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What’s new?You can now upload a PNG or JPG file directly into Lucid, and Lucid AI will automatically recreate the image and convert it into a completely editable Lucid diagram right on your canvas!Whether you are starting from a blank slate using our new document import option or enhancing a text prompt inside a current document, turning flat imagery into active, working diagrams has never been easier. Why did we create this feature? Recreating legacy diagrams or physical drawings is one of the most persistent operational bottlenecks our users face. Teams frequently waste valuable hours manually translating flat documentation or whiteboard sketches into interactive formats before they can actually begin collaborating.By introducing this image reconstruction pipeline to Lucid AI, we eliminate this friction entirely. We want to drastically shorten your time-to-value so your teams can bypass the manual busywork and get straight to collaborating. Let’s take a look at this with an example!

Stop hitting the brakes on your planning sessions just to manually log tickets or format messy grids. Context-switching and manual documentation are massive productivity killers. Now, you can keep your momentum rolling by bringing Jira card generation and dynamic table creation directly into your AI conversations. We’ve expanded the Lucid MCP capabilities to include:Generate synced Jira cards: Add or convert Jira items in a Lucid document as bidirectional synced Jira cards.    Create and edit dynamic tables: Create dynamic tables from prompts,  add cards or shapes, and change settings to fit your planning needs.    💡 Pro-tip for the best experience While not necessary for this feature to work, you can connect your AI client to both the Lucid MCP server and the Jira MCP server for the smoothest experience. This twin setup allows your assistant to seamlessly bridge the gap between your Jira project backend and Lucid's visual workspace—making card creation smarter and automatically orga

We’re happy to announce that you can now generate fully editable Lucid shapes from your Mermaid syntax! 🎉 Let’s take a look at how it works ⏬ What’s new?Copy your syntax and paste it into your Lucid document. The result will be native, editable shapes that you can format and move around freely!  How can I edit my new diagram?After pasting in your Mermaid syntax, your shapes and diagram will be fully editable! Add, move, and edit shapes and lines Add and edit colors Add and edit text*Note that any shapes that are not yet supported will appear as static SVGs. Why did we build this?Writing diagram syntax in Mermaid is fast, but communicating and iterating with cross-functional stakeholders is always easier visually. This feature helps you bridge the gap between code and visual collaboration!Edit visually: Skip the tedious syntax trial-and-error. Generate your base diagram from Mermaid syntax, then use Lucid’s canvas to tweak and format as you’d like. Bridge the technical gap: Easily brin

This article explains how to use Advanced Lucid AI controls to customize and maintain granular control over your organization's Lucid AI experience. This free trial allows you to disable specific AI tools (such as Process Capture) for a limited time, unlocking the productivity of Lucid AI while still maintaining granular control. These advanced settings are part of our Enterprise Shield add-on, but we are giving all Enterprise accounts free access to try them for 90 days.  What are Advanced Lucid AI controls? Lucid AI empowers teams to foster creativity, boost productivity, and achieve more in less time. While the primary Enable Lucid AI toggle allows you to turn AI capabilities on or off for your entire organization, Advanced Lucid AI controls offer granular oversight.With these advanced controls, you can customize which AI features your organization has access to. During this trial, you can test granular governance for features such as:Enable Process Capture: Process Capture is a bui

Hey community! 👋 We have some massive updates to the Lucid MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that we are incredibly excited to share. Whether you are trying to build autonomous AI pipelines, keep your enterprise data locked down, or turn raw code into beautiful diagrams, these new capabilities are designed to make connecting Lucid with LLMs smoother, safer, and significantly smarter. What’s New 🎉MCP connector for CodexYou can now easily connect Lucid directly to Codex. This connector lets you generate diagrams straight from raw codebases and manage development workflows, summarize documents, edit, and more without ever leaving the interface. Lucid Codex ConnectorLucid read-only MCP serverFor our security-conscious teams, you can now give LLMs permission to view and search Lucid content without granting edit permissions with this MCP server variation. You get all the AI context with zero risk of accidental document modification.Lucid read-only MCP server featuresData-backed ERD gene

