How do I install Layerback?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Layerback need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: LAYERBACK_API_KEY.

What transport does Layerback use?

Layerback runs locally over stdio.

Layerback

by io.github.TopLocalAI

Convert diagram images into fully editable Visio (VSDX), PowerPoint, draw.io, and SVG files.

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Local command

npx -y [email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

LAYERBACK_API_KEY — LayerBack API key from https://layerback.com/settings/apikeys

Provider

Claude Code

LAYERBACK_API_KEY=<secret> claude mcp add io.github.toplocalai-layerback-mcp -- npx -y [email protected]

Run in a terminal.

Claude Desktop

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io.github.toplocalai-layerback-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "[email protected]"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LAYERBACK_API_KEY": "<secret>"
      }
    }
  }
}

claude_desktop_config.json

Step-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Related MCP

Related skills

View all

Questions

How do I install Layerback?: Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.
Does Layerback need an API key?: The publisher lists these environment variables: LAYERBACK_API_KEY.
What transport does Layerback use?: Layerback runs locally over stdio.
When was Layerback last checked?: Last checked 2026-10-16. Convert diagram images into fully editable Visio (VSDX), PowerPoint, draw.io, and SVG files.

LayerBack MCP Server

Give your AI agent the one diagram skill it's missing: turning pictures of diagrams into fully editable files.

Agents can write Mermaid — but when the input is a screenshot, a whiteboard photo, or a diagram trapped in a PDF page, they're stuck. This MCP server connects any MCP-compatible agent (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, …) to LayerBack, which rebuilds every shape, connector, and label as a native object and returns Visio (VSDX), PowerPoint (PPTX), draw.io, and SVG — all editable, from one conversion.

Tools

Tool	What it does
`convert_diagram_image`	Convert a local image file (PNG/JPG/WebP); waits for the result by default (~30–60 s)
`get_conversion_status`	Poll a running job
`download_converted_diagram`	Save any output format to a local path

Setup

Create an API key at https://layerback.com/settings/apikeys (new accounts include free credits — one conversion costs 10 and includes every output format).
Add the server to your MCP client config:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "layerback": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "layerback-mcp"],
      "env": { "LAYERBACK_API_KEY": "your-key-here" }
    }
  }
}

Example prompts

"Convert ~/Desktop/whiteboard.jpg into a Visio file and save it to my Downloads folder."
"Here's a screenshot of our architecture diagram — rebuild it as an editable draw.io file."
"Batch-convert every PNG in ./legacy-diagrams to VSDX."

Notes

Requires Node 18+.
REST API docs: https://layerback.com/docs/api · OpenAPI: https://layerback.com/openapi.yaml
Files upload to LayerBack for conversion and are deleted within 72 hours.

MIT © LayerBack