Adobe MCP Suite

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.