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Create Scene

Creates a new scene (whiteboard) in the Excalidraw Plus workspace. The API requires a collection — if no collectionId is provided, the scene is placed in the default (Main) collection automatically. Use List Collections to find the collection ID if the user wants the scene in a specific folder. Returns the new scene's ID and metadata. See the documentation
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  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Excalidraw account once, then configure and run Create Scene from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "excalidraw-create-scene",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    excalidraw: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    sceneName: "Name",
    collectionId: "Collection ID",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Scene inputs
Property Type Description
sceneName Name string
The name of the scene.
Required
collectionId Collection ID string
The unique identifier of the collection. Use List Collections to find collection IDs. Example: 77i8dL6qc5t.
Optional
pinned Pinned boolean
Whether to pin the scene to the top of the collection.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
excalidraw-create-scene
Version
0.0.2
App
Excalidraw
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes