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  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "homepage",
   "note": "Lucid presents a commercial visual-collaboration platform with Lucidchart diagramming, Lucidspark whiteboarding, and a Lucid MCP server that connects Lucid documents to supported LLMs.",
   "source": "https://lucid.co/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "vendor",
   "note": "The homepage and marketplace listing name Lucid Software as the vendor of Lucidchart, Lucidspark, and the Lucid MCP server.",
   "source": "https://lucid.co/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "license",
   "note": "The vendor MCP README lists Free, Individual, Team, and Enterprise plans. That is a free tier plus paid plans, recorded here as freemium.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/main/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Lucid is presented as a browser-used visual collaboration suite.",
   "source": "https://lucid.co/",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "platforms",
   "note": "Apple lists a Lucidchart iPhone and iPad app by Lucid Software Inc. The listing states Team or Enterprise is required for the native app; Free and Individual users are directed to the web browser.",
   "source": "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/lucidchart/id611543423",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.api.exists",
   "note": "Lucid documents a REST API for document, user, and dynamic data access with the user's permission, and points to sample REST applications.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[0]",
   "note": "REST calls use Authorization Bearer credentials and a Lucid-Api-Version header, or the version in the path such as https://api.lucid.co/v1/users/me/profile.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/headers",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.api.kinds[1]",
   "note": "Create from JSON publishes an OpenAPI 3.0.3 definition titled Lucid Rest API with server https://api.lucid.co.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/createdocument",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[0]",
   "note": "Lucid states that REST API permission can be granted with an OAuth 2.0 access token or an API key, and that the REST API supports only the OAuth 2.0 authorization-code flow for apps.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/using-oauth-20",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.api.auth[1]",
   "note": "An API key authenticates as Authorization: Bearer and generally substitutes for an OAuth 2.0 user token. Document sharing and embedding-utils endpoints require an OAuth 2.0 client.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/using-the-key",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.api.coverage",
   "note": "Create from JSON creates a new Lucidchart or Lucidspark document and cannot modify an existing document's contents. Coverage is therefore partial relative to the editors. Search, export, Mermaid create/update, folders, collaborators, and user APIs exist on other REST resources.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/createdocument",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.exists",
   "note": "Lucid documents lucid-extension-sdk as the official npm module editor extensions use to extend Lucidchart and Lucidspark.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/lucid-extension-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.languages[0]",
   "note": "lucid-extension-sdk and lucid-package are npm modules and require Node.js, which establishes JavaScript as the official extension SDK language.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/lucid-extension-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.sdk.official",
   "note": "The Extension API page presents lucid-extension-sdk and lucid-package as Lucid's own modules for extension packages.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/lucid-extension-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.first_party",
   "note": "The lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server README documents Lucid's cloud-hosted MCP at https://mcp.lucid.app/mcp, Streamable HTTP, OAuth 2.0 with DCR, and first-party setup for ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Cursor, and other MCP clients.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/main/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.mcp.verdict",
   "note": "Lucid's marketplace listing for Lucid MCP server, published by Lucid Software, describes connecting Lucid documents to ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, GitHub, Cursor, and Windsurf.",
   "source": "https://lucid.co/marketplace/e16391cc/lucid-mcp-server",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.integrations.power_automate",
   "note": "Microsoft's connector catalog lists Lucid MCP Server (Preview) by Lucid Software Inc as a premium Power Automate connector that invokes the Lucid MCP server. Direct Test-tab execution may return 401; Copilot agents are the stated runtime.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/lucidmcpserver/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.cli.exists",
