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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tldraw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tldraw.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\nPick Structurizr + MCP for payments \u0026 pricing (+15), transparency \u0026 trust (+29).\n\nPick tldraw SDK + MCP for schema \u0026 documentation (+18), agent ergonomics (+16), maintenance \u0026 community (+21).\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Structurizr + MCP | tldraw SDK + MCP | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 73 | 75 | tldraw SDK + MCP +2 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 61 | 79 | tldraw SDK + MCP +18 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 55 | 71 | tldraw SDK + MCP +16 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 43 | 40 | Structurizr + MCP +3 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 50 | 35 | Structurizr + MCP +15 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 68 | 89 | tldraw SDK + MCP +21 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 80 | 51 | Structurizr + MCP +29 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **60.2 · C** | **61 · C** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Structurizr + MCP | tldraw SDK + MCP |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | SDK + MCP |\n| Vendor | Structurizr | tldraw |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://mcp.structurizr.com/mcp` | `https://tldraw-mcp-app.tldraw.workers.dev/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP, SSE (legacy) |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | None |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Apache-2.0 | tldraw licence (source-available, production needs a licence key) |\n| Tools exposed | 6 | 6 |\n| Context cost (tools/list) | n/a | n/a |\n| p95 latency | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Availability (30d) | not measured yet | not measured yet |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| MCP registry | not listed | `io.github.tldraw/tldraw` |\n| Last release | 2026-09-19 | 2026-09-30 |\n| Popularity | 419 stars | 51k stars, 490k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (2) | 3/5 (2) |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Structurizr + MCP.** One model can generate several C4 architecture views. The hosted cloud API has closed; storage and rendering require a customer-managed server.\n\n**tldraw SDK + MCP.** Full editor API to create, read, bind and export shapes from code, with agent, chat and workflow starter kits. Source-available, and commercial prices aren't published.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Structurizr + MCP\n\n1. Call `validate` and then `inspect` on the DSL before pushing a workspace\n2. Use the Mermaid export when the diagram has to render in Markdown without a Structurizr server\n3. Export needs a view key. Parse the DSL first to list the views\n4. Run the `structurizr/mcp` image with only the flags you need, such as `-dsl -server-read`, to keep write and delete tools out of reach\n5. The workspace API returns JSON, never images. PNG and SVG come from the separate export command\n\n### tldraw SDK + MCP\n\n1. Through the MCP App, call `search` on the Editor API spec first, then `exec` with JavaScript that calls `editor` methods\n2. Omit `canvasId` to start a blank canvas, and pass the returned `canvasId` to keep editing the same one\n3. Paste Mermaid into the canvas to get editable shapes instead of placing each shape by hand\n4. Return `editor.getCurrentPageShapes()` from `exec` to check what was drawn\n5. Read the release notes before a minor upgrade. Minor versions can break\n\n## Other comparisons with Structurizr + MCP or tldraw SDK + MCP\n\n- [Cloudviz API vs Structurizr + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudviz-vs-structurizr.md)\n- [Cloudviz API vs tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cloudviz-vs-tldraw.md)\n- [Diagrams.so API + MCP vs Structurizr + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-structurizr.md)\n- [Diagrams.so API + MCP vs tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/diagrams-so-vs-tldraw.md)\n- [draw.io + MCP vs Structurizr + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/drawio-vs-structurizr.md)\n- [draw.io + MCP vs tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/drawio-vs-tldraw.md)\n- [Eraser API + MCP vs Structurizr + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eraser-vs-structurizr.md)\n- [Eraser API + MCP vs tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/eraser-vs-tldraw.md)\n- [Lucid API + MCP vs Structurizr + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lucid-vs-structurizr.md)\n- [Lucid API + MCP vs tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lucid-vs-tldraw.md)\n- [Mermaid Chart MCP vs Structurizr + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mermaid-chart-vs-structurizr.md)\n- [Mermaid Chart MCP vs tldraw SDK + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/mermaid-chart-vs-tldraw.md)\n- [Structurizr + MCP vs Whimsical MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/structurizr-vs-whimsical.md)\n- [tldraw SDK + MCP vs Whimsical MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/tldraw-vs-whimsical.md)\n",
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