Security review

Is excalidraw-mcp MCP safe to give an agent?

destructive capableneeds cautiondestructive capablehealthy

A factual risk summary built from excalidraw-mcp’s real tool surface, execution model, and verification history — not a vibe. Trust score 56/100.

01What it can do

Has tools that can delete or irreversibly change data.

11 tools observeddestructive presentwrite present

02Execution model

Runs locally over stdio — the server process executes on your machine with your user's privileges. Vet the source and package before granting access.

Installs via npx (`npx -y @scofieldfree/excalidraw-mcp`) — it pulls and executes third-party code; pin versions and review the source.

03Permissions & auth

No write or destructive access inferred from this server’s tools yet. Absence of a scope isn’t a guarantee — treat unconfirmed access as unknown, not “none.”

04Verification

handshakepassed — tool surface is real

runstools_list:passed · handshake:passed · metadata:passed

last_checked2026-07-04 07:47Z

sourcesGitHub repo search [p4]

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