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Adobe MCP

Lets Claude edit photos, PDFs, designs and video with Adobe's pro tools.

FreemiumBy Adobe
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What is it?

Adobe for Claude brings Photoshop, Lightroom, Acrobat, Illustrator, Firefly, Premiere, Adobe Express, InDesign and Adobe Stock into the chat. Describe the result, like "brighten these ten product photos and remove the backgrounds" or "turn this proposal into a tidy PDF", and Adobe's tools do the work.

It's in Claude's connector directory. On the web or desktop, install the Adobe plugin and connect it under Settings > