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Visual System Architecture & Whiteboard in Cursor IDE

Give Cursor's AI Agent the capability to inspect your local whiteboard and generate architectural diagrams while you write code.

Server Configuration File (JSON):

mcp-server-config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openboard": {
      "command": "openboard",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Step-by-Step Setup Guide

Install OpenBoard globally on your system:

bash

npm install -g openboard-app

Open Cursor Settings (Cmd + , on macOS, Ctrl + , on Linux/Windows) and navigate to Features > MCP Servers.

Click "Add New MCP Server", set Name to "openboard", Type to "command", and Command to "openboard mcp".

Prompt Cursor: "Review our database schema and create a visual entity-relationship diagram on OpenBoard."

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