Adobe MCP Suite

Name: Adobe MCP Suite
Author: zachshallbetter

by zachshallbetterversion 0.3.0i★ –iRuns on your computer

Registry nameio.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-suite

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Overview

Description from the maker (original English)

Local MCP coordinator for cross-app Adobe workflows.

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What you can do with it

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Connection: Runs on your computer
Transport: stdio
Category: Other

Install

Pick the AI app you use, then copy the settings.

Before you install

Basic checks: 1 of 1 passed
Runs on your computer with your user’s permissions (files, network, apps).
You fill in yourself: ADOBE_MCP_APPS, ADOBE_TARGET, ADOBE_BACKEND, TARGET, BACKEND, ARTCRAFT_ENABLED, ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_PORT, ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN, ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN_FILE, INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS, ILLUSTRATOR_ALLOWED_DIRS, PHOTOSHOP_ALLOWED_DIRS, AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS, PREMIERE_ALLOWED_DIRS, PREMIERE_WS_PORT, UXP_BRIDGE_URL, BRIDGE_TOKEN

You need

npmNode.js installed (for the npx command)

Which app do you use?

ClaudeClaude CodeCursorVS CodeChatGPT

Pick your app above. We remember it, so next time the button says “Install in …”.

Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developer → Edit Config, and paste this into claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adobe-suite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "adobe-mcp-suite"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ADOBE_MCP_APPS": "your-value",
        "ADOBE_TARGET": "your-value",
        "ADOBE_BACKEND": "your-value",
        "TARGET": "your-value",
        "BACKEND": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_PORT": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN_FILE": "your-value",
        "INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "ILLUSTRATOR_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PHOTOSHOP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PREMIERE_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PREMIERE_WS_PORT": "your-value",
        "UXP_BRIDGE_URL": "your-value",
        "BRIDGE_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Run this in your terminal

claude mcp add adobe-suite --env ADOBE_MCP_APPS=your-value --env ADOBE_TARGET=your-value --env ADOBE_BACKEND=your-value --env TARGET=your-value --env BACKEND=your-value --env ARTCRAFT_ENABLED=your-value --env ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_PORT=your-value --env ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN=your-value --env ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN_FILE=your-value --env INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS=your-value --env ILLUSTRATOR_ALLOWED_DIRS=your-value --env PHOTOSHOP_ALLOWED_DIRS=your-value --env AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS=your-value --env PREMIERE_ALLOWED_DIRS=your-value --env PREMIERE_WS_PORT=your-value --env UXP_BRIDGE_URL=your-value --env BRIDGE_TOKEN=your-value -- npx -y adobe-mcp-suite

Fill in the empty values before running it.

Open in Cursor

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, or ~/.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adobe-suite": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "adobe-mcp-suite"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ADOBE_MCP_APPS": "your-value",
        "ADOBE_TARGET": "your-value",
        "ADOBE_BACKEND": "your-value",
        "TARGET": "your-value",
        "BACKEND": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_PORT": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN_FILE": "your-value",
        "INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "ILLUSTRATOR_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PHOTOSHOP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PREMIERE_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PREMIERE_WS_PORT": "your-value",
        "UXP_BRIDGE_URL": "your-value",
        "BRIDGE_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

Open in VS Code

Or copy the settings yourself

Paste into .vscode/mcp.json in your project

{
  "servers": {
    "adobe-suite": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "adobe-mcp-suite"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ADOBE_MCP_APPS": "your-value",
        "ADOBE_TARGET": "your-value",
        "ADOBE_BACKEND": "your-value",
        "TARGET": "your-value",
        "BACKEND": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_ENABLED": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_PORT": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN": "your-value",
        "ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN_FILE": "your-value",
        "INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "ILLUSTRATOR_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PHOTOSHOP_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PREMIERE_ALLOWED_DIRS": "your-value",
        "PREMIERE_WS_PORT": "your-value",
        "UXP_BRIDGE_URL": "your-value",
        "BRIDGE_TOKEN": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Your browser asks to open the app, then the app shows the settings and asks you to confirm. Key values are left empty for you to fill in.

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Values you fill in

ADOBE_MCP_APPS env
Applications to load, comma-separated: indesign, illustrator, photoshop, aftereffects, premiere. Defaults to InDesign and Illustrator
ADOBE_TARGET env
Optional shared execution target, including adobe, craft, artcraft, or auto
ADOBE_BACKEND env
Optional shared execution backend, including extendscript, uxp, craft, or auto
TARGET env
Alias for ADOBE_TARGET when choosing the shared execution target
BACKEND env
Alias for ADOBE_BACKEND when choosing the shared execution backend
ARTCRAFT_ENABLED env
Probe a compatible local ArtCraft app when the selected backend is auto
ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_PORT env
Fallback loopback port for local ArtCraft control connections
ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN env
Fallback authentication token for local ArtCraft control connections
ARTCRAFT_CONTROL_TOKEN_FILE env
File containing the fallback ArtCraft control token
INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS env
Extra directories InDesign tools may read and write (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)
ILLUSTRATOR_ALLOWED_DIRS env
Extra directories Illustrator tools may read and write (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)
PHOTOSHOP_ALLOWED_DIRS env
Extra directories Photoshop tools may read and write (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)
AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS env
Extra directories After Effects tools may read and write (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)
PREMIERE_ALLOWED_DIRS env
Extra directories Premiere Pro tools may read and write (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)
PREMIERE_WS_PORT env
Loopback port used to connect the Premiere Pro UXP plugin; defaults to 3011
UXP_BRIDGE_URL env
InDesign UXP bridge URL; defaults to http://127.0.0.1:3000
BRIDGE_TOKEN env
Optional shared secret for the local InDesign or Premiere Pro UXP bridge

These settings are generated from the maker’s registry entry. If the README says otherwise, follow the README.

