# Mural MCP vs tldraw SDK + MCP (slim)

> tldraw SDK + MCP scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Mural MCP's 42 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Mural MCP leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do diagram create. Category scores, facts, verdicts and agent notes side by side.

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tldraw SDK + MCP scores 61 (C) on agent readiness against Mural MCP's 42 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Mural MCP leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do diagram create.

- Mural MCP: E 42, rank #422 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/mural-mcp.min.md
- tldraw SDK + MCP: C 61, rank #240 of 460 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tldraw.min.md
- Mural MCP, good for Teams already on paid Mural who want an assistant to build workshop boards, flowcharts and sticky-note syntheses on a shared canvas while a person watches. Ahead on Security & auth, 72 against 40; Transparency & trust, 63 against 51.
- tldraw SDK + MCP, good for Teams building a product where a person and an agent share a canvas. Ahead on Reliability, 75 against 35; Schema & documentation, 79 against 30; Agent ergonomics, 71 against 26; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10; Maintenance & community, 89 against 75. Also No key needed to call it.

| Category | Mural MCP | tldraw SDK + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 35 | 75 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 30 | 79 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 26 | 71 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 72 | 40 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 75 | 89 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 63 | 51 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Mural MCP | tldraw SDK + MCP |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | MCP server | SDK + MCP |
| Vendor | Tactivos, Inc. (d/b/a Mural) | tldraw |
| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp-canvas.mural.co/mcp` | `https://tldraw-mcp-app.tldraw.workers.dev/mcp` |
| Transports | Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |
| Auth | OAuth | None |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under Mural's Terms of Service. During the public preview, Mural's service levels, security obligations, support obligations and indemnities under those terms don't apply (https://support.mural.co/s/article/MCP-preview) | tldraw licence (source-available, production needs a licence key) |
| Tools exposed | none | 6 |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| MCP registry | `co.mural/mural` | `io.github.tldraw/tldraw` |
| Last release | 2026-10-05 | 2026-09-30 |
| Popularity | none | 51k stars, 490k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 2/5 (1) | 3/5 (2) |