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next-ai-draw-io/packages/mcp-server/src/index.ts
Dayuan Jiang 4b07228320 feat(mcp): add load_diagram tool to load .drawio files into the session (#893)
* feat(mcp): add load_diagram tool to load .drawio files into the session

Loading a file previously required the agent to read the file itself and
pass the entire XML through create_new_diagram - wasteful for large
diagrams and impossible for draw.io's compressed save format.

load_diagram takes a file path; the server reads it, decompresses any
compressed pages (base64 -> raw deflate -> URI-decode, per page), and
replaces the session document. The loaded XML is deliberately NOT marked
as seen by the edit gate: the model only supplied a path, so it must
call get_diagram once before editing.

* chore(mcp): version 0.2.3

* fix(mcp): report package.json version in the MCP handshake

The McpServer metadata version was a separate hardcoded string that
never matched the published version (stuck at 0.1.2, then 0.3.0 while
npm shipped 0.2.x). Read it from package.json at startup instead —
works from both src/ (tsx) and dist/ (published build).
2026-07-12 19:54:42 +09:00

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#!/usr/bin/env node
/**
* MCP Server for Next AI Draw.io
*
* Enables AI agents (Claude Desktop, Cursor, etc.) to generate and edit
* draw.io diagrams with real-time browser preview.
*
* Uses an embedded HTTP server - no external dependencies required.
*
* Multi-page support
* ------------------
* The canonical in-memory shape for the session XML is always an <mxfile>
* containing one or more <diagram> pages. Legacy callers that pass a bare
* <mxGraphModel> to create_new_diagram are auto-wrapped into a single-page
* mxfile. All page-targeting parameters (page_id / page_name / page_index)
* on edit_diagram, get_diagram, and export_diagram are optional and default
* to the first page. See packages/mcp-server/src/pages.ts for the helper
* surface.
*/
// Setup DOM polyfill for Node.js (required for XML operations)
import { DOMParser } from "linkedom"
;(globalThis as any).DOMParser = DOMParser
// Create XMLSerializer polyfill using outerHTML
class XMLSerializerPolyfill {
serializeToString(node: any): string {
if (node.outerHTML !== undefined) {
return node.outerHTML
}
if (node.documentElement) {
return node.documentElement.outerHTML
}
return ""
}
}
;(globalThis as any).XMLSerializer = XMLSerializerPolyfill
import { createRequire } from "node:module"
import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js"
import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js"
import open from "open"
import { z } from "zod"
import {
applyDiagramOperations,
type DiagramOperation,
} from "./diagram-operations.js"
import { checkEditGate } from "./edit-gate.js"
import { addHistory } from "./history.js"
import {
getState,
requestExport,
requestSync,
setState,
shutdown,
startHttpServer,
waitForSync,
} from "./http-server.js"
import { parseDrawioFileContent } from "./load-diagram.js"
import { log } from "./logger.js"
import {
addPageToDoc,
deletePageFromDoc,
hasPageSelector,
listPagesFromDoc,
normalizeToMxfile,
type PageSelector,
parseMxfile,
projectPage,
renamePageInDoc,
serializeMxfile,
} from "./pages.js"
import { validateAndFixXml } from "./xml-validation.js"
// Server configuration
const config = {
port: parseInt(process.env.PORT || "6002", 10),
}
// Session state (single session for simplicity)
let currentSession: {
id: string
xml: string
version: number
// The exact state-store XML the model last saw (get_diagram) or wrote
// itself (create/edit/page CRUD). The store only changes on server
// writes or browser pushes (user autosave / sync), so edit_diagram can
// detect unseen user edits by comparing the live store against this.
// Empty = no diagram context established yet.
lastSeenXml: string
} | null = null
// Create MCP server. The version reported in the MCP handshake is read from
// package.json so it can never drift from the published npm version again
// (it sat hardcoded at stale values for most of this package's history).
// Both src/ (tsx dev) and dist/ (published build) live one level below the
// package root, so the relative path works in either runtime.
const require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
const packageVersion: string = require("../package.json").version
const server = new McpServer({
name: "next-ai-drawio",
version: packageVersion,
})
// Shared Zod schema fragment for page-targeting parameters.
// Every multi-page-aware tool reuses these three optional fields so the LLM
// learns one consistent interface.
const pageSelectorSchema = {
page_id: z
.string()
.min(1)
.optional()
.describe(
"Target a page by its id (as returned by list_pages or add_page). Wins over page_name and page_index when multiple are set.",
),
page_name: z
.string()
.min(1)
.optional()
.describe(
'Target a page by its display name (e.g. "CNN"). Used only when page_id is not set.',
),
page_index: z
.number()
.int()
.nonnegative()
.optional()
.describe(
"Target a page by its 0-based tab index. Used only when page_id and page_name are not set.",
),
}
/**
* Pull a clean PageSelector out of a tool's parsed input.
* Returns an empty object when none of the page_* fields are set, so callers
* can simply pass it through to the lower layers (they treat empty as "first
* page" by convention).
