Is mcp-excalidraw-server safe?
Excalidraw toolkit for AI coding agents — agent skill, CLI, and MCP server with a live canvas
This server can change things — files, a browser, a database, or paid online services. Limit what it can reach.
Why: writes or deletes files.
What it can do
- Starts other programs
- Writes or deletes files
- Reads files
- Calls internet services
Tools it offers your AI (26):
- create_element
- update_element
- delete_element
- query_elements
- get_resource
- group_elements
- ungroup_elements
- align_elements
- distribute_elements
- lock_elements
- unlock_elements
- create_from_mermaid
- batch_create_elements
- get_element
- clear_canvas
- export_scene
- import_scene
- export_to_image
- duplicate_elements
- snapshot_scene
- restore_snapshot
- describe_scene
- get_canvas_screenshot
- read_diagram_guide
- export_to_excalidraw_url
- set_viewport
How to use it safely
- ✓ It starts another program (often a browser for sign-in, or a bundled binary). Install it only from the official package.
- ✓ Point it at one project folder, never your home directory or a whole drive.
- ✓ Only give it the folders it needs; files it reads can end up in the AI’s context.
- ✓ Content it fetches from the internet can carry prompt-injection instructions.
- ✓ Pin the version (below) so an update can't change what it does without you noticing.
Code patterns worth reviewing
Automated pattern matches in the published package. Some are expected for this kind of server, and some may be false positives — they are pointers for review, not confirmed vulnerabilities.
Command injection risk
The agent appears to pass input into a shell or command execution path.
dist/core/spawn.js:1
Install it pinned
{
"mcpServers": {
"excalidraw-server": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "mcp-excalidraw-server@2.1.2"]
}
}
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