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Available actions with the Lucid MCP server
You can use the Lucid MCP server to complete various actions in Lucid by entering a prompt into your AI tool. For information about how to set up the Lucid MCP server, check out our Integrate Lucid with AI tools using the Lucid MCP server article from the Lucid Help Center.
Note: As we add more use cases to the Lucid MCP server, you may need to re-authenticate with your AI tool in order for the new functionality to work.
The following use cases are currently supported:
Functionality | Example |
Search, fetch, and summarize content | |
| Search Lucid documents for specific content. | “Show me all Lucid documents that talk about the website redesign project.” |
| Fetch and summarize document details and content. | “Find the 'Q4 Website Redesign Workflow' document in Lucid, and give me a summary of action items.” |
| Fetch an image. | “Find the ‘Product Mockups’ document in Lucid and fetch the original source image attached to the ‘Feature A Screenshot’ shape.” |
| Retrieve document metadata. | “Can you check the metadata details on the Onboarding Process document? I need to know the document owner and when it was last modified." |
Generate and edit content | |
| Create a diagram with prompting. | "Create a diagram in Lucid that maps out a user authentication flow.” |
| Create an org chart with a CSV file or text prompt that includes employee information. | "Use the attached CSV file to create an org chart in Lucid.” |
| Generate a UML sequence diagram from PlantUML markup. | “Create a UML sequence diagram in Lucid using the following PlantUML syntax.” |
| Generate a data-backed entity relationship diagram. | “Create a data-backed ERD in Lucid from this current database schema, keeping all tables, primary/foreign keys, and relationships intact." |
| Edit, add, or delete shapes in a document. | “In my Lucid IT Escalation Process document, update all decision blocks to a red fill with bold white text.” |
| Add synced Jira Cards to a document. | “Create Jira cards in my Lucid Sprint Planning board from the issues in my Jira Product Team 8 space.” |
| Generate, add items to, and edit Dynamic Tables. | “Generate a Dynamic Table in my Lucid brainstorming doc and map MCP-254 & DEV-333 Jira issues by assignee and status." |
Share documents and collaborate | |
| Create a shareable link for a Lucid document. | "Create a shareable link with view-only permissions for my 'FY26 Q3 Product Roadmap' document in Lucid." |
| Share a document with specific collaborators using their email address. | "Share my 'Q1 Marketing Campaign Flowchart' document in Lucid with jsol@email.com. Add them with full Edit permissions." |
| Pull and respond to comments. | “Respond to Jill's comment on the flowchart about the updated schema.” |
Manage content | |
| Move, create, rename folders. | “Change the name of my ‘IT Processes folder’ to ‘IT & Security processes.’” |
| Move and rename documents. | “Move my ‘March Sprint Review document’ to my ‘Q1 Sprint Reviews’ folder.” |
| Export a document as a PNG. | “Export of my ‘Project Timeline’ document in Lucid as a PNG file.” |
Send feedback | |
| Send feedback about the MCP to Lucid’s team. | “Request an export diagram feature in Lucid’s MCP server.” |
Tip: If you have additional MCP servers set up in your AI tool, consider pairing them with the Lucid MCP server. For example you could use your AI tool to send a shareable link via email or add it to Confluence.
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