*/
function pickPageSelector(input: {
page_id?: string
page_name?: string
page_index?: number
}): PageSelector {
const selector: PageSelector = {}
if (input.page_id) selector.page_id = input.page_id
if (input.page_name) selector.page_name = input.page_name
if (input.page_index !== undefined) selector.page_index = input.page_index
return selector
}
/** Format a selector for human-readable error messages. */
function describeSelector(s: PageSelector): string {
if (s.page_id) return `id="${s.page_id}"`
if (s.page_name) return `name="${s.page_name}"`
if (s.page_index !== undefined) return `index=${s.page_index}`
return "first page"
}
// Register prompt with workflow guidance
server.prompt(
"diagram-workflow",
"Guidelines for creating and editing draw.io diagrams",
() => ({
messages: [
{
role: "user",
content: {
type: "text",
text: `# Draw.io Diagram Workflow Guidelines
## Creating a New Diagram
1. Call start_session to open the browser preview
2. Use create_new_diagram with either a bare <mxGraphModel> (single page) or a full <mxfile> with one or more <diagram> children (multi-page)
## Opening an Existing .drawio File
- Use load_diagram with the file path — the server reads and decompresses the file itself; don't read it and pass the XML through create_new_diagram
- After loading, call get_diagram once before editing (you haven't seen the file's cell IDs yet)
## Working with Multiple Pages
- Use list_pages to discover existing pages (id, name, index)
- Use add_page to append a new page (without losing existing ones — unlike create_new_diagram which REPLACES everything)
- Use rename_page / delete_page for management
- edit_diagram, get_diagram, and export_diagram all accept optional page_id / page_name / page_index — when omitted they target the first page
## Editing a Page (add / update / delete cells)
1. Call edit_diagram with your operations, optionally with a page selector
2. If you don't know the current cell IDs or structure, call get_diagram first
3. For add/update, provide the cell_id and complete mxCell XML
4. No need to call get_diagram before every edit: the server rejects the edit (with no side effects) if the user changed the diagram in the browser since you last saw it, and tells you to call get_diagram once and retry
## Important Notes
- create_new_diagram REPLACES the entire document, including ALL pages - only use for new diagrams. Use add_page to add a tab without losing existing content.
- edit_diagram PRESERVES the user's manual changes (fetches browser state first)
- Always use unique cell_ids within a page (cell ids "0" and "1" are reserved root sentinels and can repeat across pages)`,
},
},
],
}),
)
// Tool: start_session
server.registerTool(
"start_session",
{
description:
"Start a new diagram session and open the browser for real-time preview. " +
"Starts an embedded server and opens a browser window with draw.io. " +
"The browser will show diagram updates as they happen.",
inputSchema: {},
},
async () => {
try {
// Start embedded HTTP server
const port = await startHttpServer(config.port)
// Create session
const sessionId = `mcp-${Date.now().toString(36)}-${Math.random().toString(36).substring(2, 8)}`
currentSession = {
id: sessionId,
xml: "",
version: 0,
lastSeenXml: "",
}
// Open browser
const browserUrl = `http://localhost:${port}?mcp=${sessionId}`
await open(browserUrl)
log.info(`Started session ${sessionId}, browser at ${browserUrl}`)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Session started successfully!\n\nSession ID: ${sessionId}\nBrowser URL: ${browserUrl}\n\nThe browser will now show real-time diagram updates.`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("start_session failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Tool: create_new_diagram
server.registerTool(
"create_new_diagram",
{
description: `Create a NEW diagram from XML. ONLY use this when creating a diagram from scratch.
⚠️ DESTRUCTIVE: This tool REPLACES the entire document, INCLUDING every existing page/tab and any unsaved user changes. To add a tab without losing existing content, use add_page instead. To modify cells on an existing page, use edit_diagram.
CRITICAL: You MUST provide the 'xml' argument in EVERY call. Do NOT call this tool without xml.
When to use this tool:
- Creating a new diagram from scratch (no existing diagram, or wanting to wipe and start over)
- The user explicitly asks to "start over" or "create a new diagram"
When to use add_page instead:
- The user wants ANOTHER tab/page alongside what's already there (e.g. "add a CNN diagram on a new page")
When to use edit_diagram instead:
- ANY modifications to an existing page's cells (add/remove/move shapes, change labels, etc.)
ACCEPTED XML SHAPES:
1) Bare mxGraphModel (single-page, legacy):
<mxGraphModel>
<root>
<mxCell id="0"/>
<mxCell id="1" parent="0"/>
<mxCell id="2" value="Shape" style="rounded=1;" vertex="1" parent="1">
<mxGeometry x="100" y="100" width="120" height="60" as="geometry"/>
</mxCell>
</root>
</mxGraphModel>
The server auto-wraps this in <mxfile><diagram id="..." name="Page-1">...</diagram></mxfile>.
2) Full mxfile (one or more pages):
<mxfile host="app.diagrams.net">
<diagram id="page-1" name="Architecture">
<mxGraphModel><root>...</root></mxGraphModel>
</diagram>
<diagram id="page-2" name="Sequence">
<mxGraphModel><root>...</root></mxGraphModel>
</diagram>
</mxfile>
Each <diagram> becomes a tab in the embedded editor. Cell ids "0" and "1" are reserved root sentinels and MUST repeat in every page's <root>.
