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Excaliwow for VS Code

io.github.excaliwow/mcp

Create, read, render, organize, and safely edit persistent Excalidraw diagrams with AI agents.

client:VS Code transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Excaliwow in VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "inputs": [
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "excaliwow-token",
      "description": "EXCALIWOW_TOKEN",
      "password": true
    },
    {
      "type": "promptString",
      "id": "excaliwow-api-url",
      "description": "EXCALIWOW_API_URL",
      "password": true
    }
  ],
  "servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@excaliwow/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "EXCALIWOW_TOKEN": "${input:excaliwow-token}",
        "EXCALIWOW_API_URL": "${input:excaliwow-api-url}"
      }
    }
  }
}

VS Code prompts for each input the first time the server starts, so no secret is written to the file. VS Code docs

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