What it can do

Runs on your computer; the tool list appears in your AI app after you install it.

Basic checksi

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Still maintained
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Has a licence
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Endpoint responds
This one runs on your computer; there is no internet endpoint
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Sign-in with OAuth
Runs on your computer and uses local settings instead
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No hidden instructions in tool descriptions
Runs on your computer; we can only read tool lists from internet endpoints

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Common questions

Is Adobe MCP Suite safe?

It passed 1 of 1 applicable basic checks. We have not read the code. Before adding a key or token, see what access the server asks for and use a key with only the permissions you need.

What keys or codes does it need?

The registry does not list a required key, though some servers ask you to sign in on first use.

Does it run on my computer or in the cloud?

It runs on your computer. Your AI app starts it when needed, and data does not pass through the maker’s servers (unless it calls an online service itself).

Is it still maintained?

The GitHub repo last changed –, and the latest version (0.3.0) reached the registry 17 days ago.

Which apps can use it?

Apps that support MCP, such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. You also need Node.js on your computer.

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README from the maker

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Adobe MCP Suite

One MCP server for Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, After Effects and Premiere Pro together, with tools that work across them. Use it when you work in both applications; to drive only one, install that application's server instead (adobe-mcp-indesign, adobe-mcp-illustrator, adobe-mcp-photoshop, adobe-mcp-aftereffects, adobe-mcp-premiere).

Requires Node.js 18 or later, and InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop and/or After Effects 2023 or later, or Premiere Pro 25.6 or later with its plugin loaded (see adobe-mcp-premiere), on macOS or Windows.

Install

Install the published suite with npm:

npm install --global adobe-mcp-suite

Or use the pinned Homebrew formula (macOS and Linux):

brew install --formula https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp/main/Formula/adobe-mcp-suite.rb

The curl installer installs the current npm release globally:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

All three methods install the same suite package. It runs locally and still requires Node.js 18 or later and the Adobe apps you plan to use.

Claude Code:

claude mcp add adobe -- npx -y adobe-mcp-suite

Any client that reads an mcpServers block:

"mcpServers": { "adobe": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "adobe-mcp-suite"] } } }

Load only some applications with --apps (or ADOBE_MCP_APPS):

{ "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "adobe-mcp-suite", "--apps", "illustrator"] }

Tools

Every tool of each application is included, unchanged, with the application's name in front: indesign_create_text_frame, illustrator_create_rectangle, indesign_export_pdf. A tool that already names its application keeps it once: indesign_status, illustrator_execute_code. Each application keeps its own units and conventions (InDesign: millimetres from the page's top-left; Illustrator: points from the artboard's top-left; Photoshop: pixels from the document's top-left; After Effects: pixels from the composition's top-left and seconds; Premiere Pro: seconds, with clips chosen by track and clip index), and the server's instructions describe each. Premiere Pro's plugin port opens on the first Premiere Pro call.

Tools across applications, offered when both are loaded:

Tool	What it does
`place_illustrator_artwork_in_indesign`	Places an artboard of the active Illustrator document on an InDesign page, linked to the `.ai` file, so later edits in Illustrator reach the layout when the link is updated. Saves the Illustrator document first unless you say not to.
`copy_swatches_illustrator_to_indesign`	Copies colour swatches with their exact values: CMYK and RGB process colours, spot colours as spot inks, grays as CMYK black. Gradients and patterns are listed, not copied; InDesign's built-in swatches are never changed.

Configuration

Each application's variables apply as they do in its own server. The allowed-path variables are INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS, ILLUSTRATOR_ALLOWED_DIRS, PHOTOSHOP_ALLOWED_DIRS, AFTEREFFECTS_ALLOWED_DIRS and PREMIERE_ALLOWED_DIRS. App names, timeouts and backend variables are also supported; see each app's README for their exact behavior. Premiere Pro additionally needs its UXP plugin loaded and uses PREMIERE_WS_PORT and the optional BRIDGE_TOKEN. ADOBE_MCP_APPS chooses the applications.

Development

npm test -w packages/suite

The tests check tool naming, that each application's argument aliases stay with its own tools, that each application's help accepts the suite's names, and that the cross-application tools generate valid scripts for both applications' object models, with both applications stubbed. Nothing here has been run against InDesign or Illustrator.

Licence

MIT. See LICENSE.

Adobe MCP Suite

Overview

PopNx MCP’s three pillars

What you can do with it

Install

Before you install

Values you fill in

What it can do

Basic checksi

Maker matches the repo

Still maintained

Has a licence

Endpoint responds

Sign-in with OAuth

No hidden instructions in tool descriptions

Compared with others in Otheri

Common questions

Alternatives

Spec Driven Development

Remote Desktop Commander

Thth

README from the maker

Adobe MCP Suite

Install

Tools

Configuration

Development

Licence