io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server
NPM · ILLUSTRATOR-MCP-SERVER
Adobe Illustrator MCP with 66 tools — more than the official Illustrator MCP. macOS | Windows.
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Scores higher than 99% of npm servers
Category Design and Media
How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Supply Chain Security98
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- No known CVEs affecting this package version or its production dependencies.Pass
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 30 of 94 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency100
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Cryptographically verified build provenance (signed, bound to ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server). View diagnostics → Pass
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 39 days ago).Pass
- Publishes a security disclosure policy (SECURITY.md).Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability80
- 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).Pass
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 10898 tokens (~165/item across 66 items; 66 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage100
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 99% of tool parameters carry a description.Partial
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- All 1 tool(s) whose name or description implies an irreversible operation declare an MCP destructiveHint annotation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 66 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities100
- Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.Pass
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 2 Nov 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 1 Nov 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.97 functional
- 27 Oct 26 0
- Stability: fail → pass ▲ security
- 21 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 95 to 99.
- 20 Oct 26 −1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 99 to 95.
- 17 Oct 26 +3
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 82 to 99.
- 15 Oct 26 −3
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 99 to 79.
- 14 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 95 to 99.
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 5 Nov 2026 · Analysed npm/illustrator-mcp-server@1.10.3
Provenance Verified
A signed build attestation was found and verified, binding this exact artifact to the source repository it claims to come from.
| Result | Verified |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
| Reason | Verified |
| Discovered via | Registry attestation endpoint |
| Source repo | ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server |
| Certificate issuer | https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com |
| Certificate SAN | https://github.com/ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server/.github/workflows/ci.yml@refs/tags/v1.10.3 |
| Rekor log index | 2965085195 |
| Predicate type | SLSA build provenance https://slsa.dev/provenance/v1 |
| Subject digest | sha512:1c3865ddd81829b395dea725fba5fbdf356310e1af060b4ea3171b3175b11c7e5efb7649c64b77bfd468b2380ee6ae5228ef3f6282288086718aa6096 |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Dependencies 94 packages
| Packages resolved | 94 |
|---|---|
| Stale | 30 |
| Tree resolution | Complete |
Background: SBOMs and build attestations, explained →
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
move_to_layer Move to Layer ~129
Move one or more objects to a different layer. Objects that are found are moved; missing UUIDs are listed in notFound and per-object failures in errors (success is false if either is non-empty). Note: Illustrator will be activated (brought to foreground) during execution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| position | string | – | beginning = front of layer, end = back of layer |
| target_layer | string | yes | Target top-level layer name. If several layers share the name, the topmost one is used and a warning is returned |
| uuids | array | yes | UUIDs of objects to move |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
open_document Open Document ~77
Open an Illustrator document from a file path. Note: Illustrator will be activated (brought to foreground) during execution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| color_space | string | – | Force color space conversion on open. Omit to keep original. |
| path | string | yes | Absolute file path to open (.ai, .eps, .pdf, .svg, etc.) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
place_color_chips Place Color Chips ~230
Extract all unique colors used in the document (path fills/strokes including inside groups and compound paths, text colors, gradient stop colors; spot colors per tint) and place color chip swatches with labels outside the artboard. Pattern fills cannot be shown as chips and are counted in skippedColors. Items already on the chip layer are ignored.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| artboard_index | integer | – | Target artboard (default: active artboard) |
| chip_size | number | – | Chip size in points (default: 30) |
| coordinate_system | string | – | Coordinate system. Auto-detected from document by default (CMYK/print → document, RGB/web → artboard-web). artboard-web: origin at active artboard top-left, Y-down. document: Illustrator native coord… |
| include_info | boolean | – | Include color value labels next to chips |
| layer_name | string | – | Layer name for color chips |
| position | string | – | Place chips to the right or below the artboard |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
place_image Place Image ~228
