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Whimsical MCP connector

The Whimsical connector brings flowcharts, wireframes, mind maps, docs and comments into Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Elaichi Agent, so your team can find, create and edit boards in plain language while every change is logged.

  • How it connects. Connects over OAuth. The credential goes into a vault nobody reads back.

  • One address. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, the same for every user.

  • Their own access. An agent never gets more than the person it acts for.

How to connect

How to connect Whimsical to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

Two steps, about a minute.

1

In Elaichi

Connect Whimsical once

  1. Open Connections, choose Add connection, and pick Whimsical.

  2. Optionally set Share with to give a team access, then press Connect.

  3. Approve it in Whimsical. Whimsical's own window opens. Whoever approves it decides what this connection can reach.

The credential is vaulted. Nobody reads it back, not even the AI.

Add connection

Choose a connector.

whimsical
Whimsical
Aurora Solar
Figma
Lucid
Magic Patterns
Miro
2

In your AI client

Point it at one endpoint

Everyone in the organization uses the same address, and each person only ever reaches what their own account allows.

Whimsical MCP connector for Claude

  1. 1

    Open Customize, then Connectors.

  2. 2

    Press Add.

  3. 3

    Name it, paste the MCP server URL, then Continue.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  4. 4

    Sign in and approve.

On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it once. Everyone else turns it on for themselves.

Whimsical MCP connector for ChatGPT

  1. 1

    Open Plugins, then press the + button.

  2. 2

    Name it and paste the endpoint into Server URL.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Leave Authentication on OAuth, then tick the risk acknowledgement.

  4. 4

    Press Create, then sign in and approve.

Works on the web today. The plugin directory lives at chatgpt.com/plugins.

Whimsical MCP connector for Cursor

  1. 1

    Open ~/.cursor/mcp.json.

  2. 2

    Add the endpoint under mcpServers.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  3. 3

    Reload Cursor, then sign in and approve.

~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Set up per machine, so repeat it on each computer you work from.

Connect Whimsical to any MCP client

  1. 1

    Add the endpoint as a remote MCP server.

    https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
  2. 2

    Sign in and approve.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elaichi": {
      "url": "https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

The Elaichi Agent already has these tools, with nothing to set up.

Use cases

What teams do with Whimsical through Elaichi

Every one of these runs inside the access the person already has, and lands in the same audit log.

  • Product

    Turn a written spec into a flowchart

    Paste the spec or point at the doc, and the agent drafts the user flow as a Whimsical flowchart in the right workspace. Review it, ask for a branch to be added, and it edits the board in place.

  • Design

    Sketch a first wireframe from a brief

    Describe the screen and the agent generates a wireframe you can open and refine in Whimsical. Ask for a second version with the navigation moved and it updates the same board.

  • Engineering

    Diagram the system before the review

    Hand over the service names and how they talk to each other, and the agent draws the architecture diagram and tidies the layout. Change a dependency later and ask it to redraw the affected part.

  • Marketing

    Map a campaign as a mind map

    Start from a theme and a launch date, and the agent builds a Whimsical mind map of channels, messages and owners. Add a branch for each new idea as the planning call goes on.

  • Operations

    Keep the workspace tree in order

    Ask what lives in a folder, move stale boards to an archive folder, or delete the duplicates left over from a workshop. The agent walks the file tree so you do not have to click through it.

  • Research

    Work through comments on a board

    Ask for every open comment on the journey map and get them summarized by theme. Reply to the ones you can resolve and leave the rest for the author, all without leaving the chat.

Try asking

  • “Turn the onboarding spec into a flowchart in the Product workspace”
  • “Draft a wireframe for the new settings page”
  • “Summarize the open comments on the checkout redesign board”

See all 17 Whimsical tools below

Compare

Elaichi vs Zapier MCP vs Composio for Whimsical

All three can connect Whimsical to an AI assistant, and all three have admin controls. They differ in where access lives and how you pay.

Elaichi compared with Zapier MCP and Composio for Whimsical, by what to check
What to check Elaichi Zapier MCP Composio
Where the AI connects One address for the whole organization. https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp A server per member, created at sign-in. An MCP endpoint per team, or an SDK.
Control over Whimsical tools Allow or restrict single Whimsical tools, per role or user. App and action restrictions on the account. Role permissions, down to the action.
Record of calls One audit entry per Whimsical call. A History tab of tool calls. A log of every tool call.
Single sign-on SAML or OIDC, plus SCIM, on Gold. SAML on Enterprise. SAML and OIDC on Enterprise.
Price $15 per user per month. 2 tasks per successful call. Billed per tool call.

Sources: Zapier MCP docs, security, usage; Composio docs, gateway, enterprise, pricing. Checked September 2026.

Longer take: Zapier MCP alternative and when you don't need an MCP gateway.

