io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp
NPM · IDML-MCP
MCP server for AI agents to read and safely edit Adobe InDesign IDML files. No InDesign required.
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Last scanned (13 hours ago)
Scores higher than 69% of npm servers
Category Documents and Files
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 Security81
- No malware found by supply-chain analysis.Pass
- CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects zod 3.25.76, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available. View diagnostics → Fail
- No install/post-install scripts declared.Pass
- 30 of 103 dependencies flagged as unhealthy. View diagnostics → Partial
Provenance & Transparency45
- Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL. View diagnostics → Pass
- Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).Pass
- Actively maintained (last published 109 days ago).Pass
- Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository. See how to fix → Fail
Schema Quality & AI Usability86
- AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).Pass
- Tool/resource definitions use about 427 tokens (~106/item across 4 items; 4 tools + 0 resources), lean.Pass
- 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
- 100% of tool parameters carry a description.Pass
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 4 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 4 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
Checks we ran (16)
- Malware scan
- Known CVEs
- Install scripts
- Dependency health
- Source repository
- Provenance
- License
- Maintenance
- Security disclosure
- Schema quality
- Stability
- Tool coverage
- Injection markers
- Destructive annotations
- Judged manipulation
- MCP protocol
Does not apply to this package (2)
- Endpoint SecurityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
- Transport & ReachabilityScored on hosted endpoints only. A package has no live endpoint of its own for us to probe.
The score does not measure everything. What the score does not measure →
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.
- 27 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 25 Oct 26 −1
- Stability: pass → 0.93 functional
- 24 Oct 26 −5
- CVE-2023-54404 affects this package: high ▼ security
- Known CVEs: pass → fail ▼ security
- 17 Oct 26 +2
- Stability: 0.90 → pass security
- 14 Oct 26 −2
- Stability: pass → 0.83 functional
- 13 Oct 26 +1
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 4 Oct 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 90 to 93. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 27 days of observed history at the previous scan, 28 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 30 Sept 26 0
- Stability: pass → 0.80 functional
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/idml-mcp@0.1.1
Provenance No attestation
The registry publishes no build provenance for this version, so there is nothing to verify.
| Result | No attestation |
|---|---|
| Ecosystem | npm |
Background: How many MCP packages publish verified provenance →
Vulnerabilities 1 finding
| ID | CVE | Severity | Vector | Fix available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-mrhx-c7xc-m3w5 | CVE-2023-54404 | high | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | yes |
Background: What a vulnerability scan can and cannot prove →
Dependencies 103 packages
| Packages resolved | 103 |
|---|---|
| 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 →
idml_get_story ~85
Return one story (text flow) from an IDML file: its plain text plus indexed runs with paragraph/character styles. Use the run indices with idml_set_text.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| path | string | yes | Path to the .idml file |
| storyId | string | yes | Story Self id, e.g. "u123" (from idml_summarize) |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
idml_relink_image ~122
Point an image link in an IDML file at a different image file. Only the link URI changes; frame geometry and cropping are untouched. Writes in place unless outPath is given.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| linkSelf | string | yes | Link Self id (from idml_summarize images list) |
| newUri | string | yes | New resource URI, e.g. "file:/C:/images/photo.jpg" |
| outPath | string | – | Write result here instead of overwriting the input |
| path | string | yes | Path to the .idml file |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
idml_set_text ~139
Safely replace the text of one run in a story. Only the text content changes — layout geometry, styles, and all other XML are preserved byte-for-byte, so the document cannot be corrupted. Writes in place unless outPath is given.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| outPath | string | – | Write result here instead of overwriting the input |
| path | string | yes | Path to the .idml file |
| runIndex | integer | yes | Run index within the story (from idml_get_story) |
| storyId | string | yes | Story Self id (from idml_summarize) |
| text | string | yes | New text for this run |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
idml_summarize ~81
Read an Adobe InDesign IDML file and return a structured, LLM-friendly summary: pages, spreads, frames, stories with indexed text runs, image links, and styles. Works directly on the .idml file — InDesign does not need to be installed or running.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| path | string | yes | Path to the .idml file |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
How do I install the io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp server?
io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp runs locally as an npm package, launched with npx -y idml-mcp. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
npm · idml-mcp
claude mcp add jimprivate-idml-mcp -- npx -y idml-mcp
What is the io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp server?
io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp is listed in the public MCP registry as io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp. MCP server for AI agents to read and safely edit Adobe InDesign IDML files. No InDesign required. This page covers its npm package (idml-mcp).
Is the io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp server safe to use?
io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp scores 81 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. We recorded 1 known advisory against it as of 5 November 2026. It declares no install or post-install scripts. 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.jimprivate/idml-mcp server expose?
io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp exposes 4 tools: idml_summarize, idml_get_story, idml_set_text, idml_relink_image. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 427 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Is the io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp server still maintained?
io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp 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.jimprivate/idml-mcp server under?
io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp declares the MIT licence, which is OSI-approved. That covers the source only, and says nothing about the cost of any service it calls.
What did VerifyMCP test on the io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp server?
VerifyMCP ran 16 checks on io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp, covering Malware scan, Known CVEs, Install scripts, Dependency health and 12 more. Endpoint Security and Transport & Reachability do not apply to an npm package, so they were not tested. The score does not measure everything, and the scoring documentation lists what it leaves out.