Place a raster or PDF image file (PNG, JPG, TIFF, PSD, PDF, etc.) into the document as a linked or embedded image. SVG is NOT supported here because PlacedItems produces a non-editable linked artwork — use import_svg_as_editable instead to bring SVG content in as editable paths/text. Note: Illustrator will be activated (brought to foreground) during execution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinate_system | string | – | Coordinate system. Auto-detected from document by default (CMYK/print → document, RGB/web → artboard-web). artboard-web: origin at active artboard top-left, Y-down. document: Illustrator native coord… |
| embed | boolean | – | Embed the image instead of linking (default: false) |
| file_path | string | yes | Absolute path to the image file |
| layer_name | string | – | Target layer name |
| name | string | – | Object name |
| x | number | – | X position |
| y | number | – | Y position |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
place_style_guide Place Style Guide ~289
Place a visual style guide next to the artboard: color chips (path, text and gradient stop colors), font samples, and legends of recurring spacings, artboard margins and guide gaps. Everything goes on a NON-PRINTING layer (created with Print off; if layer_name already exists its print setting is kept and a warning is returned). By default nothing is drawn on the artboard itself; set annotate_artboard=true to also draw semi-transparent measurement bars and numbers ON the artboard (same non-printing layer, but visible on screen and possibly in screen/image exports).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| annotate_artboard | boolean | – | Also draw measurement bars and numbers ON the artboard for spacings, margins and guide gaps (default: false = legends only, placed outside the artboard) |
| artboard_index | integer | – | Target artboard (default: active artboard) |
| coordinate_system | string | – | Coordinate system. Auto-detected from document by default (CMYK/print → document, RGB/web → artboard-web). artboard-web: origin at active artboard top-left, Y-down. document: Illustrator native coord… |
| layer_name | string | – | Layer name for the style guide |
| position | string | – | Place style guide to the right or below the artboard |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
place_symbol Place Symbol ~195
Place a new symbol instance or replace the symbol definition of an existing instance. Note: Illustrator will be activated (brought to foreground) during execution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | yes | place = new instance, replace = swap symbol definition |
| coordinate_system | string | – | Coordinate system. Auto-detected from document by default (CMYK/print → document, RGB/web → artboard-web). artboard-web: origin at active artboard top-left, Y-down. document: Illustrator native coord… |
| symbol_name | string | yes | Symbol name to place or new symbol name for replace |
| uuid | string | – | UUID of existing symbol item (for replace action) |
| x | number | – | X of the instance top-left (for place action) |
| y | number | – | Y of the instance top-left (for place action) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
preflight_check Preflight Check ~304
Run pre-press quality checks (RGB in CMYK incl. gradient stops, text colors and embedded images; broken links; low resolution; fonts; white overprint on paths and text; transparency; spot colors). `coverage` reports per check whether it was fully checked, partial (sampled or uninspectable contents such as symbols, linked files, live effects under x1a) or skipped — a check marked partial/skipped is not a clean pass. Results are capped at 20 per category; the rest are summarized in one entry with counts and UUIDs (`categoryCounts` has totals). Not exhaustive — does not replace a human final review. GrayColor uses ink-quantity interpretation (0=white/no ink, 100=black/full ink), which differs from the API reference.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinate_system | string | – | Coordinate system. Auto-detected from document by default (CMYK/print → document, RGB/web → artboard-web). artboard-web: origin at active artboard top-left, Y-down. document: Illustrator native coord… |
| min_dpi | integer | – | Minimum acceptable DPI for images (default: 300) |
| target_pdf_profile | string | – | Target PDF/X profile for compliance checks. x1a: no transparency/RGB, fonts must be embeddable (installed). x4: allows transparency, recommends ICC profile. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
replace_color Replace Color ~276
Find and replace fill/stroke colors of paths and text characters across the document or within a specific layer. replacedCount counts replaced path fills/strokes; textFramesChanged counts text frames in which at least one character color was replaced (text strokes with weight 0 are ignored). Every replacement is read back; matches that could not be replaced (e.g. locked) are listed in failed and make success false. A layer scope includes groups and sublayers inside it. from_color must be cmyk or rgb and matches only objects whose current color is stored in that same color type (check with get_colors) — an RGB from_color does not match CMYK-colored objects. to_color can be any type, e.g. replace an RGB color with a CMYK one. Spot, gray, gradient and pattern colors are never matched.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| from_color | – | yes | Color to find (required). cmyk or rgb, in the same color type the objects currently use |
| scope | string | – | Layer name to limit replacement scope (default: entire document) |
| target | string | – | Which color attributes to replace |
| to_color | – | yes | Replacement color (required). Any type; need not match from_color's type |
| tolerance | number | – | Color matching tolerance per channel (0 = exact match, 100 = match any) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
resize_for_variation Resize for Variation ~215
