How to set up Collaboard MCP Server
The Collaboard MCP Server allows AI tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI assistants to connect securely with Collaboard.
With the MCP Server, AI assistants can interact with your Collaboard projects using natural language. This makes it possible to create whiteboards, analyze board content, search for existing projects, and turn information into visual workspaces.
What is the Collaboard MCP Server?
The Collaboard MCP Server is a secure gateway that enables AI tools and assistants to connect with your Collaboard projects.
It allows AI assistants to work with Collaboard using natural language, so they can help you:
- Generate whiteboards from prompts
- Analyze, understand, and summarize content on your whiteboards
- Search for whiteboards using natural language
- Turn ideas, meeting notes, or structured input into visual workspaces
With the Collaboard MCP Server, AI can become part of your visual collaboration workflow while keeping access to your Collaboard environment secure and controlled.
Availability: The Collaboard MCP Server is currently available for users with an Advanced or Enterprise subscription.
At the moment, the Collaboard MCP Server is available as a beta feature.
We are continuously improving how Collaboard works with AI agents through the Collaboard MCP Server. This capability is planned to become a usage-based paid feature in the future, but it is currently available free of charge during the beta period
Overview: Connection steps
To connect Collaboard to an AI tool via the Collaboard MCP Server, complete the following steps:
- Create a new MCP connection in your AI tool
Open the settings of your AI tool and create a new app, connector, integration, or MCP server connection, depending on how the tool manages MCP connections. - Enter the Collaboard MCP endpoint
Add the correct MCP endpoint URL for your Collaboard environment. - Copy the callback URL
Open the OAuth or advanced connection settings in your AI tool and copy the provided callback URL. - Create an OAuth client in Collaboard
Open the Collaboard settings and create a new OAuth client for the AI tool. Learn more - Add the callback URL as a redirect URL
Paste the callback URL from your AI tool into the redirect URL field in Collaboard. - Generate the OAuth client secret (optional)
Create a client secret in Collaboard and copy the OAuth Client ID and Client Secret. - Complete the setup in your AI tool
Return to your AI tool and enter the OAuth Client ID, Client Secret, and any other required connection details.
After these steps, your AI tool can connect to Collaboard through the Collaboard MCP Server.
Collaboard MCP Server endpoints
To set up the Collaboard MCP Server, you need to connect your AI tool to the correct MCP endpoint.
The endpoint depends on the Collaboard environment you are using. If you are hosting Collaboard on-premises, please contact your IT team to get the correct MCP endpoint URL.
| Collaboard Environment | MCP endpoint URL |
| WEB (web.collaboard.app) | https://api.collaboard.app/mcp |
| CH (ch.collaboard.app) |
https://ch-api.collaboard.app/mcp |
| DE (de.collaboard.app) | not available yet |
Connect Collaboard MCP Server with your AI tools - Step-by-Step guides: