adobe-mcp

Adobe MCP Server

Full Creative Cloud automation for Claude via the Model Context Protocol
Control Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro, After Effects, InDesign, Animate & more — directly from Claude conversations.

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Supported Applications

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Requirements

• Windows 10/11 (COM automation is Windows-only)
• Python 3.10+ in PATH
• One or more supported Adobe Creative Cloud apps
• Claude Code CLI or Claude Desktop App

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Installation

Automatic (Recommended)

# 1. Clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/VoidChecksum/adobe-mcp.git
cd adobe-mcp

# 2. Run the installer — auto-detects Python, configures both Claude clients
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File install.ps1

Restart Claude Code CLI and/or Claude Desktop App after installation.

Manual Setup

Install Python dependencies:

pip install "mcp[cli]" pydantic httpx

Claude Code CLI — add to ~/.claude/settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adobe_mcp": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["C:\\path\\to\\adobe-mcp\\adobe_mcp.py"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop App — add to %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adobe_mcp": {
      "command": "python",
      "args": ["C:\\path\\to\\adobe-mcp\\adobe_mcp.py"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }
}

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Tool Reference

Core / Cross-App (11 tools)

Photoshop (13 tools)

Illustrator (5 tools)

Premiere Pro (6 tools)

After Effects (6 tools)

InDesign (3 tools)

Animate (2 tools)

Media Encoder (1 tool)

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Usage Examples

Once installed, use natural language in Claude:

"Open Photoshop, create a 1920x1080 document with a dark gradient background,
 and add the text 'Hello World' centered in white 72pt"

"In Illustrator, draw a red hexagon with a gold stroke and export it as SVG
 to my Desktop"

"Create a new Premiere Pro project, import all MP4s from C:/footage,
 and arrange them in a 4K sequence"

"In After Effects, create a 10-second comp and animate a text layer
 flying in from the left with motion blur"

"Batch export all PSD files in C:/designs to JPEG at 80% quality"

"Run this ExtendScript in Photoshop:
 app.activeDocument.flatten();
 app.activeDocument.save();"

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Architecture

Claude / Claude Code
        │
        ▼ MCP (stdio)
  adobe_mcp.py  (FastMCP server)
        │
   ┌────┴────┐
   ▼         ▼
PowerShell  ExtendScript (.jsx)
(COM auto)  (legacy scripting)
   │         │
   └────┬────┘
        ▼
  Adobe CC Apps

Two automation backends are used transparently:

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Troubleshooting

App not responding

Make sure the target app is running first. Use adobe_launch_app or launch it manually, then retry.

PowerShell execution policy error

Set-ExecutionPolicy -ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned -Scope CurrentUser

mcp module not found

pip install "mcp[cli]" pydantic httpx

COM errors with Premiere Pro or After Effects

These apps sometimes require the window to be in the foreground (not minimized) for COM to work reliably.

python not found in PATH

Install Python 3.10+ from python.org and ensure it's added to PATH during installation.

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License

MIT — see LICENSE for details.

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