Web Whiteboard MCP Server

A Web-based Whiteboard with MCP interface

whiteboard-mcp is a simple whiteboard web application, providing a convenient way for displaying Chatbot/LLM's output.

Features

• Web whiteboard — Browser UI to show content pushed by agents or other clients; good for demos and side-by-side LLM output.
• Any screen — Open the board URL in a browser on any monitor, projector, or device on your network.
• Dual MCP transports — Streamable HTTP at /mcp and SSE at /sse for clients that only support one style.
• REST API — GET/POST /api/content for non-MCP integrations; history list/restore/delete under /api/history.
• History — Server-side history of updates; reopen a past version from the history UI (and via the history API).
• Export — Save the current view as HTML or Markdown from the menu; Print / PDF (browser print-to-PDF) when the board shows HTML or Markdown.
• Bilingual UI — English and Chinese interface, file or in-app settings.

Install

From PYPI

pip install whiteboard-mcp
# or:
# uv tool install whiteboard-mcp
whiteboard-mcp

From source

git clone .../whiteboard-mcp
cd whiteboard-mcp
uv run whiteboard_mcp

The server listens on 0.0.0.0:5000 by default.

MCP endpoints

Transport	URL (local)
StreamableHTTP	http://127.0.0.1:5000/mcp (POST /mcp)
SSE (+ messages)	http://127.0.0.1:5000/sse (+ POST /sse/messages/)

Use your machine's LAN IP instead of 127.0.0.1 when connecting from another device on the same network.

MCP tools

The MCP server exposes these tools (names as registered with clients):

Tool	Purpose
update_whiteboard_url	Set the board to load a URL (url).
update_whiteboard_html	Render raw HTML (html).
update_whiteboard_markdown	Render Markdown (markdown).

MCP configure

Standard /mcp API

Clients that support Streamable HTTP natively should point their MCP server URL at http://127.0.0.1:5000/mcp (adjust host/port for LAN as needed).

Hermes-Agent MCP config example:

Add an HTTP transport entry under mcp_servers in ~/.hermes/config.yaml, then restart Hermes. Example:

mcp_servers:
  whiteboard:
    url: "http://127.0.0.1:5000/mcp"

Compatible /sse API

For example you can use mcp-remote to connect /sse API:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "whiteboard-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "http://127.0.0.1:5000/sse",
                "--allow-http"
            ]
        }
    }
}