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Photoshop MCP

Photoshop MCP is an MCP server that adds messaging tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. MCP server for Adobe Photoshop — 128 tools (generative AI + recipes), standalone web UI. It has 737 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with npx -y @alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp.

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Install Photoshop MCP

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Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "photoshop-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport stdio photoshop-mcp -- npx -y @alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp

Cursor

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

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

VS Code

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

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 Photoshop MCP

Languages: English · 简体中文 · Español · Deutsch · 日本語 · Türkçe · Website Chat with Photoshop like a colleague. Describe what you want in plain words — "remove this background", "resize these for Instagram" — and your AI assistant does the clicking for you. Works with Cursor, Claude, or the built-in chat window. No code, no scripts, no IDE required.

  • adobe
  • ai
  • ai-assistant
  • claude
  • creative-automation
  • extendscript
  • graphic-design
  • image-editing
  • macos
  • mcp

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How do I install the Photoshop MCP MCP server?

Add the command npx -y @alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp 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 Photoshop MCP free?

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

Is Photoshop MCP actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 20, 2026. The latest release is v1.7.37, published Oct 15, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.