AI tools

Whimsical tools for your AI agents

17 tools are ready to call through Elaichi's MCP endpoint the moment you connect Whimsical, governed by the same roles, restrictions, and audit log as everything else in Elaichi. Whimsical builds and runs these tools.

See it in Elaichi

What connecting Whimsical gets you

6 screens from the product, each doing one job for your Whimsical account.

The agent

Ask about any Whimsical board in plain language.

The agent reads live boards, diagrams and comments and answers from what is actually there.

  • boards
  • diagrams
  • wireframes
  • comments

Ask Elaichi to work across your apps.

Turn the onboarding spec into a flowchart in the Product workspace

Draft a wireframe for the new settings page

Summarize the open comments on the checkout redesign board

Also runs in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor

MCP clients

One endpoint puts Whimsical in every client.

Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor connect over OAuth, with no SDK and no shared API key.

ElaichiMCP clients
Claude ChatGPT Cursor

Copy the endpoint

https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp
Client Connected by Status Last used
Claude
E

Emily Carter

• Connected 4 minutes ago
Cursor
M

Megan Brooks

• Connected 2 hours ago
ChatGPT
R

Ryan Hayes

• Connected Yesterday

Tool catalog

17 Whimsical tools, ready without writing code.

Search, create, edit, move and comment on boards, diagrams, wireframes and docs.

  • Search
  • Fetch
  • File tree
  • List workspaces
ElaichiTools
Tool Action Description
Search Search Search across your Whimsical workspace by title or content. Use this to find existing boards, docs, folders, and sections before creating something new, or to pull relevant files into context. Supports filtering to file and folder titles only, or searching across all content,…
Fetch Action Read the contents of a Whimsical board, doc, or folder by ID. Returns the text content of the file. For boards, this includes all shapes, sticky notes, text, and diagram nodes. For docs, it returns the full text. Can also return a PNG image snapshot of a board. Use search…
File tree Action Browse the folder hierarchy in your workspace. Use this to see how files are organized, find a specific folder to create new content in, or get an overview of a project area.
List workspaces List List all Whimsical workspaces you belong to. Returns workspace names, IDs, and your role (member or guest). Useful when you have access to multiple workspaces and need to target the right one.
How to Action Look up Whimsical-specific syntax and formatting guides before creating content. Returns guides for topics like flowcharts, wireframes, mind maps, sequence diagrams, sticky notes, tables, and boards, as well as reference lookups for icons, colors, and font sizes. AI assistants…

Toolboxes

Every team gets its own Whimsical toolbox.

Design, Product and Engineering each work from a toolbox scoped to their boards.

  • Product
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Marketing
ElaichiToolboxes
Name Source template Tools Created

Product toolbox

Whimsical · user flows and specs

Whimsical starter 18 Mar 4, 2026

Design toolbox

Whimsical · wireframes and mockups

— 9 Mar 2, 2026

Engineering toolbox

Whimsical · system diagrams

— 24 Feb 27, 2026

Marketing toolbox

Whimsical · campaign mind maps

Whimsical starter 6 Feb 19, 2026

Operations toolbox

Whimsical · process maps and folders

— 31 Jan 30, 2026

Research toolbox

Whimsical · journey maps and comments

— 12 Jan 22, 2026

Shared connections

Teammates work in Whimsical without seeing a credential.

One person connects Whimsical, shares it with teams, and the log still names each person.

  • Product
  • Design
  • Engineering
  • Marketing
ElaichiConnections
Connection Scope Status Access
WH

Whimsical (Product)

Connected by Emily Carter

Personal • Active 1 team · 6 members
WH

Whimsical (Design)

Connected by Jake Morgan

Organization • Active 3 teams · 24 members
WH

Whimsical (Engineering)

Connected by Megan Brooks

Organization • Active 2 teams · 11 members
WH

Whimsical (Marketing)

Connected by Tyler Reed

Personal • Needs re-auth 1 team · 3 members
WH

Whimsical (Operations)

Connected by Ryan Hayes

Personal • Active Not shared
WH

Whimsical (Research)

Connected by Ashley Parker

Personal • Active 2 teams · 9 members

Audit log

Every Whimsical change has a name beside it.

When, who, what happened and which board, kept in an append-only log.

  • When
  • Who
  • What happened
  • Type
ElaichiAudit log
When Who What happened Type

2 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:10 PM

E

Emily Carter

[email protected]

Restriction Created Access

8 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 3:04 PM

J

Jake Morgan

[email protected]

Restriction Updated Access

14 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:58 PM

M

Megan Brooks

[email protected]

Role Assigned Access

20 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:52 PM

T

Tyler Reed

[email protected]

Whimsical Users Updated MCP

26 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:46 PM

R

Ryan Hayes

[email protected]

Whimsical Boards Created MCP

32 minutes ago

Mar 6, 2026, 2:40 PM

A

Ashley Parker

[email protected]

Whimsical Boards List Toolbox

Launching soon

From answering questions to doing the work

A person no longer has to ask. A trigger starts the work, inside the same permissions and the same audit log as everything else. Automations and live dashboards are launching soon, on the Black plan.

