# Whiteboard Animation (remote · mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai)

Turn any picture into a hand-drawn whiteboard animation video, from your AI assistant.

- Trust score: 72/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +4
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-11-05

## Components

- remote · `mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai`: 72/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation/mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.1`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-11-05.

- **Endpoint Security**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Nothing on it is marked destructive, but we can't show that an anonymous caller can only read: full credit needs the server to list at least one tool and every tool to be verifiably read-only. We use a best-effort check of tool names and descriptions to tell read-only tools from tools that change things, so some genuinely read-only tools may not get full credit. Names that start with a read verb (get, list, read, search and similar) and accurate readOnlyHint annotations help. Meet that to earn full credit, or require authorisation.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 75/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (fair).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 553 tokens (~55/item across 10 items; 9 tools + 1 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 23/100
  - Stability observed for 7 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 67/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 0% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a current MCP spec version (2026-07-28).
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### How do I install the Whiteboard Animation MCP server?

Whiteboard Animation is a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.

### Claude

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

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation": {
      "url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation]
url = "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation --url 'https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation:
    url: "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation -t streamable-http -u 'https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-11-05 (score 72, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-03 (score 71, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 13 to 17. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 4 days of observed history at the previous scan, 5 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-11-01 (score 70, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 7 to 10. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 2 days of observed history at the previous scan, 3 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-30 (score 69, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.03

### 2026-10-29 (score 68)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (9)

### `quote` (~26 tokens)

Quote a drawing

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

### `status` (~32 tokens)

Account status

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

### `create_upload` (~75 tokens)

Upload a picture

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.

Input parameters:

- `content_type` (string, required)
- `file_name` (string, required)
- `size` (integer, required)

### `create_drawing` (~93 tokens)

Draw a picture

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.

Input parameters:

- `image` (object)
- `max_credits` (number)
- `quote_version` (string)
- `settings` (object)
- `title` (string)
- `upload_id` (string)

### `get_drawing` (~43 tokens)

Get a drawing

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

Input parameters:

- `drawing_id` (string, required)

### `list_drawings` (~26 tokens)

List drawings

The latest drawings in the library, newest first.

Input parameters:

- `limit` (integer)

### `render_link` (~89 tokens)

Render link

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.

Input parameters:

- `drawings` (array, required)

### `wait_render` (~85 tokens)

Wait for rendered files

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.

Input parameters:

- `render_id` (string, required)
- `states` (array)

### `wait_drawing` (~62 tokens)

Wait for a drawing

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.

Input parameters:

- `drawing_id` (string, required)
- `progress`
- `status` (string)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-11-05: 72
- 2026-11-04: 71
- 2026-11-03: 71
- 2026-11-02: 70
- 2026-11-01: 70
- 2026-10-31: 69
- 2026-10-30: 69
- 2026-10-29: 68

## Common questions

### What is the Whiteboard Animation MCP server?

Whiteboard Animation is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as ai.whiteboardanimation/whiteboard-animation. Turn any picture into a hand-drawn whiteboard animation video, from your AI assistant. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp).

### Is the Whiteboard Animation MCP server safe to use?

Whiteboard Animation scores 72 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.

### What tools does the Whiteboard Animation MCP server expose?

Whiteboard Animation exposes 9 tools: quote, status, create_upload, create_drawing, get_drawing, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 531 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Whiteboard Animation MCP server require authentication?

No. We connected to Whiteboard Animation without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.

### Is the Whiteboard Animation MCP server still maintained?

Whiteboard Animation is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

### What did VerifyMCP test on the Whiteboard Animation MCP server?

VerifyMCP ran 14 checks on Whiteboard Animation, covering TLS certificate, Authorization, HTTPS, HSTS header and 10 more. Supply Chain Security and Provenance & Transparency do not apply to a hosted endpoint, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/celados/whiteboard-animation-mcp
- Website: https://whiteboardanimation.ai/mcp
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation/mcp.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation/mcp/changelog.json
- Trust report (JSON): https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation/mcp.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/ai-whiteboardanimation-whiteboard-animation/mcp