LAYOUT CONSTRAINTS (per page):
- Keep all elements within x=0-800, y=0-600 (single page viewport)
- Start from margins (x=40, y=40), keep elements grouped closely
- Use unique IDs starting from "2" within each page (0 and 1 are reserved)
- Set parent="1" for top-level shapes
- Space shapes 150-200px apart for clear edge routing
EDGE ROUTING RULES:
- Never let multiple edges share the same path - use different exitY/entryY values
- For bidirectional connections (A↔B), use OPPOSITE sides
- Always specify exitX, exitY, entryX, entryY explicitly in edge style
- Route edges AROUND obstacles using waypoints (add 20-30px clearance)
- Use natural connection points based on flow (not corners)
COMMON STYLES:
- Shapes: rounded=1; fillColor=#hex; strokeColor=#hex
- Edges: endArrow=classic; edgeStyle=orthogonalEdgeStyle; curved=1
- Text: fontSize=14; fontStyle=1 (bold); align=center`,
inputSchema: {
xml: z
.string()
.describe(
"REQUIRED: Either a complete <mxGraphModel> (legacy single-page) or a full <mxfile> with one or more <diagram> children (multi-page).",
),
},
},
async ({ xml: inputXml }) => {
try {
if (!currentSession) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: No active session. Please call start_session first.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// Validate and auto-fix XML (works for both mxfile and mxGraphModel inputs).
let xml = inputXml
const { valid, error, fixed, fixes } = validateAndFixXml(xml)
if (fixed) {
xml = fixed
log.info(`XML auto-fixed: ${fixes.join(", ")}`)
}
if (!valid && error) {
log.error(`XML validation failed: ${error}`)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Error: XML validation failed - ${error}`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// Normalise to the canonical mxfile shape so every later tool can
// assume "session.xml is always an mxfile". Bare <mxGraphModel>
// inputs are wrapped into a single-page mxfile here.
const normalized = normalizeToMxfile(xml)
if (!normalized) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: XML must be either a <mxGraphModel> or an <mxfile> with one or more <diagram> children.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
xml = normalized
log.info(`Setting diagram content, ${xml.length} chars`)
// Sync from browser state first
const browserState = getState(currentSession.id)
if (browserState?.xml) {
currentSession.xml = browserState.xml
}
// Save user's state before AI overwrites (with cached SVG)
if (currentSession.xml) {
addHistory(
currentSession.id,
currentSession.xml,
browserState?.svg || "",
)
}
// Update session state
currentSession.xml = xml
currentSession.version++
// Push to embedded server state. The model just authored this
// exact XML, so record it as seen — edit_diagram may follow
// without a redundant get_diagram round-trip.
setState(currentSession.id, xml)
currentSession.lastSeenXml = xml
// Save AI result (no SVG yet - will be captured by browser)
addHistory(currentSession.id, xml, "")
// Report page count back to the caller so the LLM learns whether
// multi-page worked or fell back to single.
const doc = parseMxfile(xml)
const pages = doc ? listPagesFromDoc(doc) : []
const pageSummary =
pages.length > 1
? `${pages.length} pages: ${pages.map((p) => `${p.index}:${p.name}`).join(", ")}`
: pages.length === 1
? `1 page: ${pages[0].name}`
: "no pages parsed"
log.info(`Diagram content set successfully (${pageSummary})`)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Diagram content set successfully!\n\nThe diagram is now visible in your browser.\n\nXML length: ${xml.length} characters\n${pageSummary}`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("create_new_diagram failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Tool: load_diagram
server.registerTool(
"load_diagram",
{
description:
"Load a .drawio file from disk into the current session, REPLACING the entire diagram (all pages). " +
"The server reads the file directly — you do NOT need to read the file yourself or pass its XML through create_new_diagram. " +
"Handles both plain-XML and draw.io's compressed save format.\n\n" +
"After loading, call get_diagram before edit_diagram — you haven't seen the file's cell IDs or structure yet.",
inputSchema: {
path: z
.string()
.describe(
"Path to the .drawio file to load (e.g., ./diagram.drawio)",
),
},
},
async ({ path }) => {
try {
if (!currentSession) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: No active session. Please call start_session first.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
const fs = await import("node:fs/promises")
const nodePath = await import("node:path")
const absolutePath = nodePath.resolve(path)
let content: string
try {
content = await fs.readFile(absolutePath, "utf-8")
} catch (e) {
const msg = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Error: Cannot read file ${absolutePath}: ${msg}`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
const loaded = parseDrawioFileContent(content)
if (!loaded.ok) {
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${loaded.error}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
const xml = loaded.xml
log.info(
`Loading diagram from ${absolutePath} (${xml.length} chars)`,
)
// Save the user's current state before replacing (same flow as
// create_new_diagram).
const browserState = getState(currentSession.id)
if (browserState?.xml) {
currentSession.xml = browserState.xml
}
if (currentSession.xml) {
addHistory(
currentSession.id,
currentSession.xml,
browserState?.svg || "",
)
}
currentSession.xml = xml
currentSession.version++
setState(currentSession.id, xml)
// Deliberately NOT marking the loaded XML as seen: the model only
// supplied a path, so it doesn't know the file's cell IDs. The
// edit gate will require one get_diagram before edits.
