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InDesign MCP Server

Drive Adobe InDesign from any MCP client: 135+ tools for layout, styles, books and PDF export.

MCP server · by zachshallbetter

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About

InDesign MCP Server is an MCP server published by zachshallbetter. Marketplaces we read that list it: 1 (Official MCP Registry). The last change we recorded was on 2026-10-19. As of our marketplace pass on 2026-10-24.

What it asks for

  • Runs on your machine
  • Settings: 3

What it declares, asks for and runs, in full

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Package

npm adobe-mcp-indesign (adobe-mcp-indesign on npm)

  • npm downloads/week: 179 (2026-10-24)
  • npm downloads/month: 179 (2026-10-24)
  • Latest version on npm: 2.5.0, published 2026-10-15

npm facts come from the public npm registry (registry.npmjs.org, api.npmjs.org). Each figure is the registry's own and is never added to another. A registry that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

Works with

  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • VS Code
  • Copilot CLI
Install in CursorInstall in VS Code

A one-click link opens the client, which asks you to confirm before it adds the server.

From the marketplaces that list it and the MCP transport it declares, as each client documents them. We do not test plugins.

Connect

Commands and configs built only from what its marketplaces declare. We do not run them for you and do not test plugins.

As a local MCP server: npm package

Built from what Official MCP Registry declares.

Claude CodeTerminal
claude mcp add --transport stdio adobe-mcp-indesign -- npx -y adobe-mcp-indesign
Codex~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.adobe-mcp-indesign]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "adobe-mcp-indesign"]
Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "adobe-mcp-indesign": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "adobe-mcp-indesign"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Optional settings it also lists: INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS, INDESIGN_APP_NAME, INDESIGN_BACKEND.

Where it is published

MarketplaceStatusVersionFiguresVerifiedFirst seen
Official MCP Registry (Open the registry record) Listed 2.5.0 Downloads/month (npm): 179
Downloads/week (npm): 179
Forks (GitHub): 10
Stars (GitHub): 26		 Not marked

Each figure is the marketplace's own and is never added up across marketplaces. A marketplace that publishes no figure shows none: no number is not zero.

How its figures have moved

Forks (GitHub)
unchanged since 19.10
10 · 2 readings
  1. 2026-10-1910
  2. 2026-10-2310
Stars (GitHub)
unchanged since 19.10
26 · 2 readings
  1. 2026-10-1926
  2. 2026-10-2326

Each dot is a day we read a different number; flat stretches are days the number did not move. Figures of different marketplaces are never added up.

What changed

  1. Official MCP Registry: released version 2.5.0 (was 2.4.0)
  2. Became a product we track
  3. Official MCP Registry: appeared

Forks and copies

  • InDesign MCP Serverzachshallbetter · The same name and nearly the same description, in another repository

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