Create size variations from a source artboard. Duplicates all objects and scales/repositions them proportionally to fit target sizes. New artboards are placed to the right of all existing artboards; copies get new UUIDs. Limitations: no text reflow, effects/strokes scale with objects but may need manual adjustment, proportional placement only (not smart layout).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| coordinate_system | string | – | Coordinate system. Auto-detected from document by default (CMYK/print → document, RGB/web → artboard-web). artboard-web: origin at active artboard top-left, Y-down. document: Illustrator native coord… |
| scale_mode | string | – | How to scale objects: proportional (fit within, maintain aspect), fit_width, or fit_height |
| source_artboard_index | integer | yes | Source artboard index to duplicate from (0-based) |
| target_sizes | array | yes | Target sizes for variations |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
save_document Save Document ~138
Save the active Illustrator document. save_as refuses to replace an existing file unless overwrite is true. Note: Illustrator will be activated (brought to foreground) during execution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| mode | string | – | save = overwrite, save_as = save to new path |
| overwrite | boolean | – | save_as only: allow replacing an existing file at path (default: false = error if the file exists) |
| path | string | – | Absolute file path for save_as mode. If omitted, auto-generates a new non-conflicting name (<name>_2.ai, ...) in the same directory as the document (or ~/Desktop for unsaved documents) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
select_objects Select Objects ~57
Select objects by UUID. Pass an empty array to deselect all. Selected objects can then be manipulated interactively in Illustrator.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| uuids | array | yes | Array of object UUIDs to select. Pass empty array [] to deselect all. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
set_illustrator_version Set Illustrator Version ~117
Set which Illustrator version to target when multiple versions are installed. Specify a version year (e.g. "2024", "2025"). If Illustrator is already running, connects to the running instance regardless of version. If not running, launches the specified version. Use clear: true to reset to default behavior (connect to any running Illustrator).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| clear | boolean | – | Reset to default behavior (connect to any running Illustrator). |
| version | string | – | Illustrator version year (e.g. "2024", "2025"). |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
set_workflow Set Workflow ~134
Set the session-level workflow and default coordinate system. Call this after confirming the user's intent (web, print, or video). Once set, all tools that omit coordinate_system will use the session default. Use clear: true to reset to auto-detection from document (CMYK/print → document coords, RGB/web → artboard-web).
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| clear | boolean | – | Reset session to default behavior (auto-detect from document). |
| coordinate_system | string | – | Explicit coordinate system override. If provided with workflow, overrides the workflow-derived default. |
| workflow | string | – | The workflow type. Determines the default coordinate system. |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
set_z_order Set Z-Order ~54
Change the stacking order of an object. Note: Illustrator will be activated (brought to foreground) during execution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| command | string | yes | Stacking order command |
| uuid | string | yes | UUID of the object |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
undo Undo / Redo ~100
Undo or redo steps in Illustrator's history. Steps are Illustrator history entries, not MCP tool calls (one tool call may create several steps). Returns count = steps actually performed; if a step fails, the result is an error that still reports how many were performed. Note: Illustrator will be activated (brought to foreground) during execution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| action | string | – | – |
| count | integer | – | Number of times to undo/redo (max 20) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
ungroup_objects Ungroup Objects ~51
Ungroup a group, releasing its children to the parent layer. Note: Illustrator will be activated (brought to foreground) during execution.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| uuid | string | yes | UUID of the group to ungroup |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server server?
io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y illustrator-mcp-server. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · illustrator-mcp-server
claude mcp add ie3jp-illustrator-mcp-server -- npx -y illustrator-mcp-server
What is the io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server server?
io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server. Adobe Illustrator MCP with 66 tools, more than the official Illustrator MCP. macOS | Windows. This page covers its npm package (illustrator-mcp-server).
Is the io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server server safe to use?
io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server scores 96 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We found no known CVEs affecting it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. Its build provenance is signed and verified. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server server expose?
io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server exposes 66 tools: get_document_info, get_artboards, get_layers, get_selection, list_text_frames, and 61 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 10,898 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server server still maintained?
io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 5 November 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.
What licence is the io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server server under?
io.github.ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.