Visualizing Ideas with Claude: Setting Up the Official Draw.io MCP Server

TL;DR - Quick Setup Want to generate diagrams directly in Claude? Here is the fast track configuration for your claude_desktop_config.json: { "mcpServers": { "drawio": { "command": "npx", "args": [ "-y", "@drawio/mcp" ] } } } Restart Claude Desktop, and then ask: “Create a flowchart for a user login system.” Why Draw.io with Claude? If you are like me, explaining architecture or complex flows in text can get wordy and confusing. “Component A talks to B, which then signals C…” is much harder to parse than a simple arrow connecting boxes. ...

February 17, 2026 · 4 min

Supercharging Claude Code with Serena - Save 70% on Tokens

TL;DR - Quick Setup Already know what Serena is? Here’s the fast track: # 1. Install uv and Serena curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh source ~/.zshrc uv tool install git+https://github.com/oraios/serena # 2. Restart terminal, then connect to your project cd /path/to/your/project claude mcp add serena -- serena-mcp-server --project $(pwd) echo ".serena/" >> .gitignore # 3. Start Claude claude --allowedTools "mcp__serena*" Then tell Claude: “Use Serena to onboard this project.” Want to understand what this does and why? Read on. ...

February 4, 2026 · 15 min