Tired of asking an AI assistant to build a diagram, only to get a generic box when you explicitly needed a BPMN start event or a specific AWS architecture icon? We hear you and are excited to share with you a new upgrade to the Lucid MCP server — advanced shape discovery tools. With this update, your connected AI assistants no longer have to guess what shapes are available. They can now inspect Lucid’s actual shape libraries in real time to build precise, valid diagrams on the first try.What’s New?We’ve added two powerful new capabilities to our MCP server:Deep shape library browsing: Allows your AI assistant to search and browse our entire visual catalog—down to specific shape groups and individual shapes. Exact shape property inspection: Gives AI access to edit a shape's default size, colors, and other properties before it even drops it onto the canvasValue & BenefitsThese new shape discovery tools for the Lucid MCP server eliminate AI guessing and hallucination by allowing assis

In a world where AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot are becoming increasingly pervasive, we get a lot of questions about how to connect Lucid with these tools. I’m excited to show you how during a live webinar.Demo: Using the Lucid MCP serverJuly 16, 2026 at 1 p.m. ETDuring this webinar, you’ll see:How to connect the Lucid MCP server to ChatGPT, Claude, and more What the Lucid MCP server can do Specific examples of how to use this functionalityRegister nowIf you can’t make it to the live webinar on July 16, you should still register so you can receive the recording shortly after.Why wait to start using this functionality? To see our most recent updates to the MCP server, check out this community post!

MCP servers are innovative and essential tools in today’s AI driven workplace, which is why Lucid is constantly innovating our MCP offering to meet users where they are working. Recently, we released a new type of MCP server, the Lucid repositories MCP (Model Context Protocol) server!  What is the Lucid repositories MCP Server?The Lucid repositories MCP server is a dedicated server to securely search and reference verified institutional knowledge pulled strictly from Process Accelerator repositories in connected AI toolsThis new server ensures your LLMs are referencing only "gold standard" operating procedures in Lucid.Note: This specialized server is only available for accounts with the Process Accelerator add-on (including accounts on the FedRAMP environment).Let’s dive into how this server is different from our standard Lucid MCP server.  What’s the Difference between Lucid MCP vs. Lucid Repositories MCP ?We know what you might be thinking: “Wait, didn’t Lucid already launch an MCP

We’re continuously improving Lucid’s user interface to make common interactions more intuitive and efficient. Check out this recent batch of refinements: Breakout board sorting now persists across all child documents Presence highlight no longer rendered on top of other itemsOld experienceNew experience Pan and zoom now possible when exporting/printing Thumbnail preview now loads when users hover over a search result in docslist Items can now be copied to clipboard as an image with a standalone menu item and hotkey Tridot button now allows you to delete or copy link to the commentOld experienceNew experience Text highlight now stays true to the actual line height when less than oneOld experienceNew experience

Exciting update to comments on sticky notes! 🙌🏽 What’s new?If you’ve authored a sticky note, you’ll now receive a notification when someone comments on it, even if they haven’t directly mentioned you in the comment @author. Why did we make this change?Collaboration moves fast! Important feedback can easily get lost if a teammate forgets to tag you. Now with this new notification, you’re always looped into the conversation surrounding your own ideas and contribution. No need for manual check-ins! How do notifications work?The author that is displayed on the sticky note will receive the notification.Even if your sticky note is copy/pasted by another user, if you’re shown as the author the sticky note, you’ll receive the notification.  Let’s take a look at this with an example! ⤵️ Let’s say you’re on a marketing team brainstorming fundraising events. You have an idea for a gala event with a silent auction, which you add to a sticky note. A few days later, you’ve moved on to other projec

Hi everyone!Exciting news, we have just launched a dedicated space for Lucid admins! This group is for the people who look after Lucid in their organisations and want a simple way to stay close to best practices, get practical guidance, and connect with our Customer Success at Scale team as well as other admins.You can expect things like helpful tips on setup and configuration, guidance on AI and new features, and examples from other admins on how they are using Lucid across their organisations.The aim is to make it easier to get value from Lucid and support you in managing it across your teams as it grows.You can join the group here and say hello in the welcome post from our CSS team!Cheers

We are thrilled to announce that we have officially launched the Lucid connector for VS Code! By bringing Lucid’s visual power directly into VS Code , you can create diagrams, search, summarize, and edit documents without ever leaving your interface.Key capabilities Retrieve documents at AI speed: Locate all documents related to a given topic or keyword.  Quickly generate diagrams: Generate flowcharts, sequence diagrams, or org charts from your AI conversations. Deploy edits to documents: Add, update, or remove shapes from your documents through simple chat commands. Generate document summaries: Ask questions about your existing Lucid documents to get instant summaries or action items. Effortlessly share with stakeholders: Generate view-only links or invite collaborators to your document directly from your interface.Use Case: The Sprint Reality CheckThe Lucid connector easily integrates into your workflows to simplify your work. For instance, imagine you’re reviewing a complex pull req

