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v0.2.0 – Visual Paradigm 18.1 / Java 11
First release of the rewrite for Visual Paradigm 18.1 (also the free Community Edition).
Install
- Close Visual Paradigm.
- Unzip
visual-paradigm-mcp-plugin-0.2.0.zipinto the plugins folder so that you get<plugins>/visual-paradigm-mcp-plugin/plugin.xml- Windows:
%APPDATA%\VisualParadigm\plugins - Linux:
~/.config/VisualParadigm/plugins
- Windows:
- Start Visual Paradigm, then connect your MCP client, e.g. Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http -s user visual-paradigm http://127.0.0.1:8931/mcp
What's inside
- 22 MCP tools (Streamable HTTP on
127.0.0.1:8931/mcp, configurable inmcp.properties) - Use case, activity (swimlanes), sequence, class, ER and state machine diagrams; many shapes and connectors in one call; image export so the AI can look at the result
- No dependencies, runs on Visual Paradigm's bundled Java 11
Tested on Windows 11 with Visual Paradigm Community Edition 18.1 (build 20260914).