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Dimensiondraw.io MCP ServerCreate and render live, interactive draw.io diagrams inline in chat.Firecrawl MCP ServerFirecrawl's official MCP server for web search, scraping, and structured extraction for AI agents
FMRS68 / 100 · C75 / 100 · B
Reliability9 / 2013 / 20
Security and permissions14 / 2012 / 20
Maintenance15 / 2016 / 20
Documentation16 / 2017 / 20
Setup experience14 / 2017 / 20
Best for
  • Users who want inline diagram previews without leaving the chat
  • Teams brainstorming architecture or process diagrams in Claude.ai or Cursor
  • Users comfortable relying on the hosted mcp.draw.io endpoint
  • Scenarios needing clean, structured web context fed to an AI assistant
  • Users already on the Firecrawl platform who want to call its scraping capability directly via MCP
Not for
  • Users needing local .drawio files, PNG/SVG/PDF export, or Mermaid/CSV input (use the MCP Tool Server or Assistant Plugins instead)
  • Strict data-residency environments that cannot send diagram XML to the hosted mcp.draw.io endpoint (self-hosting required)
  • MCP hosts without MCP Apps extension support, where diagrams return as text only
  • Simple static-page scraping where you don't want to depend on a third-party API and incur call costs
  • Sites that explicitly disallow automated access (robots.txt)
Required permissions
  • Sends diagram XML data to the hosted mcp.draw.io endpoint unless self-hosted
  • Loads draw.io viewer application code from app.diagrams.net / viewer.diagrams.net by default
  • No local filesystem or system access required when used as the hosted remote server
  • Requires a Firecrawl API key to call; cost and quota are governed by the Firecrawl account
  • firecrawl_agent/firecrawl_interact perform automated browser interaction, which may trigger login or form-submission flows on the target site
Risks and side effects
  • Diagram content is sent to draw.io's hosted server when using the default mcp.draw.io endpoint
  • Outbound requests to app.diagrams.net/viewer.diagrams.net load viewer code by default unless built with VIEWER_PATH
  • Inline rendering depends on the host supporting the MCP Apps extension; otherwise only raw XML text is returned
  • Bulk crawl/map tools can generate significant request volume against a target site — respect the site's rate limits and terms of service
  • firecrawl_agent's interactive action chain is longer — define task boundaries clearly before running it to avoid accidentally triggering actions on a sensitive site
Supported clientsClaude.ai, Cursor, VS CodeClaude Desktop, VS Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Zed, Amp
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