Automations

A schedule drafts the Whimsical digest itself.

New boards are fetched, grouped and summarized, a person approves, and it posts back to Whimsical.

Whimsical digest

Run 418 · started 2 minutes ago · on behalf of Emily Carter

  1. ✓

    Schedule

    Every weekday at 8:00 AM

    0.2s
  2. ✓

    Fetch boards

    Whimsical

    1.4s
  3. ✓

    Group by owner

    Transform

    0.1s
  4. ✓

    Draft the digest

    Agent step

    Ran with 4 tools, returned a structured summary

    6.2s
  5. Approve the digest

    Needs approval

    Assigned to Michael Brennan

    Approve
  6. Post the digest

    Whimsical

    Queued

Collections and dashboards

Whimsical health, counted without asking a model.

Four metrics, fourteen days of boards created and a team breakdown, refreshed on a schedule.

Whimsical health

Refreshed 4 minutes ago · every 15 minutes · from the boards collection

Live

Boards

1,284 ↓ 12%

Diagrams

96 ↓ 8%

Needs attention

3 ↑ 2

Updated this week

412 ↑ 9%

Boards created

Last 14 days

By team

Share of activity

Product 34%

Design 27%

Engineering 21%

Marketing 18%

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How do I connect Whimsical to Claude?

Connect Whimsical in Elaichi first, which opens Whimsical's own sign-in window where you approve access over OAuth, with no client ID or secret to generate. Then in Claude open Customize, then Connectors, then Add, and paste https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp. Sign in to Elaichi when Claude asks and Whimsical is ready to use.

Does Whimsical work with ChatGPT and Cursor as well as Claude?

Yes. Once Whimsical is connected in Elaichi, the same endpoint, https://api.elaichi.ai/mcp, works in Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, the Elaichi Agent and any other MCP client. You connect Whimsical once and every client sees it.

What can an AI agent actually do with my Whimsical data?

An agent can search your Whimsical workspaces, open a board or doc, and generate flowcharts, mind maps and wireframes from a plain description. It can edit an existing board, tidy the layout, move or delete files, and read and reply to comments. Short, concrete asks such as "add a login step to the checkout flow" work better than long paragraphs.

Does connecting Whimsical give the AI access to every workspace?

No. Every call to Whimsical runs as the person who signed in, so the agent only sees the workspaces, boards and docs that person can already open in Whimsical. Elaichi can narrow that further with restrictions, but it can never grant more than Whimsical itself allows.

Can my team share one Whimsical connection?

Yes. One person connects Whimsical in Elaichi and shares it with a team, and nobody else ever handles a credential. Each teammate still signs in to Elaichi as themselves, so the audit log names the actual person behind every board created or comment edited in Whimsical.

Can I stop an agent from deleting or changing things in Whimsical?

Yes. Restrictions in Elaichi apply per action, so you can allow searching and creating in Whimsical while blocking delete, move or edit. A restricted action is never advertised to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor at all, so no prompt can reach it.

What happens to a Whimsical connection when someone leaves?

Offboarding that person in Elaichi ends their access to Whimsical through every client at once. A Whimsical connection they shared keeps working for everyone else on the team. If you want it gone entirely, disconnect Whimsical once in Elaichi and it disappears from Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and the Elaichi Agent together.

Does the Whimsical MCP connector work with Gemini, Codex, Claude Code or other MCP clients?

Yes. Whimsical is reached over the same MCP endpoint every client uses, so anything that speaks MCP can call it — Gemini, Codex, Claude Code, Windsurf, Cline, Zed and OpenCode among them — alongside Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and the Elaichi Agent. The tools on offer and the access behind them are identical whichever client asks. Only the setup screen differs.

Is Elaichi an alternative to Zapier MCP for Whimsical?

Yes. Both let Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor use Whimsical. Zapier MCP fits a team that already automates in Zapier, since each person signs in and acts as themselves in that account. Elaichi fits when IT wants one address for the whole company, per-tool rules by role, and a record of every Whimsical call.

How is Elaichi different from Composio for Whimsical?

Composio gives AI agents tools and sign-in handling across 1,000+ apps, for developers building agents or people using an assistant, billed per tool call. Elaichi gives a company's own people governed access to Whimsical: one address, restrictions per role or user, and $15 per user per month. Both have role permissions and a log of every call.

Put Whimsical in front of your team

14 days on Gold, no credit card. Connect it once and pick what each team can call.

Works with
Claude ChatGPT Cursor and any other MCP client, or the Elaichi Agent.
When the trial ends
Nothing is deleted. Connections, roles and the audit log stay where they are, so subscribing picks up exactly where you left off.