   "note": "lucid-package is Lucid's npm CLI for creating, testing, and bundling extension packages. It does not create or edit Lucid documents by itself.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/lucid-package-cli",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.extensibility.scripting[0]",
   "note": "Editor extensions run custom code inside Lucid's editors as part of an extension package declared in manifest.json.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/lucid-extension-api",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[0]",
   "note": "The asynchronous export Accept header defaults to image/png and documents image/png as an export format.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/exportdocumentlongrunning",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[1]",
   "note": "The same export endpoint documents image/jpeg as an Accept format.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/exportdocumentlongrunning",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[2]",
   "note": "The same export endpoint documents application/pdf as an Accept format.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/exportdocumentlongrunning",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.export[3]",
   "note": "Document Contents retrieves JSON information about Lucidchart or Lucidspark document contents. Unchanged documents may produce varying results over time.",
   "source": "https://lucid.readme.io/reference/lucid-rest-api/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.data_access.import[0]",
   "note": "Standard Import posts a .lucid ZIP to https://api.lucid.co/v1/documents to create a new Lucidchart or Lucidspark document from document.json, optional CSV data, and images.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/overview-si",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "modalities.agent_docs.llms_txt",
   "note": "Lucid publishes a genuine developer llms.txt that indexes Guides, REST, SCIM, Extension SDK, Data API, and Standard Import sections. Pages instruct agents to append .md for markdown.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.api",
   "note": "REST is documented, OpenAPI-described, and read/write for new documents, export, sharing, and account objects. Create cannot edit existing document contents, and some sharing endpoints reject API keys, so the path is broad production work with material gaps rather than 8\u201310 canvas parity.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/createdocument",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "The official hosted server supports search, summarize, share, create, shape edit, PlantUML sequence diagrams, and PNG export on Free through Enterprise. FedRAMP is excluded and Team/Enterprise admins can disable MCP. That is official useful coverage with operational limits, not unusually complete.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/main/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.mcp",
   "note": "Lucid states MCP can generate supported diagram types as static documents and cannot create data-linked diagrams that update when source data changes. Granting MCP allows any AI client; restricting clients requires disabling MCP at the account.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/main/FAQ.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.integrations",
   "note": "The opened Power Automate catalog page is a preview Lucid MCP invoke connector, not a dedicated Lucidchart actions catalog. Zapier, Make, and n8n catalog pages were not opened, so connector coverage is a narrow MCP wrap.",
   "source": "https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/lucidmcpserver/",
   "tier": "scraped"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "verdict.scores.cli",
   "note": "lucid-package scaffolds and bundles editor extensions. It is a maintained official CLI with a narrow surface, not a document-operations CLI.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/lucid-package-cli",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[0].url",
   "note": "Opened Lucid's current first-party MCP README, including https://mcp.lucid.app/mcp, OAuth DCR, plan list, FedRAMP exclusion, action list, and admin feature-control.",
   "source": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/main/README.md",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[1].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Lucid's current REST API overview for document, user, and dynamic data access.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/overview",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[2].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as the current lucid-package CLI command reference.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/lucid-package-cli",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[3].url",