currentSession.lastSeenXml = ""
addHistory(currentSession.id, xml, "")
const doc = parseMxfile(xml)
const pages = doc ? listPagesFromDoc(doc) : []
const pageSummary =
pages.length > 0
? `Pages (${pages.length}): ${pages.map((p) => `[${p.index}] id=${p.id} name="${p.name}" cells=${p.cellCount}`).join(" | ")}`
: "no pages parsed"
log.info(`Diagram loaded from file (${pageSummary})`)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Diagram loaded from ${absolutePath}!\n\nThe diagram is now visible in your browser.\n\n${pageSummary}\n\nCall get_diagram before edit_diagram — you haven't seen this file's cell IDs yet.`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("load_diagram failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Tool: edit_diagram
server.registerTool(
"edit_diagram",
{
description:
"Edit a specific page in the current diagram by ID-based operations (update/add/delete cells).\n\n" +
"Freshness: the server remembers the last diagram state you have seen, and rejects this call " +
"only if the user edited the diagram in the browser since then. You do NOT need to call " +
"get_diagram before every edit — if your view is stale, the call is rejected (with no side " +
"effects) and the error tells you to call get_diagram once and retry.\n\n" +
"Call get_diagram first only when you don't know the current diagram content (cell IDs, " +
"structure) — e.g. the diagram wasn't created in this conversation, or you're unsure your " +
"memory of it is accurate.\n\n" +
"Multi-page targeting:\n" +
"- page_id / page_name / page_index are optional; when all omitted, the FIRST page is targeted\n" +
"- Use list_pages to discover what pages exist\n\n" +
"Operations:\n" +
"- add: Add a new cell. Provide cell_id (new unique id within the page) and new_xml.\n" +
"- update: Replace an existing cell by its id. Provide cell_id and complete new_xml.\n" +
"- delete: Remove a cell by its id. Only cell_id is needed.\n\n" +
"For add/update, new_xml must be a complete mxCell element including mxGeometry.\n\n" +
"Example - Add a rectangle on the default (first) page:\n" +
'{"operations": [{"operation": "add", "cell_id": "rect-1", "new_xml": "<mxCell id=\\"rect-1\\" value=\\"Hello\\" style=\\"rounded=0;\\" vertex=\\"1\\" parent=\\"1\\"><mxGeometry x=\\"100\\" y=\\"100\\" width=\\"120\\" height=\\"60\\" as=\\"geometry\\"/></mxCell>"}]}\n\n' +
"Example - Add a cell on a specific page by name:\n" +
'{"page_name": "CNN", "operations": [{"operation": "add", "cell_id": "conv-1", "new_xml": "<mxCell id=\\"conv-1\\" ... />"}]}\n\n' +
"Example - Update a cell on page index 1:\n" +
'{"page_index": 1, "operations": [{"operation": "update", "cell_id": "3", "new_xml": "<mxCell id=\\"3\\" .../>"}]}\n\n' +
"Example - Delete a cell on the default page:\n" +
'{"operations": [{"operation": "delete", "cell_id": "rect-1"}]}',
inputSchema: {
...pageSelectorSchema,
operations: z
.array(
z.object({
operation: z
.enum(["update", "add", "delete"])
.describe(
"Operation to perform: add, update, or delete",
),
cell_id: z.string().describe("The id of the mxCell"),
new_xml: z
.string()
.optional()
.describe(
"Complete mxCell XML element (required for update/add)",
),
}),
)
.describe("Array of operations to apply"),
},
},
async ({ operations, page_id, page_name, page_index }) => {
try {
if (!currentSession) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: No active session. Please call start_session first.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// Fetch latest state from browser. Re-normalise to mxfile: the
// embed/sync path can hand back a bare <mxGraphModel>, and adopting
// it verbatim would silently strip a multi-page document down to
// one page on the next write.
const browserState = getState(currentSession.id)
if (browserState?.xml) {
currentSession.xml =
normalizeToMxfile(browserState.xml) ?? browserState.xml
log.info("Fetched latest diagram state from browser")
}
if (!currentSession.xml) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: No diagram to edit. Please create a diagram first with create_new_diagram.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// Enforce workflow: the model must have seen the current diagram
// state. Content comparison instead of a wall-clock timeout —
// slow reasoning between get_diagram and edit_diagram is fine as
// long as nothing changed in the browser meanwhile (#885).
const gate = checkEditGate(
currentSession.lastSeenXml,
browserState?.xml ?? "",
)
if (!gate.ok) {
log.warn(
gate.reason === "stale"
? "edit_diagram called with unseen browser changes - rejecting to prevent data loss"
: "edit_diagram called without get_diagram - rejecting to prevent data loss",
)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text:
gate.reason === "stale"
? "Error: The diagram changed in the browser since you last fetched it (e.g. manual user edits).\n\n" +
"Call get_diagram to see the latest state, then rebuild your edit operations on top of it."
