Sketchdex MCP Server

io.github.lucasr1b/sketchdex

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What is the Sketchdex MCP server?

An MCP server that lets AI agents draw hand-drawn Excalidraw diagrams as files on your machine.

How to install Sketchdex

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

SKETCHDEX_VAULT
Folder where scenes are stored. Default: ~/Documents/sketchdex
SKETCHDEX_BROWSER
Path to a Chromium-based browser binary used for render_scene. Default: the first of Chrome, Chromium, Edge or Brave found on the machine

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sketchdex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sketchdex"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SKETCHDEX_VAULT": "<YOUR_SKETCHDEX_VAULT>",
        "SKETCHDEX_BROWSER": "<YOUR_SKETCHDEX_BROWSER>"
      }
    }
  }
}