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Basic information

Transport

Streamable HTTP

Authentication

OAuth

Category

Media & Design

Author

WhiteboardAnimation.ai

Submitted by

Deniffer Liu

About Whiteboard Animation MCP Server

Turn any picture into a hand-drawn whiteboard animation video from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any MCP client. Remote server, OAuth sign-in, no API key.

#whiteboard animation#video#animation#image to video#drawing#remote mcp#oauth

Connection details

https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp

Setup

claude mcp add whiteboard-animation --transport http https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp

Whiteboard Animation MCP Server tools

9

What drawing one picture costs, in credits, and the quote_version to pass when creating it.

Call first. The signed-in workspace: its plan, credits left, drawings queued and running, and how many may queue.

Start uploading a picture: answers an upload_url to PUT the bytes to, with the given headers. Then call create_drawing with the upload_id. Not needed when the host attaches the picture to create_drawing itself.

Draw a picture as a whiteboard animation. Spends credits (see quote). Answers at once with the drawing_id; the drawing takes a few minutes, follow it with get_drawing.

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

The latest drawings in the library, newest first.

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). Opening it in a browser renders them one after another and saves each file to that browser’s downloads; drawings still being drawn are rendered once they finish. Follow it with 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. Pass back the states of the last answer: it answers as soon as any of them moves on, or after about 50 seconds.

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.

Overview

What is Whiteboard Animation MCP?

Whiteboard Animation turns a finished picture into a hand-drawn whiteboard animation video: the picture is sketched stroke by stroke, then coloured in, with or without a drawing hand. The Whiteboard Animation MCP server brings that into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and any MCP client, so you can ask your assistant to draw a picture and get the video back without leaving the chat.

  • Remote, nothing to install: https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp (streamable HTTP)
  • No API key: sign in once with your WhiteboardAnimation.ai account over OAuth 2.1
  • Free to try: new accounts start with free credits

How to use

  1. Connect it: one click in Claude, Cursor or VS Code, or from ChatGPT's Plugins page. Coding agents can add it themselves. Setup for every client: whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp.
  2. Sign in once with your WhiteboardAnimation.ai account.
  3. Hand your assistant a picture and ask for a whiteboard animation. It plays in the chat, and you get a link that saves the MP4.

Tools

ToolWhat it does
statusPlan, credits left, drawings queued and running
quoteWhat one drawing costs in credits
create_uploadUpload a picture
create_drawingDraw a picture as a whiteboard animation
get_drawing / wait_drawingFollow a drawing to completion
list_drawingsYour latest drawings
render_link / wait_renderRender up to 20 drawings as MP4, transparent WebM or PNG

Use cases

  • Lesson explainers: a diagram drawn by hand, line by line, ready to narrate over
  • Product reveals: a product shot sketched in, then coloured, for a launch video or an ad
  • Picture books: each illustration drawn in as the story is read aloud
  • Batch work from a coding agent: every picture in a folder drawn and saved as clips

FAQ

Does it make pictures from text? No. Bring a finished picture; make it first with an image tool if you need one.

Does it give me a video file? It gives you a link that renders the MP4 or WebM in your browser and saves it to your downloads.

Plugins for Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, plus an agent skill: github.com/celados/whiteboard-animation-mcp.

Frequently asked questions

1

What is the Whiteboard Animation remote MCP server?

The Whiteboard Animation remote MCP server is a hosted Model Context Protocol endpoint at https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp, so AI assistants can connect to it without installing or running anything locally.

2

How do I connect to the Whiteboard Animation MCP server?

Add the endpoint https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp to any MCP-compatible client such as Claude Code, Cursor, or VS Code. The setup snippets on this page configure each client in one step.

3

Does the Whiteboard Animation MCP server require authentication?

Yes. Whiteboard Animation uses OAuth: the first time you connect, your MCP client opens a browser window to sign in and authorize access, then reuses the credentials for future sessions.

4

Which transport does the Whiteboard Animation MCP server use?

Whiteboard Animation exposes a Streamable HTTP endpoint, the transport used by remote MCP servers and supported by all major MCP clients.

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