: "Error: You must call get_diagram first before edit_diagram.\n\n" +
"This ensures you have the latest diagram state including any manual edits the user made in the browser. " +
"Please call get_diagram, then use that XML to construct your edit operations.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
const pageSelector = pickPageSelector({
page_id,
page_name,
page_index,
})
log.info(
`Editing diagram with ${operations.length} operation(s) on ${describeSelector(pageSelector)}`,
)
// Validate and auto-fix new_xml for each operation
const validatedOps = operations.map((op) => {
if (op.new_xml) {
const { valid, error, fixed, fixes } = validateAndFixXml(
op.new_xml,
)
if (fixed) {
log.info(
`Operation ${op.operation} ${op.cell_id}: XML auto-fixed: ${fixes.join(", ")}`,
)
return { ...op, new_xml: fixed }
}
if (!valid && error) {
log.warn(
`Operation ${op.operation} ${op.cell_id}: XML validation failed: ${error}`,
)
}
}
return op
})
// Apply operations on the targeted page
const { result, errors } = applyDiagramOperations(
currentSession.xml,
validatedOps as DiagramOperation[],
pageSelector,
)
if (errors.length > 0) {
const errorMessages = errors
.map((e) => `${e.type} ${e.cellId}: ${e.message}`)
.join("\n")
log.warn(`Edit had ${errors.length} error(s): ${errorMessages}`)
}
// A page-level error (empty cellId — e.g. the selector matched no
// page, or the page had no <root>) means NOTHING was applied and
// `result` is the unchanged input. Surface it as a hard error
// instead of persisting a no-op and reporting success, so the
// caller doesn't build on a wrong assumption.
const pageError = errors.find((e) => e.cellId === "")
if (pageError) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Error: ${pageError.message}`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// Save the pre-edit state for undo (with cached SVG from browser).
// Done only now that we know the edit applied — a page-level error
// returns above without leaving a phantom history entry.
addHistory(
currentSession.id,
currentSession.xml,
browserState?.svg || "",
)
// Update state
currentSession.xml = result
currentSession.version++
// Push to embedded server; the pushed XML is now the latest
// state the model has seen.
setState(currentSession.id, result)
currentSession.lastSeenXml = result
// Save AI result (no SVG yet - will be captured by browser)
addHistory(currentSession.id, result, "")
log.info(`Diagram edited successfully`)
const successMsg = `Diagram edited successfully!\n\nApplied ${operations.length} operation(s) on ${describeSelector(pageSelector)}.`
const errorMsg =
errors.length > 0
? `\n\nWarnings:\n${errors.map((e) => `- ${e.type} ${e.cellId}: ${e.message}`).join("\n")}`
: ""
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: successMsg + errorMsg,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("edit_diagram failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Tool: get_diagram
server.registerTool(
"get_diagram",
{
description:
"Get the current diagram XML (fetches latest from browser, including user's manual edits). " +
"Call this when you don't know the current diagram content (cell IDs, pages, structure) — " +
"e.g. before editing a diagram you didn't create in this conversation, or after edit_diagram " +
"was rejected because the user changed the diagram in the browser.\n\n" +
"Returns the full <mxfile> by default. If a page selector is provided, returns just that page's <mxGraphModel> embedded in a one-page <mxfile> wrapper.",
inputSchema: {
...pageSelectorSchema,
},
},
async (input) => {
// Defensive: when every field is optional an MCP client could in
// principle invoke us with no `arguments` field. The SDK's zod parse
// normally produces `{}` in that case, but we coalesce explicitly so
// a destructure of `undefined` can never throw before we reach the
// session-existence check.
const { page_id, page_name, page_index } = input ?? {}
try {
if (!currentSession) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: No active session. Please call start_session first.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// Request browser to push fresh state and wait for it
const syncRequested = requestSync(currentSession.id)
if (syncRequested) {
const synced = await waitForSync(currentSession.id)
if (!synced) {
log.warn("get_diagram: sync timeout - state may be stale")
}
}
// Fetch latest state from browser, re-normalising to mxfile so a
// bare <mxGraphModel> pushed back by the embed/sync path doesn't
// strip page structure (see edit_diagram for the same guard).
const browserState = getState(currentSession.id)
if (browserState?.xml) {
currentSession.xml =
normalizeToMxfile(browserState.xml) ?? browserState.xml
}
if (!currentSession.xml) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "No diagram exists yet. Use create_new_diagram to create one.",
},
],
}
}
// The model is now looking at the current state. Record the raw
// store value — the gate's fast path is plain string equality
// against the store, with a structural comparison as fallback.
currentSession.lastSeenXml = browserState?.xml || currentSession.xml
const pageSelector = pickPageSelector({
page_id,
page_name,
page_index,
})
const doc = parseMxfile(currentSession.xml)
const pages = doc ? listPagesFromDoc(doc) : []
const pageList = pages.length
? `Pages (${pages.length}): ${pages.map((p) => `[${p.index}] id=${p.id} name="${p.name}" cells=${p.cellCount}`).join(" | ")}`
: "No <mxfile> wrapper detected (legacy single-page session)."
