Lucid MCP connector for Manus

Describe a process and get a Lucidchart diagram back

Connect Lucid and describe a process. Manus draws it as a Lucidchart flowchart in your Lucid account that you can keep editing, turns team lists and database schemas into org charts and ER diagrams, and updates diagrams you already have.

First, connect Lucid in Manus

Draw our refund approval process as a Lucidchart flowchart with swimlanes for Customer, Support and Finance. Refunds over $100 need Finance approval.

Done. “Refund approval” is in your Lucid account, with three swimlanes and a decision that sends larger refunds to Finance.

Refund approvalLucidchart document
Refund approvalIllustration
Customer
Support
Finance
NoYes
Over $100?
Start
Refund request
Check the order
Send refund
Approve the refund
Refund received
End

Org chart from list, ER diagram from database schema

Use Manus as a Lucidchart AI diagram generator for Lucid AI charts beyond flowcharts. Hand it a team list, a database schema, the steps of an API call or your infrastructure code, and it builds the diagram from standard Lucid shapes you can keep editing.

Sales teamIllustration
Head of Sales
Sales manager, East
Account executive
Account executive
Account executive
Sales manager, West
Account executive
Account executive
Account executive
Sales operations lead

Lucid org chart from a team list

Paste names, titles and managers, or attach a spreadsheet, and Manus draws who reports to whom. The chart doesn’t update itself, so ask Manus to redraw it when the team changes.

Billing databaseIllustration
plansidPKnamemonthly_priceaccountsidPKplan_idFKnameinvoicesidPKaccount_idFKamount_duedue_datepaymentsidPKinvoice_idFKamountpaid_at

ER diagram in Lucid from your schema

Use it as a Lucid AI ER diagram generator: point Manus at your SQL schema or migration files, and it draws each table with its keys and how the tables relate.

See the GitHub connector
Two-step sign-inIllustration
User
Web app
Auth service
Sign in
Check password
Send a one-time code
Enter the code
Verify the code
Session token

Lucid UML sequence diagram from API calls

Describe how your services talk to each other, or paste the steps of a request. Manus lays them out as a UML sequence diagram with each participant, message and reply in order.

Production architectureIllustration
Private network
Internet
Load balancer
App server
App server
Database
Cache
File storage

Cloud architecture diagram in Lucid

Manus reads your infrastructure code or a short description and draws the architecture. Ask for Lucid’s AWS, Azure or Google Cloud shapes when you want them.

Edit existing diagrams through Lucid MCP

When a process changes, tell Manus what’s different. Through the Lucidchart MCP connection it adds, changes or removes shapes in the diagram you already have, even one you drew by hand, and tells you what it changed.

Purchase requestsIllustration
Before the edit
Start
Submit a purchase request
Manager approves
Place the order
End
Purchase requestsIllustration
After the edit
Start
Submit a purchase request
Manager approves
Finance checks the budget
Added
Place the order
End
What Manus changed
  • Added “Finance checks the budget” after “Manager approves”
  • Connected “Finance checks the budget” to “Place the order”
  • Left the other shapes as they were

Search and summarize Lucid documents with a Lucidchart AI assistant

Ask Manus to find a process or system across your Lucid documents. It reads the shapes and how they connect, then explains the diagram in a few sentences and tells you which document it used.

Search resultsIllustration
checkout service
  • Checkout service architectureEdited Oct 14
  • Payment retry flowEdited Oct 9
  • Orders database schemaEdited Sep 30
Summary
  1. Orders come in through the API gateway and go to the checkout service.
  2. The checkout service asks the payment provider to charge the card.
  3. Successful payments are saved in the orders database, and the customer gets a confirmation email.
  4. Failed payments go to a retry queue and are tried up to three times.
Source: Checkout service architecture

Export Lucidchart as PNG and share diagrams with your team

Get a diagram out of Lucid as a PNG for a doc or slide deck, and let Manus handle the rest: folders, comments and who can view or edit each document.

refund-approval.pngExported from LucidIllustration
New refund policy
Customer
Support
Finance
NoYes
Over $100?
Start
Refund request
Check the order
Send refund
Approve the refund
Refund received
End
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Put a Lucidchart diagram into slides as a PNG

Manus exports the diagram from Lucid as a PNG and places it in the slides, doc or report it’s building for you.

Refund processIllustration
  • Refund approvalMoved
  • Refund escalationMoved
  • Refund data flowMoved
Shared “Refund approval” with
finance@example.comCan edit

Organize, comment and share in Lucid

Manus can move documents into folders, read and reply to comments, and share a document by email or with a view-only link.

