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Illustrator MCP Server

Illustrator MCP Server is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Adobe Illustrator MCP with 66 tools — more than the official Illustrator MCP. It has 148 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y illustrator-mcp-server.

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Install Illustrator MCP Server

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "illustrator-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "illustrator-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio illustrator-mcp-server -- npx -y illustrator-mcp-server

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "illustrator-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "illustrator-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "illustrator-mcp-server": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "illustrator-mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

About Illustrator MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server for reading, manipulating, and exporting Adobe Illustrator design data — with 66 built-in tools.

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What is Illustrator MCP Server?

Illustrator MCP Server is an MCP server that adds tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Adobe Illustrator MCP with 66 tools — more than the official Illustrator MCP. It has 148 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y illustrator-mcp-server. The source code is at github.com/ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server.

How do I install the Illustrator MCP Server MCP server?

Add the command npx -y illustrator-mcp-server to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Illustrator MCP Server free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Illustrator MCP Server actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Sep 26, 2026. The latest release is v1.10.3, published Sep 26, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months and re-checks every server daily.