// No selector → return full mxfile
if (!hasPageSelector(pageSelector)) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Current diagram XML:\n\n${currentSession.xml}\n\n${pageList}`,
},
],
}
}
// Selector → return a single-page projection
const projection = projectPage(currentSession.xml, pageSelector)
if (!projection.ok) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text:
projection.reason === "parse"
? `Error: a page selector was given but the current session XML could not be parsed as a multi-page <mxfile> (it may be a legacy single-page document or malformed), so it has no addressable pages.\n\n${pageList}`
: `Error: Page ${describeSelector(pageSelector)} not found.\n\n${pageList}`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Page ${projection.index} ("${projection.name}"):\n\n${projection.xml}\n\n${pageList}`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("get_diagram failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Tool: export_diagram
server.registerTool(
"export_diagram",
{
description:
"Export the current diagram to a file. Supports .drawio (XML), .png, and .svg formats. " +
"The format is auto-detected from the file extension, or can be specified explicitly.\n\n" +
"Multi-page behaviour:\n" +
"- .drawio with NO page selector: writes the full <mxfile> (all pages).\n" +
"- .drawio with a page selector: writes a single-page <mxfile> containing only that page.\n" +
"- .png / .svg with NO page selector: exports the currently active page in the browser.\n" +
"- .png / .svg with a page selector: temporarily loads a single-page projection of that page into the browser, captures the rendered image, then restores the full document. The user will see a brief tab-flicker (~1-2s) but the exported image is guaranteed to be the requested page.",
inputSchema: {
...pageSelectorSchema,
path: z
.string()
.describe(
"File path to save the diagram (e.g., ./diagram.drawio, ./diagram.png, ./diagram.svg)",
),
format: z
.enum(["drawio", "png", "svg"])
.optional()
.describe(
"Export format. If omitted, detected from file extension. Defaults to drawio.",
),
},
},
async ({ path, format, page_id, page_name, page_index }) => {
try {
if (!currentSession) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: No active session. Please call start_session first.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// Fetch latest state
const browserState = getState(currentSession.id)
if (browserState?.xml) {
currentSession.xml = browserState.xml
}
if (!currentSession.xml) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: No diagram to export. Please create a diagram first.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
const pageSelector = pickPageSelector({
page_id,
page_name,
page_index,
})
const fs = await import("node:fs/promises")
const nodePath = await import("node:path")
// Detect format from extension if not specified
const ext = nodePath.extname(path).toLowerCase()
const detectedFormat =
format ||
(ext === ".png" ? "png" : ext === ".svg" ? "svg" : "drawio")
// .drawio path - write XML directly (no browser round-trip).
if (detectedFormat === "drawio") {
let filePath = path
if (!filePath.endsWith(".drawio")) {
filePath = `${filePath}.drawio`
}
const absolutePath = nodePath.resolve(filePath)
let outXml = currentSession.xml
if (hasPageSelector(pageSelector)) {
const projection = projectPage(
currentSession.xml,
pageSelector,
)
if (!projection.ok) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text:
projection.reason === "parse"
? "Error: Cannot parse current session XML as <mxfile>; cannot project a single page."
: `Error: Page ${describeSelector(pageSelector)} not found for export.`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
outXml = projection.xml
}
await fs.writeFile(absolutePath, outXml, "utf-8")
log.info(`Diagram exported to ${absolutePath}`)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Diagram exported successfully!\n\nFile: ${absolutePath}\nSize: ${outXml.length} characters`,
},
],
}
}
// PNG or SVG: request browser to export via iframe
let filePath = path
if (ext !== `.${detectedFormat}`) {
if (ext === ".drawio" || ext === ".png" || ext === ".svg") {
filePath = filePath.slice(0, -ext.length)
}
filePath = `${filePath}.${detectedFormat}`
}
const absolutePath = nodePath.resolve(filePath)
const state = getState(currentSession.id)
if (!state) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: Session state not found. Is the browser open?",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// -----------------------------------------------------------------
// Page-targeted PNG/SVG export.
//
// drawio's JSON embed protocol has no working `selectPage` action,
// so to export a specific page we build a single-page <mxfile>
// projection and hand it to the browser bridge alongside the export
// request. The bridge loads the projection, waits for draw.io's own
// render, exports, then reloads the user's real document — entirely
// browser-side. The canonical session state is never mutated here,
// so there is no restore race and no concurrent-edit clobbering.
// -----------------------------------------------------------------
let projectionXml: string | undefined
if (hasPageSelector(pageSelector)) {
const projection = projectPage(currentSession.xml, pageSelector)
if (!projection.ok) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text:
projection.reason === "parse"
? "Error: Cannot parse current session XML as <mxfile>; cannot target page for export."
: `Error: Page ${describeSelector(pageSelector)} not found for export.`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
projectionXml = projection.xml
}
// Ask the browser to export (optionally via a page projection) and
// poll for the resulting image data.
requestExport(
currentSession.id,
detectedFormat as "png" | "svg",
projectionXml,
)
// A projection export does an extra load + render round-trip in the
// browser, so give it a longer window. Re-read the live store entry
// each tick: setState() (from a concurrent autosave or tool call)
// replaces the Map entry with a new object, so a captured reference
// would go stale and never observe the browser's exportData.
const timeoutMs = projectionXml ? 15000 : 10000
const start = Date.now()
let exportData: string | undefined
while (Date.now() - start < timeoutMs) {
exportData = getState(currentSession.id)?.exportData
if (exportData) break
await new Promise((r) => setTimeout(r, 200))
}
const live = getState(currentSession.id)
if (live) {
live.exportData = undefined
live.exportFormat = undefined
live.exportXml = undefined
}
if (!exportData) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: projectionXml
? "Error: Export timed out after loading the single-page projection. The browser may be closed or unresponsive."
