus.excalidraw.com/.well-known/security.txt returns 404. excalidraw.com was not asked, because its robots.txt is ambiguous for unnamed agents.", "RDAP for excalidraw.com gives a registration date of 2020-01-03.", "The robots.txt files of api.excalidraw.com and status.excalidraw.com disallow every path." ], "score": 80 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excalidraw.json", "live": { "slug": "excalidraw", "probe": { "target": "https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-15T14:03:25.29780108Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 405, "lastMs": 303, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 337, "p95ms24h": 432, "samples24h": 254, "samples30d": 1473, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 85, "ok": 85 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 150, "ok": 150 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.excalidraw.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-15T10:06:09.469067294Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "excalidraw/excalidraw", "version": "v0.18.1", "released": "2026-04-21", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:51:40.31543134Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@excalidraw/excalidraw", "version": "0.18.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:51:39.5125656Z" } ], "githubStars": 133887, "npmWeekly": 782654, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://excalidraw.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "none", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:47:39.57863895Z" }, "llmsTxt": { "url": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/llms.txt", "ok": true, "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T14:14:02.505708642Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "excalidraw.com", "registered": "2020-01-03", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/excalidraw.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:26:17.221885258Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/changelog", "kind": "changelog", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:05:07.639230818Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T20:46:45.402960719Z", "fingerprint": "69b4ad4cd34b" }, { "url": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/privacy-policy", "kind": "privacy", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:05:09.650929911Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T20:46:47.71164861Z", "fingerprint": "f15243d370ab" }, { "url": "https://plus.excalidraw.com/terms-of-service", "kind": "terms", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T21:05:11.655626758Z", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T20:46:49.665882013Z", "fingerprint": "fbb30cf24ae6" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T14:03:25.29780108Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "MCP server", "b": "HTTP API", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "ExcaliClaw", "b": "Excalidraw s.r.o.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp", "b": "https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "Streamable HTTP, HTTP", "b": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "API key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "The hosted service, its API and its MCP server are closed, under ExcaliClaw's terms of service. The web client is published as LGPL-3.0, as a modified version of ExcaliDash", "b": "Excalidraw+ is a proprietary service under Excalidraw's terms of use. The editor and the MCP App on GitHub are MIT", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "37", "b": "37", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-10-03", "b": "2026-09-01", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "no date given", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "2021-04-29", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "couldn't be read", "b": "yes", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "0 stars", "b": "134k stars, 676k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Excalidraw scores 54.5 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ExcaliClaw leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ExcaliClaw or Excalidraw?" }, { "answer": "ExcaliClaw takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Excalidraw needs an API key.", "question": "Do ExcaliClaw and Excalidraw need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. ExcaliClaw has a hosted endpoint at https://excaliclaw.com/mcp and Excalidraw at https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call ExcaliClaw and Excalidraw without installing anything?" }, { "answer": "No open-source release is listed for ExcaliClaw. Excalidraw is open source (Excalidraw+ is a proprietary service under Excalidraw's terms of use. The editor and the MCP App on GitHub are MIT).", "question": "Are ExcaliClaw and Excalidraw open source?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 65 against 50", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 44" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "An agent that turns structure (nodes and edges, ER tables, sequence messages, Mermaid, docker-compose files) into editable hand-drawn diagrams in a shared workspace.", "slug": "excaliclaw", "watchFor": "excaliclaw.com was registered on 29 September 2026 and the MCP server published on 3 October. Status monitoring covers 11 days" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 40", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 45" ], "also": [ "Open source" ], "goodFor": "Teams already on Excalidraw+ that want agents to create and edit hand-drawn diagrams, slides and wireframes in a shared workspace, and one-off sketches through the free MCP App.", "slug": "excalidraw", "watchFor": "The API and MCP server are in public beta. 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"excalidraw": 65, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 3, "edge": "excalidraw", "excaliclaw": 55, "excalidraw": 58, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "weight": 13 }, { "by": 33, "edge": "excalidraw", "excaliclaw": 40, "excalidraw": 73, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "weight": 14 }, { "by": 5, "edge": "excalidraw", "excaliclaw": 30, "excalidraw": 35, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 10, "edge": "excaliclaw", "excaliclaw": 54, "excalidraw": 44, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "weight": 7 }, { "by": 18, "edge": "excalidraw", "excaliclaw": 45, "excalidraw": 63, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Excalidraw scores 54.5 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. 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The API and MCP server are in public beta with breaking changes expected, sit behind the $6 Plus plan, and have no published OpenAPI file, SDK or idempotency keys." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-excalidraw", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-excalidraw.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-excalidraw.