INDIVIDUAL MCP TOOL

get_drawing

A drawing by id: its status and progress, its preview page, and once done the export options render_link accepts for it.

whiteboardanimation.ainone authenticationAvailability not checked

LIVE ENDPOINT

https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp

No auth detected

Connect to this endpoint to inspect the live schema for get_drawing and invoke it with your own arguments.

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Inferred read-only · medium confidence · heuristic, not a guarantee.

No write-capable action terms were found; this is not proof that invocation has no side effects.

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.whiteboard-animation]
url = "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whiteboard-animation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: whiteboard-animation
Remote MCP URL: https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "whiteboard-animation": {
      "url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "whiteboard-animation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "whiteboard-animation",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

quote — What drawing one picture costs, in credits, and the quote_version to pass when creating it.
status — Call first.
create_upload — Start uploading a picture: answers an upload_url to PUT the bytes to, with the given headers.
create_drawing — Draw a picture as a whiteboard animation.
list_drawings — The latest drawings in the library, newest first.
render_link — One link that renders up to 20 of your drawings as files, each with its own choices (format, resolution, aspect, background, hand…; see get_drawing export_options).
wait_render — A render link’s files: each drawing’s state (pending, rendering, saved, failed) and, once saved, its file name and size in the browser’s downloads.
wait_drawing — For the drawing card: answers get_drawing as soon as the drawing moves on from the status and progress the card last showed, or after about 50 seconds.