By connecting Lucid with Visual Studio (VS) Code Copilot through the GitHub MCP Registry, you can use natural language to locate and summarize your documents, generate diagrams, and share them with your team. Read this article to learn more.
Plan availability: Free, Individual, Team, and Enterprise.
- Not available on FedRAMP accounts.
- Read the Lucid Plans article for more information about what is available on your account or the Upgrade your Lucid account article for instructions to upgrade.
For Lucid admins: Enable the MCP server
If you are on a Team or Enterprise Lucid account, your Lucid admin must first enable the MCP server. If you are on a Free or Individual Lucid account, skip to the Connect VS Code Copilot to your Lucid account section below.
- Select Admin from the navigation menu on the left side of the Lucid Home Page.
- Click Security from the navigation menu on the left side of the page.
- Select AI controls from the options that appear below "Security".
- Under “MCP access”, use the toggle next to "Allow users to connect”.
- Click Enable MCP or Disable MCP in the modal that appears.
- Click Save changes in the top-right corner.
Once the Lucid MCP Server has been enabled, any Lucid user on your account can follow the steps in the next section to connect Lucid to VS Code Copilot.
Connect VS Code Copilot to your Lucid account
Follow these steps to connect VS Code Copilot to your Lucid account:
- Open the GitHub MCP Registry.
- Use the search bar at the top to search “Lucid”.
- Select the Lucid tile.
- Click Install MCP Server on the right side of the page.
- Select Install in VS Code.
- VS Code will open in a separate window.
- Click Install.
The Lucid MCP Server is now ready to use in VS Code Copilot.
Features
The Lucid VS Code Copilot app has the same features and capabilities as the Lucid MCP server. This includes:
| Functionality | Example |
| Search, fetch, and summarize content | |
| Search Lucid documents for specific content. | "Show me all Lucid documents that talk about the website redesign project." |
| Fetch and summarize document details and content. | "Find the 'Q4 Website Redesign Workflow' document in Lucid, and give me a summary of action items." |
| Fetch an image. | "Find the ‘Product Mockups’ document in Lucid and fetch the original source image attached to the ‘Feature A Screenshot’ shape." |
| Generate and edit content | |
| Create a diagram with prompting. | "Create a diagram in Lucid that maps out a user authentication flow." |
| Create an org chart with a CSV file or text prompt that includes employee information. | "Use the attached CSV file to create an org chart in Lucid." |
| Generate a UML sequence diagram from PlantUML markup. | "Create a UML sequence diagram in Lucid using the following PlantUML syntax." |
| Edit, add, or delete shapes in a document. | "In my Lucid IT Escalation Process document, update all decision blocks to a red fill with bold white text." |
| Add synced Jira Cards to a document. | "Create Jira cards in my Lucid Sprint Planning board from the issues in my Jira Product Team 8 space." |
| Generate a Dynamic Table. | "Generate a dynamic table in my Lucid brainstorming doc and map MCP-254 & DEV-333 Jira issues by assignee and status." |
| Share documents and collaborate | |
| Create a shareable link for a Lucid document. | "Create a shareable link with view-only permissions for my 'FY26 Q3 Product Roadmap' document in Lucid." |
| Share a document with specific collaborators using their email address. | "Share my 'Q1 Marketing Campaign Flowchart' document in Lucid with jsol@email.com. Add them with full Edit permissions." |
| Pull and respond to comments. | "Respond to Jill's comment on the flowchart about the updated schema." |
| Manage content | |
| Move, create, rename folders. | "Change the name of my ‘IT Processes folder’ to ‘IT & Security processes.'" |
| Move and rename documents. | "Move my ‘March Sprint Review document’ to my ‘Q1 Sprint Reviews’ folder." |
| Export a document as a PNG. | "Export of my ‘Project Timeline’ document in Lucid as a PNG file." |
| Send feedback | |
| Send feedback about the MCP to Lucid’s team. | "Request an export diagram feature in Lucid’s MCP server." |
FAQ
What information can the VS Code Copilot integration access?
Lucid’s VS Code Copilot app uses the Lucid MCP server to surface Lucid documents that you have permissions to access. It can access document titles, content, comments, and metadata to provide the LLM with the context it needs to fulfill your request.
Can I edit the diagrams that VS Code Copilot creates?
Yes. When you ask VS Code Copilot to create a diagram, it generates a preview along with the option to open the document in Lucid. Edits can be made manually from inside the document or by prompting the MCP server from VS Code Copilot.
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