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-excalidraw.min.md" }, "markdown": "Excalidraw scores 54.5 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ExcaliClaw leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community. Both do diagram creation.\n\n- ExcaliClaw: grade D, 51.4/100, rank #808 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excaliclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/excaliclaw.json\n- Excalidraw: grade C, 54.5/100, rank #732 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/excalidraw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/excalidraw.json\n- Best diagramming APIs and diagram-as-code for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/diagramming/index.md\n- All 128 diagrams comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagramming/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### ExcaliClaw (D)\n\nGood for: An agent that turns structure (nodes and edges, ER tables, sequence messages, Mermaid, docker-compose files) into editable hand-drawn diagrams in a shared workspace.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 65 against 50\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 54 against 44\n\nWatch for: excaliclaw.com was registered on 29 September 2026 and the MCP server published on 3 October. Status monitoring covers 11 days\n\n### Excalidraw (C)\n\nGood for: Teams already on Excalidraw+ that want agents to create and edit hand-drawn diagrams, slides and wireframes in a shared workspace, and one-off sketches through the free MCP App.\n\nAhead on:\n- Security \u0026 auth, 73 against 40\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 35 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 63 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The API and MCP server are in public beta. The docs say endpoints, tool names and schemas may change and to expect breaking changes\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ExcaliClaw | Excalidraw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 50 | ExcaliClaw +15 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 65 | Excalidraw +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 58 | Excalidraw +3 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 73 | Excalidraw +33 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 35 | Excalidraw +5 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 44 | ExcaliClaw +10 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 63 | Excalidraw +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **51.4 · D** | **54.5 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ExcaliClaw | Excalidraw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | HTTP API |\n| Vendor | ExcaliClaw | Excalidraw s.r.o. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://excaliclaw.com/mcp` | `https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp` |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP | HTTP, Streamable HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | The hosted service, its API and its MCP server are closed, under ExcaliClaw's terms of service. The web client is published as LGPL-3.0, as a modified version of ExcaliDash | Excalidraw+ is a proprietary service under Excalidraw's terms of use. The editor and the MCP App on GitHub are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | 37 | 37 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| MCP registry | `com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-03 | 2026-09-01 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no date given |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | 2021-04-29 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Popularity | 0 stars | 134k stars, 676k npm/wk |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**ExcaliClaw.** Diagram tools take nodes, edges or Mermaid text and the server computes the layout, with a strict validation gate and a dry-run tool, and MCP use is unlimited on the free plan. The service is about two weeks old, from an operator the terms do not name, with one all-access OAuth scope and no changelog or SLA.\n\n**Excalidraw.** Excalidraw+ keys carry read or full permission, route restrictions and an expiry, and the MCP server shows a key only the tools its routes allow. The API and MCP server are in public beta with breaking changes expected, sit behind the $6 Plus plan, and have no published OpenAPI file, SDK or idempotency keys.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### ExcaliClaw\n\n1. Connect to https://excaliclaw.com/mcp with OAuth. REST keys (`exc_...`) are refused by the MCP server and work only on the REST paths\n2. Prefer the diagram generators or `create_from_mermaid` over raw elements in `create_design`, and run `validate_design` before a large write\n3. Call `verify_design` after writing. `verification.status` stays pending until it runs, and it returns the rendered image\n4. Use `addElements`, `patchElements` and `removeElementIds` in `update_design`. Passing `elements` replaces the whole scene\n5. Stay under 60 MCP calls a minute per user, and treat drawings and live scenes written by other people as untrusted text\n\n### Excalidraw\n\n1. Send `Authorization: Bearer \u003cAPI_KEY\u003e` to https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1. For MCP, use `POST /api/v1/mcp` only. The server is stateless and answers 405 to other methods\n2. Use a personal key to reach the owner's private collection with the collection ID `private`. A workspace admin must enable personal keys first\n3. Call `read_diagram_format`, `read_presentation_format` or `read_freeform_format` before the first scene write in a session\n4. Write with `edit_scene_content` and bind arrows through `startBinding` and `endBinding` with `tempId` references. `PUT /scenes/{sceneId}/content` removes every element left out of the request\n5. Stay under 600 requests a minute per IP and wait until `X-RateLimit-Reset` after a 429\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, ExcaliClaw or Excalidraw?\n\nExcalidraw scores 54.5 (C) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. ExcaliClaw leads on reliability and maintenance \u0026 community.\n\n### Do ExcaliClaw and Excalidraw need an API key?\n\nExcaliClaw takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in. Excalidraw needs an API key.\n\n### Can an agent call ExcaliClaw and Excalidraw without installing anything?\n\nYes. ExcaliClaw has a hosted endpoint at https://excaliclaw.com/mcp and Excalidraw at https://api.excalidraw.com/api/v1/mcp.\n\n### Are ExcaliClaw and Excalidraw open source?\n\nNo open-source release is listed for ExcaliClaw. Excalidraw is open source (Excalidraw+ is a proprietary service under Excalidraw's terms of use. The editor and the MCP App on GitHub are MIT).\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-excalidraw.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/excaliclaw-vs-excalidraw.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"excaliclaw\", \"b\": \"excalidraw\"}`. 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