tldraw AI

What it is for

tldraw AI is the Agent starter kit on the tldraw canvas: the official docs embed (see the cover: infinite canvas, color/style palette, Try starter kit, right-hand chat Add context / “Ask, learn, brainstorm, draw”, model claude-sonnet-5, MADE WITH TLDRAW) is the product chrome. Use it when the job is an agent that reads and edits shapes, not when you want a repo IDE.

The agent starter kit is MIT. The tldraw SDK (the canvas you embed in production) is the tldraw license: development is free; production needs a trial, hobby, or commercial key.

What makes it unique: the cover is tldraw’s own Agent starter widget from tldraw.dev/starter-kits/agent — canvas + chat — not a wordmark.

Key features

• Agent chat panel — Add context, history, model picker (cover).
• Canvas actions — create/update/delete shapes, freehand, rotate/resize/align, todos, viewport moves (docs).
• npm create tldraw@latest -- --template agent — then .dev.vars with Anthropic / Google / OpenAI keys.
• BYO model keys — docs recommend Anthropic; you pay the vendor.
• SDK license keys — production embeds need a trial / hobby / commercial key (license).

Who it's for

Best fit: React developers who want an agent on a whiteboard and will paste their own API key.

Poor fit: people who want a hosted chat seat (ChatGPT) or a repo Agent (Cursor).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-21 (Asia/Shanghai) from tldraw.dev/starter-kits/agent, github.com/tldraw/agent-template (MIT), tldraw.dev/pricing, and tldraw.dev/community/license.

• Agent starter kit — $0. MIT. You pay Anthropic / Google / OpenAI for tokens.
• tldraw.com canvas — free to use in the browser (separate consumer whiteboard).
• SDK development — $0. No key on localhost.
• SDK trial — $0 for 100 days (form; one trial per commercial unit).
• SDK hobby — free discretionary license for non-commercial projects; “made with tldraw” watermark required.
• SDK commercial — value-based / talk to sales. tldraw.dev/pricing prints no dollar. Do not invent one. Startup discounts are application-only.

Limitations / costs

• MIT $0 is the starter, not the tokens. A long Claude thread still bills Anthropic.
• Production SDK needs a license key. The embed will not run in production without one.
• Commercial $ is quote-only. Do not copy a third-party seat number.
• Computer (computer.tldraw.com) is a separate experimental app with no public $ on that host.

Alternatives

• Cursor — repo Agent/Tab; published X Subscription cards.
• Langflow — MIT visual agents, not a whiteboard SDK.
• ComfyUI — GPL-3.0 node graph for images, not a React canvas agent.

Official tutorial

Official tldraw channel video: tldraw's classroom agent (oEmbed author: tldraw).

Written path: Agent starter kit plus Pricing.

Website

https://tldraw.dev/starter-kits/agent

Repository

https://github.com/tldraw/agent-template

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is tldraw’s official Agent starter embed (canvas + chat + claude-sonnet-5), not a logo. Starter kit MIT $0. SDK trial 100 days $0; commercial is value-based with no printed $. Tutorial: tldraw's classroom agent on @tldraw (oEmbed).

Last verified

2026-10-21 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check. Agent starter is MIT $0. Pricing page still has no commercial dollar.