Photoshop MCP Server

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Photoshop MCP Server runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 27 installs a week from npm. Last commit 21 Oct 2026.

Drive Adobe Photoshop from any MCP client: layers, selections, adjustments, type and export.

Installs per day peak 27 · avg 0

a month agotoday

Installs / week

npm · adobe-mcp-photoshop

Stars

22 open issues

21 Oct 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Photoshop MCP Server every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add adobe-mcp-photoshop -- npx -y adobe-mcp-photoshop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

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

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.adobe-mcp-photoshop]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "adobe-mcp-photoshop"]

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "adobe-mcp-photoshop": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "adobe-mcp-photoshop"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above: PHOTOSHOP_APP_NAME (macOS only: address a specific copy, e.g. "Adobe Photoshop 2025". Default: Photoshop by bundle id), PHOTOSHOP_ALLOWED_DIRS (Extra directories allowed for file operations (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)), PHOTOSHOP_SCRIPT_TIMEOUT_MS (How long to wait for Photoshop before reporting that a dialog may be open. Default 120000).

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Photoshop MCP Server — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Photoshop MCP Server?

Photoshop MCP Server runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the npm package adobe-mcp-photoshop was installed 27 times last week.

How do I connect Photoshop MCP Server?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls adobe-mcp-photoshop straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Photoshop MCP Server?

The npm package adobe-mcp-photoshop was installed 27 times in the last week. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Photoshop MCP Server open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 26 stars on GitHub and 22 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.