Connect the Lucid MCP server to Manus

There’s no Lucidchart MCP server to install: Manus connects to the one Lucid runs. On Team and Enterprise plans, an admin turns on MCP access first, and then each person signs in with their own Lucid account.

  1. Your admin allows MCP access

    On Team and Enterprise plans, a Lucid admin goes to Admin > Security > AI controls and turns on Allow users to connect. Free and Individual accounts skip this step.

  2. Connect in Manus

    Open Connectors in Manus, choose Lucid and select Connect.

  3. Sign in and approve

    Sign in with your Lucid account and approve access. Then mention Lucid in any task.

Lucid

Search and summarize Lucid documents, create and edit diagrams, manage folders, comments, and sharing, and export documents as PNG files.

ConnectIllustration
Good to know
  • Works on Free, Individual, Team and Enterprise plans
  • On Team and Enterprise, an admin turns on MCP access first
  • Manus only opens documents you can already open in your Lucid account
  • Diagrams made from a list or table don’t update when the data changes
  • Not available for FedRAMP accounts

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Questions about Lucidchart AI and MCP

How do I connect Lucid to Manus?

Open Connectors in Manus, choose Lucid and select Connect. Sign in to Lucid and approve access, and Manus can use your Lucid account in any task. On Team and Enterprise plans, a Lucid admin has to turn on MCP access first.

Can I keep editing the diagrams in Lucidchart?

Yes. Manus creates a regular Lucid document in your account, built from standard Lucid shapes and lines. Open it in Lucidchart to move, restyle or add shapes like any other diagram, or ask Manus to make the changes.

What diagrams can Manus make in Lucidchart?

Any type Lucid supports, such as flowcharts with swimlanes, org charts, mind maps, BPMN diagrams, UML sequence and class diagrams, ER diagrams, timelines and cloud architecture diagrams. That lets you use Manus as a Lucid AI diagram generator for most charts a team draws.

Can I make a Lucidchart flowchart from text?

Yes. Describe the steps, who does each one and where the process branches. Manus draws a flowchart in Lucid with swimlanes, decision points and labeled Yes and No branches. You can also paste meeting notes or a process doc instead of writing the steps out.

Can Manus edit diagrams I already have?

Yes, including ones you drew by hand. It can add, change and delete shapes, restyle them, tidy the layout, and add, rename or delete pages. It can only change documents you’re allowed to edit in Lucid.

Will a diagram update when my data changes?

No. A diagram Manus makes from a list or table, such as an org chart, is a static copy and isn’t linked to the data. When the data changes, ask Manus to update the diagram or draw a new one.

Which Lucid documents can Manus see?

Only documents you can already open in your Lucid account. It can’t reach documents owned by people outside your Lucid account, even if they’re shared with you. Lucid says its MCP server doesn’t keep your document content, prompts or queries.

Which Lucid plans can use the connector?

Free, Individual, Team and Enterprise. On Team and Enterprise, an admin turns on MCP access in the Lucid admin settings first. The Lucid MCP server isn’t available for FedRAMP accounts.

Which Lucid MCP tools can Manus use?

The ones Lucid offers through its MCP server: search, read and summarize documents, create diagrams, add, change and delete shapes and pages, apply layouts and themes, read and reply to comments, manage folders, share documents and export them as PNG. When Lucid adds new tools, disconnect and connect again so Manus gets them.

What is Lucid AI, and how does Manus work with Lucid?

Lucid AI and Process Agent are Lucid’s own AI features, and you use them inside Lucidchart and Lucidspark. Manus works from outside as a Lucidchart AI generator and editor: it connects through Lucid’s official MCP server and ties your diagrams to work in other tools, like reading a GitHub repository to draw an ER diagram or putting a flowchart into a slide deck.

Do I need the Lucidchart Claude MCP or a Lucidchart ChatGPT integration?

No. A Lucidchart Claude integration, a Lucid MCP Claude connector or a Lucidchart ChatGPT connector adds Lucid to those apps. Manus reaches the Lucid MCP server through its own Lucidchart MCP connector, so you don’t need a Lucidchart MCP Claude setup to use Lucid here.

Does this Lucidchart integration work with my other tools?

Yes. In one task, Manus can use Lucid together with files you upload and other apps you’ve connected. For example, it can read table definitions from GitHub and draw them in Lucid, or add a diagram’s share link to a Notion page.

Can I disconnect Lucid later?

Yes. Open Connectors in Manus, choose Lucid and select Disconnect. Manus stops using your Lucid account, and your documents stay in Lucid.

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