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      "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",
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      "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": [
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        "http"
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      "packages": [],
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      "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).",
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        "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": []
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        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-14"
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        "diagram.edit",
        "diagram.as-code",
        "diagram.export",
        "diagram.architecture"
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        "hosted",
        "mcp",
        "oauth",
        "llms-txt",
        "freemium",
        "status-page",
        "eu",
        "new",
        "closed-source"
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        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 804,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 1084,
        "categoryRank": 12,
        "methodology": "0.4",
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          "maintenance": 54,
          "payments": 30,
          "reliability": 65,
          "schema": 62,
          "security": 40,
          "transparency": 45
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          "tasks"
        ],
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          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-14"
        },
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        "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.",
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          "`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"
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          "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"
        ],
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          "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"
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          "maintenance": 54,
          "payments": 30,
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          "schema": 62,
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          "transparency": 50
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        "claudeCode": "claude mcp add excaliclaw --transport http https://excaliclaw.com/mcp",
        "config": {
          "url": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp"
        }
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        "tool": "https://letme.dev/excaliclaw"
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        "terms": "https://excaliclaw.com/terms",
        "privacy": "https://excaliclaw.com/privacy",
        "statusPage": "https://status.excaliclaw.com",
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          "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."
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    "answer": "PlantUML scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in every scored category.",
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      "category": "diagramming",
      "summary": "PlantUML is open-source software that turns text descriptions into UML, architecture, Gantt, mind map and other diagrams. Agents run it as a Java command-line tool, a Java library, a local HTTP server or the `@plantuml/mcp-js` MCP server.",
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      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/plantuml.json",
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      "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
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        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "@plantuml/mcp-js"
        },
        {
          "registry": "oci",
          "name": "plantuml/plantuml"
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      "authNotes": "No account, key or login. The jar, the Java library and the MCP server run on the owner's machine with the owner's file and network rights. The built-in `-picoweb` HTTP server has no authentication and listens on all interfaces unless a bind address is given.",
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      "pricingNotes": "Free under GPL-3.0-or-later, with the same source also under GPL-2.0, LGPL, Apache-2.0, BSD-3-Clause, EPL and MIT. Nothing to buy. The project takes donations through GitHub Sponsors and Patreon.",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-08).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
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      "popularity": {
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        "npmWeekly": 207,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-08"
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      "docsUrl": "https://plantuml.com/command-line",
      "capabilities": [
        "diagram.as-code",
        "diagram.create",
        "diagram.export",
        "diagram.architecture"
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        "open-source",
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        "cli",
        "java",
        "mcp",
        "diagram-as-code",
        "uml",
        "no-auth",
        "free",
        "docker"
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      "anchor": {
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        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 286,
        "ranked": true,
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        "run": "2026-10-01",
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          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 83,
          "schema": 65,
          "security": 50,
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        "verdict": "One Java command reads diagram text from stdin and writes PNG, SVG, PDF or ASCII with no account, and CI passed on the last eight pushes. The default security profile lets diagram text read any local file and fetch any URL, and the documentation still lists chronology diagrams that release 1.2026.2 switched off.",
        "bestFor": "Agents that write sequence, class, state, component, deployment, Gantt or C4 diagrams as text and render them locally or in CI.",
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          "`--check-syntax` and `-stdrpt` report errors as `file:line:error` lines, and exit codes 0, 50, 100 and 200 are documented",
          "The official `@plantuml/mcp-js` server has four tools, needs only Node.js, and returns the same SVG bytes for the same source on any machine",
          "Version 1.2026.8 of 5 September 2026 is on GitHub, Maven Central, Homebrew and Docker Hub, and the `ci` workflow passed on the last eight pushes",
          "The same source is available under GPL-3.0-or-later, GPL-2.0, LGPL, Apache-2.0, BSD-3-Clause, EPL and MIT, and generated images carry no licence obligation"
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          "The default security profile is LEGACY, which gives diagram text full access to local files and URLs through `!include`. The docs say it will be removed, with no date",
          "`-picoweb` listens on all network interfaces by default and has no authentication",
          "Chronology diagrams were switched off in 1.2026.2 on 27 February 2026 and are still listed in the README and documented on plantuml.com",
          "The command-line page gives the HTTP server's default port as 4242 in one help listing and 8080 in another. The source uses 8080",
          "No llms.txt, no security.txt and no published advisories. The security policy is one email address, and 575 issues are open"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set `PLANTUML_SECURITY_PROFILE` to `SANDBOX` or `ALLOWLIST` before rendering text from an untrusted source. The default profile lets `!include` read local files and fetch URLs",
          "Run `java -jar plantuml.jar --check-syntax` with `-stdrpt` first and read the exit status. Without `--no-error-image` a syntax error still writes an image of the error text",
          "Pass `-pipe` with `--svg`, `--txt` or `--utxt` to work without files. `--txt` output suits a text-only model",
          "Start the local server as `-picoweb:8080:127.0.0.1`. Without the bind address it listens on every interface",
          "Use `npx -y @plantuml/mcp-js` when no Java runtime is present. It renders SVG only, so use the jar for PNG or PDF"
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          "measured": false
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        "avgRating": 0,
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            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
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              "tasks"
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          "maintenance": 73,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 83,
          "schema": 65,
          "security": 50,
          "transparency": 73
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        "provenanceScore": 73
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      "connect": {
        "install": "brew install plantuml   # or download plantuml.jar from https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/releases, or docker run ghcr.io/plantuml/plantuml",
        "config": {
          "mcpServers": {
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                "-y",
                "@plantuml/mcp-js"
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              "command": "npx"
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        "capability": "https://letme.dev/diagram.as-code",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/plantuml"
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      "area": "design-diagrams",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "No legal entity found. Copyright Arnaud Roques",
        "domain": "plantuml.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2010-11-28",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/plantuml/plantuml/blob/master/CHANGES.md",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-08",
        "notes": [
          "`LICENSES.md` reads Copyright (C) 2009-2026, Arnaud Roques. No company or foundation is named in the repository or on the pages read",
          "No terms or privacy document governs the software. The GPL-3.0-or-later licence, or one of the six alternatives, stands in",
          "https://plantuml.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404 on 8 October 2026. `docs/SECURITY.md` asks for reports by email to a Gmail address",
          "The lead named PlantUML as vendor. It is a community project led by one author, with no company behind it that we found"
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      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plantuml.json",
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          "url": "https://plantuml.com/.well-known/security.txt",
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          "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/plantuml.com",
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      {
        "a": "MCP server",
        "b": "SDK + MCP",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "ExcaliClaw",
        "b": "PlantUML project (Arnaud Roques)",
        "name": "Vendor"
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      {
        "a": "https://excaliclaw.com/mcp",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "Streamable HTTP, HTTP",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "None",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Freemium",
        "b": "Free",
        "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": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
        "name": "Licence"
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      {
        "a": "37",
        "b": "none",
        "name": "Tools exposed"
      },
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        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
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        "a": "yes",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
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        "a": "com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw",
        "b": "not listed",
        "name": "MCP registry"
      },
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        "a": "2026-10-03",
        "b": "2026-09-05",
        "name": "Last release"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
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        "a": "couldn't be read",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
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        "a": "0 stars",
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        "name": "Popularity"
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    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "PlantUML scores 66.9 (B) on agent readiness against ExcaliClaw's 51.4 (D), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, ExcaliClaw or PlantUML?"
      },
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/plantuml.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/plantuml.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\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\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### PlantUML (B)\n\nGood for: Agents that write sequence, class, state, component, deployment, Gantt or C4 diagrams as text and render them locally or in CI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 83 against 65\n- Agent ergonomics, 78 against 55\n- Security \u0026 auth, 50 against 40\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 30\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 73 against 54\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 45\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No key needed to call it\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: The default security profile is LEGACY, which gives diagram text full access to local files and URLs through `!include`. The docs say it will be removed, with no date\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | ExcaliClaw | PlantUML | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 65 | 83 | PlantUML +18 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 62 | 65 | PlantUML +3 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 78 | PlantUML +23 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 40 | 50 | PlantUML +10 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 60 | PlantUML +30 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 54 | 73 | PlantUML +19 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 45 | 73 | PlantUML +28 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **51.4 · D** | **66.9 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | ExcaliClaw | PlantUML |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | MCP server | SDK + MCP |\n| Vendor | ExcaliClaw | PlantUML project (Arnaud Roques) |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://excaliclaw.com/mcp` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Free |\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 | GPL-3.0-or-later |\n| Tools exposed | 37 | none |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.excaliclaw/excaliclaw` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-10-03 | 2026-09-05 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | couldn't be read | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read |  |\n| Popularity | 0 stars | 13k stars, 207 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**PlantUML.** One Java command reads diagram text from stdin and writes PNG, SVG, PDF or ASCII with no account, and CI passed on the last eight pushes. The default security profile lets diagram text read any local file and fetch any URL, and the documentation still lists chronology diagrams that release 1.2026.2 switched off.\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### PlantUML\n\n1. Set `PLANTUML_SECURITY_PROFILE` to `SANDBOX` or `ALLOWLIST` before rendering text from an untrusted source. The default profile lets `!include` read local files and fetch URLs\n2. Run `java -jar plantuml.jar --check-syntax` with `-stdrpt` first and read the exit status. Without `--no-error-image` a syntax error still writes an image of the error text\n3. Pass `-pipe` with `--svg`, `--txt` or `--utxt` to work without files. `--txt` output suits a text-only model\n4. Start the local server as `-picoweb:8080:127.0.0.1`. Without the bind address it listens on every interface\n5. Use `npx -y @plantuml/mcp-js` when no Java runtime is present. 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