: "Error: Export timed out. Make sure the browser tab is open and the diagram is loaded.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
// Decode and write
if (detectedFormat === "png") {
const base64 = exportData.replace(
/^data:image\/png;base64,/,
"",
)
await fs.writeFile(absolutePath, Buffer.from(base64, "base64"))
} else {
let svgContent = exportData
if (svgContent.startsWith("data:image/svg+xml;base64,")) {
const base64 = svgContent.replace(
/^data:image\/svg\+xml;base64,/,
"",
)
svgContent = Buffer.from(base64, "base64").toString("utf-8")
}
await fs.writeFile(absolutePath, svgContent, "utf-8")
}
const stat = await fs.stat(absolutePath)
log.info(
`Diagram exported to ${absolutePath} (${detectedFormat}, ${stat.size} bytes)`,
)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Diagram exported successfully!\n\nFile: ${absolutePath}\nFormat: ${detectedFormat}\nSize: ${stat.size} bytes`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("export_diagram failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
/**
* Shared helper for page-CRUD tools.
* Loads the latest session XML, normalises to mxfile if needed, returns a
* parsed Document the caller can mutate, plus a writer that persists.
*/
async function loadMxfileForMutation(): Promise<
| { ok: true; doc: Document; writeBack: (newDoc: Document) => void }
| { ok: false; message: string }
> {
if (!currentSession) {
return {
ok: false,
message: "No active session. Please call start_session first.",
}
}
// Pull latest from browser so we don't clobber autosaved changes.
const browserState = getState(currentSession.id)
if (browserState?.xml) {
currentSession.xml = browserState.xml
}
if (!currentSession.xml) {
return {
ok: false,
message:
"No diagram exists yet. Use create_new_diagram first, then page tools.",
}
}
// Make sure the in-memory shape is canonical mxfile before any CRUD.
const normalized = normalizeToMxfile(currentSession.xml)
if (!normalized) {
return {
ok: false,
message:
"Current session XML is neither <mxGraphModel> nor <mxfile>; cannot perform page operations.",
}
}
currentSession.xml = normalized
const doc = parseMxfile(currentSession.xml)
if (!doc) {
return {
ok: false,
message: "Failed to parse current session XML as <mxfile>.",
}
}
const sessionRef = currentSession
return {
ok: true,
doc,
writeBack: (newDoc: Document) => {
const newXml = serializeMxfile(newDoc)
// Save history before overwriting so the user can undo.
addHistory(sessionRef.id, sessionRef.xml, browserState?.svg || "")
sessionRef.xml = newXml
sessionRef.version++
setState(sessionRef.id, newXml)
// The model just wrote this exact state, so mark it as seen —
// subsequent edit_diagram calls don't need a redundant
// get_diagram round-trip.
sessionRef.lastSeenXml = newXml
addHistory(sessionRef.id, newXml, "")
},
}
}
// Tool: list_pages
server.registerTool(
"list_pages",
{
description:
"List every page (tab) in the current diagram. Returns each page's id, name, 0-based index, and cell count. Use this to discover what pages exist before targeting one with edit_diagram, get_diagram, export_diagram, rename_page, or delete_page.",
inputSchema: {},
},
async () => {
try {
const loaded = await loadMxfileForMutation()
if (!loaded.ok) {
return {
content: [
{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${loaded.message}` },
],
isError: true,
}
}
const pages = listPagesFromDoc(loaded.doc)
if (pages.length === 0) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "No pages in document.",
},
],
}
}
const lines = pages.map(
(p) =>
` [${p.index}] id="${p.id}" name="${p.name}" cells=${p.cellCount}`,
)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Pages (${pages.length}):\n${lines.join("\n")}`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("list_pages failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Tool: add_page
server.registerTool(
"add_page",
{
description:
'Append a new page (tab) to the current diagram WITHOUT touching existing pages or unsaved user changes. Use this when the user wants "another diagram alongside" — e.g. "add a CNN page" — instead of create_new_diagram which wipes everything.\n\n' +
"Inputs:\n" +
"- name: optional display name for the tab (defaults to Page-N where N = existing-page-count + 1)\n" +
"- id: optional explicit page id; if omitted the server generates a short alphanumeric id\n" +
'- xml: optional starting <mxGraphModel> for the new page. If omitted, the page starts blank with the standard root sentinel cells ("0" and "1").\n\n' +
"Returns the new page's id, name, and index so the caller can immediately target it with edit_diagram.",
inputSchema: {
name: z
.string()
.optional()
.describe(
'Optional display name for the new tab (e.g. "CNN"). Defaults to "Page-N".',
),
id: z
.string()
.min(1)
.optional()
.describe(
"Optional explicit page id. If omitted the server generates one. Must be unique across pages.",
),
xml: z
.string()
.optional()
.describe(
'Optional starting <mxGraphModel> XML for the new page. Must include <root> with id="0" and id="1" cells. If omitted the page starts blank.',
),
},
},
async (input) => {
// All three fields optional — coalesce so a no-args call doesn't
// crash on destructure before we surface a proper MCP error.