   "note": "Opened and verified as Lucid's current developer documentation index for agents.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/llms.txt",
   "tier": "declared"
  },
  {
   "date": "2026-09-06",
   "fact": "freshness.watch[4].url",
   "note": "Opened Lucid's FedRAMP REST routing page. FedRAMP uses api.lucidgov.app and lucidgov.app OAuth hosts. Hosted MCP on mcp.lucid.app is documented as unavailable for FedRAMP accounts.",
   "source": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/lucids-fedramp-environment",
   "tier": "declared"
  }
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  "last_verified": "2026-09-06",
  "volatility": "high",
  "watch": [
   {
    "type": "mcp",
    "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lucidsoftware/lucid-mcp-server/main/README.md"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/overview"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://developer.lucid.co/docs/lucid-package-cli"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://developer.lucid.co/llms.txt"
   },
   {
    "type": "docs",
    "url": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/lucids-fedramp-environment"
   }
  ]
 },
 "homepage": "https://lucid.co/",
 "id": "lucid",
 "license": "freemium",
 "modalities": {
  "agent_docs": {
   "llms_txt": true
  },
  "api": {
   "auth": [
    "oauth2",
    "api-key"
   ],
   "coverage": "partial",
   "docs": "https://developer.lucid.co/reference/overview",
   "exists": true,
   "kinds": [
    "rest",
    "openapi"
   ]
  },
  "cli": {
   "exists": true
  },
  "computer_use": {
   "issues": [],
   "viability": "unknown"
  },
  "data_access": {
   "export": [
    "png",
    "jpeg",
    "pdf",
    "api-json"
   ],
   "import": [
    "standard-import"
   ]
  },
  "extensibility": {
   "scripting": [
    "editor-extension"
   ],
   "webhooks": "unknown"
  },
  "integrations": {
   "make": "unknown",
   "n8n": "unknown",
   "power_automate": true,
   "zapier": "unknown"
  },
  "mcp": {
   "first_party": true,
   "third_party": [],
   "verdict": "official"
  },
  "rpa": {
   "drivability": "unknown",
   "notes": "No repeatable UI probe was run. Lucid's hosted MCP server, REST API, Standard Import, and editor-extension SDK cover practical document automation without browser control. The editors are canvas products, not form UIs.\n",
   "ui_stack": [
    "web-dom"
   ],
   "vendor_support": []
  },
  "sdk": {
   "exists": true,
   "languages": [
    "javascript"
   ],
   "official": true
  }
 },
 "name": "Lucid",
 "platforms": [
  "web",
  "ios"
 ],
 "related": {
  "alternatives": [
   "miro",
   "microsoft-visio"
  ],
  "our_products": []
 },
 "schema_version": 1,
 "score_version": 1,
 "status": "active",
 "vendor": "Lucid Software",
 "verdict": {
  "best_path": "mcp",
  "scores": {
   "api": 7,
   "cli": 3,
   "computer_use": null,
   "integrations": 4,
   "mcp": 8,
   "overall": 8,
   "rpa": null
  },
  "summary": "Lucid is automatable today through a vendor-hosted MCP server and a documented REST API. This record is Lucidchart and Lucidspark documents reachable through that hosted MCP, plus the same suite's public REST surface. It is not Miro, Microsoft Visio, or Lucid FedRAMP. The first-party MCP endpoint is https://mcp.lucid.app/mcp over Streamable HTTP, with OAuth 2.0 and dynamic client registration. Documented actions search documents, summarize content, create diagrams and org charts, edit add or delete shapes, generate UML sequence diagrams from PlantUML, export PNG, fetch shape images, share by email, and create share links. Lucid states MCP is available on Free, Individual, Team, and Enterprise plans and is not available on FedRAMP accounts. Team and Enterprise admins can disable MCP under Admin \u2192 Security \u2192 Feature controls. The server is a pass-through and does not retain document content. It cannot create data-linked diagrams that update when source data changes. REST at https://api.lucid.co authenticates with an OAuth 2.0 authorization-code token or an API key as Authorization Bearer, plus a Lucid-Api-Version header. Callers can create Lucidchart or Lucidspark documents from JSON or Standard Import, search, copy, trash, export images or PDF, read document contents, create and update Mermaid diagrams, manage folders, collaborators, and share links, and call user and team APIs. Create-from-JSON cannot modify an existing document's contents. Document sharing and embedding utils require an OAuth 2.0 client, not an API key. FedRAMP REST uses api.lucidgov.app and is out of this record's MCP boundary. Official lucid-extension-sdk and lucid-package CLI target in-editor extensions, not document CRUD. Microsoft lists a premium Lucid MCP Server connector for Power Automate; Zapier, Make, and n8n catalogs were not opened in this pass. Computer-use viability is unassessed. MCP scores 8 and is the best path for agents because it can edit shapes in existing documents. Use the REST API for Standard Import, admin and sharing endpoints, or deterministic backends that should not depend on an MCP client.\n"
 }
}