Adobe MCP Suite MCP Server

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Adobe MCP Suite runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. Last commit 15 Oct 2026.

Drive Adobe InDesign and Illustrator from one MCP server, with tools that work across both.

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Installs / week

npm · adobe-mcp-suite

Stars

12 open issues

15 Oct 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

MIT

License

JavaScript

Nothing serious here today

Today is the operative word: we check Adobe MCP Suite 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-suite -- npx -y adobe-mcp-suite

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

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

~/.codex/config.toml

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

.cursor/mcp.json

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

.vscode/mcp.json

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

This one needs environment variables set before it will start: ADOBE_MCP_APPS (Applications to load, comma-separated: indesign, illustrator. Default all), INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS (Extra directories InDesign tools may read and write (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)), ILLUSTRATOR_ALLOWED_DIRS (Extra directories Illustrator tools may read and write (':' on macOS, ';' on Windows)). The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.

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Adobe MCP Suite — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Adobe MCP Suite?

Adobe MCP Suite 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-suite.

How do I connect Adobe MCP Suite?

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

Is Adobe MCP Suite open source?

Yes — it is published under the MIT licence, written in JavaScript, 25 stars on GitHub and 12 open issues. The source link is on this page, so you can read exactly what it does with your data before you connect it.