const { name, id, xml } = input ?? {}
try {
const loaded = await loadMxfileForMutation()
if (!loaded.ok) {
return {
content: [
{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${loaded.message}` },
],
isError: true,
}
}
// If caller provided XML, validate it before splicing it in so we
// never get a half-broken mxfile written to the session.
let cleanXml: string | undefined = xml
if (cleanXml) {
const { valid, error, fixed, fixes } =
validateAndFixXml(cleanXml)
if (fixed) {
cleanXml = fixed
log.info(
`add_page: starting XML auto-fixed: ${fixes.join(", ")}`,
)
}
if (!valid && error) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Error: starting xml validation failed - ${error}`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
}
let info
try {
info = addPageToDoc(loaded.doc, { id, name, xml: cleanXml })
} catch (e) {
const msg = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${msg}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
loaded.writeBack(loaded.doc)
log.info(
`Added page id=${info.id} name="${info.name}" index=${info.index}`,
)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Page added.\n\nid=${info.id}\nname=${info.name}\nindex=${info.index}\ncells=${info.cellCount}`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("add_page failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Tool: rename_page
server.registerTool(
"rename_page",
{
description:
"Rename an existing page (tab). At least one of page_id / page_name / page_index is required to identify which page to rename. The new_name becomes the visible tab label in the editor.",
inputSchema: {
...pageSelectorSchema,
new_name: z
.string()
.min(1)
.describe("The new display name for the page tab."),
},
},
async ({ new_name, page_id, page_name, page_index }) => {
try {
const loaded = await loadMxfileForMutation()
if (!loaded.ok) {
return {
content: [
{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${loaded.message}` },
],
isError: true,
}
}
const pageSelector = pickPageSelector({
page_id,
page_name,
page_index,
})
if (!hasPageSelector(pageSelector)) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: rename_page requires one of page_id, page_name, or page_index to identify the page.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
const ok = renamePageInDoc(loaded.doc, pageSelector, new_name)
if (!ok) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Error: Page ${describeSelector(pageSelector)} not found.`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
loaded.writeBack(loaded.doc)
log.info(
`Renamed page ${describeSelector(pageSelector)} → "${new_name}"`,
)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Page ${describeSelector(pageSelector)} renamed to "${new_name}".`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("rename_page failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Tool: delete_page
server.registerTool(
"delete_page",
{
description:
"Delete a page (tab) from the current diagram. At least one of page_id / page_name / page_index is required. Refuses to delete the last remaining page — the editor needs at least one tab.",
inputSchema: {
...pageSelectorSchema,
},
},
async (input) => {
// All three fields are optional — coalesce so a no-args call returns
// a clean error message instead of crashing on destructure.
const { page_id, page_name, page_index } = input ?? {}
try {
const loaded = await loadMxfileForMutation()
if (!loaded.ok) {
return {
content: [
{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${loaded.message}` },
],
isError: true,
}
}
const pageSelector = pickPageSelector({
page_id,
page_name,
page_index,
})
if (!hasPageSelector(pageSelector)) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: "Error: delete_page requires one of page_id, page_name, or page_index to identify the page.",
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
const outcome = deletePageFromDoc(loaded.doc, pageSelector)
if (!outcome.ok) {
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Error: ${outcome.reason}.`,
},
],
isError: true,
}
}
loaded.writeBack(loaded.doc)
log.info(
`Deleted page id=${outcome.deletedId} index=${outcome.deletedIndex}`,
)
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: `Page deleted (id=${outcome.deletedId}, was at index ${outcome.deletedIndex}).`,
},
],
}
} catch (error) {
const message =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)
log.error("delete_page failed:", message)
return {
content: [{ type: "text", text: `Error: ${message}` }],
isError: true,
}
}
},
)
// Graceful shutdown handler
let isShuttingDown = false
function gracefulShutdown(reason: string) {
if (isShuttingDown) return
isShuttingDown = true
log.info(`Shutting down: ${reason}`)
shutdown()
process.exit(0)
}
// Handle stdin close (primary method - works on all platforms including Windows)
process.stdin.on("close", () => gracefulShutdown("stdin closed"))
process.stdin.on("end", () => gracefulShutdown("stdin ended"))
// Handle signals (may not work reliably on Windows)
process.on("SIGINT", () => gracefulShutdown("SIGINT"))
process.on("SIGTERM", () => gracefulShutdown("SIGTERM"))
// Handle broken pipe (writing to closed stdout)
process.stdout.on("error", (err) => {
if (err.code === "EPIPE" || err.code === "ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED") {
gracefulShutdown("stdout error")
}
})
// Start the MCP server
async function main() {
log.info("Starting MCP server for Next AI Draw.io (embedded mode)...")
const transport = new StdioServerTransport()
await server.connect(transport)
log.info("MCP server running on stdio")
}
main().catch((error) => {
log.error("Fatal error:", error)
process.exit(1)
})