We are excited to announce more tools and capabilities to Lucid's MCP server. With these new additions, you can now manage your folder structures, document organization, comments, and sending product feedback completely through natural language commands in your connected AI tools. What’s NewDocument & folder organizationOrganize your Lucid workspace with the assistance of AI clients. With these new capabilities, you can now move, create, and rename folders completely through AI conversation, as well as move and rename documents to ensure your files are in the right location. Example prompt: “In Lucid, create a new folder called 'Q3 Architecture', then find my 'API Flowchart' document, rename it to 'V2 API Flowchart', and move it into that new folder.” Streamlined collaboration & comment managementKeep the project moving without leaving your IDE or chat client. You can instantly pull comment threads or reply to existing threads directly through the MCP interface.Example prompt:

We are officially launching the Lucid MCP Integration for Slackbot, an integration that allows users to create diagrams, search, edit, and share Lucid documents directly within the Slack interface. This integration seamlessly brings the visual power of Lucid directly into Slackbot so users can streamline work and stay in the flow,The Lucid MCP integration for Slackbot has been designed to further integrate Lucid’s capabilities into an agentic experience directly into your team’s primary communication hub. By bridging the gap between Slack conversations and Lucid capabilities, this integration eliminates context-switching and ensures project visuals remain at the forefront of every discussion.The MCP integration allows users to manage their entire visual workspace through natural language commands, offering a suite of streamlined capabilities:Locate documents by keyword and extract action items or content summaries instantly. Generate diagrams, mind maps, process maps, user flows, org c

Stop writing code just to get your document data! Our new JSON Export feature gives you the power of an API without the technical overhead. You can now download a full blueprint of any Lucid document as a JSON file directly from the file menu in your workspace.  Whether you're conducting an audit or feeding data into a custom database, you now have instant access to your document's underlying structure.What’s New?You can now export any Lucid document as a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) file. This provides a complete, text-based blueprint of your document that you can download in seconds.Why This Matters:No Code, No Problem: Get the power of the API without writing a single line of code. Portable Blueprints: Perfect for internal audits or keeping a lightweight, offline record of your complex workflows. Total Flexibility: Easily move your document data into other internal tools or databases for custom analysis.Try this feature out by going to More menu > Export > JSON. For more

We are excited to announce a powerful new update to the Process Accelerator, restricted repositories! 🎉Some processes, such as sensitive HR workflows, internal financial audits, or specialized project handbooks, require a bit more privacy. With restricted repositories, you can now maintain a single source of truth for your team’s most sensitive documentation without sharing it with your entire organization.  What is a restricted repository? A repository is a centralized collection of approved and published processes, accessible to all users on an account.A restricted repository is a repository accessible only by users who have been invited by a accelerator manager or repository owner.   Who can view restricted repositories?Account owners, account admins, and accelerator managers can view all restricted repositories. Other than those roles, only users who were directly invited by a accelerator manager or repository owner can view a restricted repository.  How can I create a restricted

Thank you for joining the March Lately @ Lucid webinar! In our first of the three-part Lately @ Lucid webinar series, we highlighted AI features across the Lucid platform to help you move from blank canvas to creation faster.If you missed it, catch the webinar here!In this post, we’re diving into the highlights of what’s new ⏬ Lucid AI Entry PointsWe’re excited to announce that Lucid AI is now available in both Lucidspark and Lucidchart! With a unified interface, this conversational AI assistant acts as a collaborator on the canvas with you—boosting your productivity!Lucid AI empowers you to:Brainstorm new ideas.  Generate diagrams and boards. Summarize diagram content.  Sort sticky notes into AI-generated categories. Add conditional formatting rules. Ask questions about your document. Get help from the Lucid help center.Lucid AI in LucidsparkLucid AI in Lucidchart Voice-to-text and video uploads in Lucid AIWe’re excited to announce voice-to-text and video uploads have been added to Lu

If you’ve been using the diagram as code with Mermaid feature in Lucidchart, you know the routine: type in your code, move your mouse, select “Generate” or “Update”, and repeat. We’re excited to announce an update to this workflow!Instead of manually updating your diagram, your diagrams will automatically update as you write your mermaid code. Now it’s easier than ever to build and iterate on complex diagrams without breaking your concentration.What’s changing?The ‘Generate’ button and ‘Update’ buttons have been removed. Edits to your markup will sync with the on-document shape as you type in your code.No more toggling back and forth- just focus on your logic, and watch the visual update as you go!Mermaid diagram automatically updates on Lucid canvasGive it a try and let us know what you think! 

