Lucid MCP Server

Connect your AI tools to Lucid to intelligently search for files, create visuals, and share with your team.

The Lucid Model Context Protocol (MCP) server is a cloud-hosted bridge between your Lucid documents and AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Cursor. Once connected, you can use natural language to search, retrieve, edit, summarize, and create Lucid documents from inside your AI client.

Endpoint: https://mcp.lucid.app/mcp
Transport: Streamable HTTP
Auth: OAuth 2.0 with Dynamic Client Registration (DCR)
Plans: Free, Individual, Team, and Enterprise. Not available on FedRAMP accounts.
Marketplace listing: lucid.co/marketplace/e16391cc/lucid-mcp-server
Setup guide: Integrate Lucid with AI tools using the Lucid MCP server

What you can do

With the Lucid MCP server connected, you can prompt your AI tool to:

Search Lucid documents for specific content
Summarize document details and action items
Create shareable links with the permission level you specify
Share documents with collaborators by email
Create diagrams from a natural-language prompt
Create org charts from a CSV file or text
Edit, add, or delete shapes in an existing document
Generate UML sequence diagrams from PlantUML markup
Export documents as PNG
Fetch images attached to shapes in a document
Convert visual output from Claude into a Lucid document

Example prompts

"Show me all Lucid documents that talk about the website redesign project."

"Find the 'Q4 Website Redesign Workflow' document in Lucid, and give me a summary of action items."

"Create a diagram in Lucid that maps out a user authentication flow."

"In my Lucid IT Escalation Process document, update all decision blocks to a red fill with bold white text."

"Create a shareable link with view-only permissions for my 'FY26 Q3 Product Roadmap' document in Lucid."

Supported clients

The Lucid MCP server is compatible with any MCP client. For one-click setup, Lucid offers dedicated connectors for ChatGPT and Claude:

For other clients, follow the MCP-setup docs for your tool of choice and use the server URL https://mcp.lucid.app/mcp:

Client	Setup docs
ChatGPT	Developer mode
Claude desktop	Local MCP servers on Claude desktop
Claude web	Custom connectors using remote MCP
Claude Code	Installing MCP servers
Microsoft Copilot Studio	Add an existing MCP server
GitHub Copilot	Extend Copilot Chat with MCP
Cursor	MCP context
Windsurf	Configuring your first MCP server

This is not an exhaustive list — the Lucid MCP server works with any MCP-compatible client.

AI tools you set up with the Lucid MCP server are Non-Lucid Applications (as defined in our Terms of Service). Your use of these AI tools is subject to the agreement between you and the third-party provider.

JSON config

Some clients require you to edit a JSON config file directly.

If your client supports the HTTP transport:

"Lucid Software": {
  "type": "http",
  "url": "https://mcp.lucid.app/mcp"
}

If your client does not support HTTP transport, use the mcp-remote Node.js package to forward stdio requests to the Lucid MCP server. Node.js must be installed.

"Lucid Software": {
  "command": "npx",
  "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.lucid.app/mcp"]
}

For admins: enable or disable the MCP server

Admins on Team and Enterprise accounts can control whether users can connect to the Lucid MCP server.

In your Lucid account, select Admin from the left-side panel.
Click Security in the left-side menu.
Select Feature controls.
Under MCP access, use the toggle next to Allow users to connect.
Confirm with Enable MCP or Disable MCP in the modal.

Granting access allows users to connect from any AI client. To restrict access to specific AI tools, you'll need to disable the MCP server at the account level.

Authentication & data handling

Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 with Dynamic Client Registration (DCR).
The Lucid MCP server can access any Lucid document you have permission to access within your account. It cannot access documents owned by users outside your account.
The server acts as a pass-through — it does not retain document content, user prompts, or queries. Your credentials are never shared outside your Lucid account.

FAQ

See FAQ.md for answers to common questions about how the server works, what it can access, how data is handled, the diagram types it can create, and how it differs from standard text-to-AI connections.

Support & feedback

Setup help: Lucid Help Center article
Issues & feature requests: Open an issue in this repository
General Lucid support: lucid.co/support