The Insights agent processes new feedback items as they arrive. It creates insights: linking customer feedback to relevant product opportunities or ideas in your connected workspaces. PrerequisitesBefore setting up the Insights agent, make sure:airfocus AI is enabled for your team. An admin can turn this on in Team Settings > Features. The Insights app is installed on your workspace(s). You have full permissions on the feedback workspace. Members without full permissions can see the agent status but not edit the configuration. Set up the Insights agentThe Insights agent is configured in the Insights app on your workspace.To set up the Insights agent:Open your Feedback workspace in airfocus. In the action bar at the top of the workspace, click the Insights agent button In the Insights agent dialog, configure the automation and settings: Under Automation, turn on Create and link insights to automatically process feedback items when they are created. Optionally, add a Custom prompt

We are thrilled to share a new tool for our MCP server & Claude, the ability to convert Claude-generated diagrams directly into Lucid documents! OverviewClaude allows teams to brainstorm complex systems through inline SVG diagrams, but these visuals were previously limited to static code or screenshots. With this latest update you can now ask Claude to take those generated visuals and instantly transform them into interactive, and editable Lucid diagrams.This feature ensures that your visual assets remain as agile as your text prompts. You focus on the architecture, let Claude and Lucid handle the drawing.How it worksAfter creating a diagram with Claude simply prompt: "Convert this generated diagram into a Lucid document." Claude will securely interface with Lucid to create the diagram so you can further customize and edit your diagram. Claude generated diagramConverted Lucid diagramLearn More Check out our Help Center Article for more information on the Lucid & Claude MCP conn

We know that artificial intelligence (AI) is increasing individual productivity, but has AI adoption translated into org-wide benefits? Or are you stuck somewhere in the messy middle of high-speed chaos with more output, but nothing that scales?In our third Lately @ Lucid webinar of 2026, we covered how Lucid can help your teams visualize systems and processes to drive AI transformation for your org. Documentation is the critical step to bridge the gap between AI adoption at the individual level and institutional level. In order to build documentation that moves the needle at scale, it should be dynamic, connected, and easily governed.This post serves as a roundup of key features you can leverage TODAY to make this a reality for your teams. ⏬ Process AgentWe know that documentation is essential, but it’s also time-consuming to create and quickly goes out of date. Enter Lucid AI’s Process Agent: an interactive assistant designed to help you build comprehensive process diagrams without s

Hi everyone! We’ve all been there: You want the automatic, data-driven power of the Cloud Accelerator, but you also need the flexible, freeform canvas of Lucidchart to build out your project proposals and system maps.  Until now, those two worlds lived in separate products. If you wanted that "auto-magic" cloud visualization, you had to jump straight into the accelerator, separating your infrastructure data from the rest of your documentation.  We’re excited to announce cloud frames in Lucidchart. Think of a cloud frame as a "smart container" that brings the automatic visualization power of the Cloud Accelerator directly onto your Lucidchart canvas.What is a cloud frame?It’s a foundational tool that takes your imported cloud data and applies the rules you configure—like structure and filters—to automatically generate a diagram. Instead of drawing every icon by hand, you let the data do the heavy lifting.How it helps your team:For Cloud Architects & Engineers: Generate live infrastr

In our second Lately @ Lucid webinar of 2026, we explored how to build plans that more easily adapt to change. If you’ve ever spent weeks crafting the "perfect" plan, only for stakeholder priorities to change or the market to shift and your plan to become obsolete, this webinar is for you! You can’t perfectly predict exactly what will happen within your company or industry, so you need easily adaptable plans.  This post is a roundup of Lucid features that can help you solve three of the biggest hurdles to planning: adaptability, alignment, and visibility. Let’s get into it! ⏬ Capacity planningVisualize team bandwidth and plan workload distribution with capacity planning. You can set project and team capacity using story points, and automatically see how reassigning project deliverables influences capacity. It solves the problem of burnout and missed deadlines by identifying who is over-allocated before the work even begins. Adjust capacity and tasks Scenario planningVisualize and compa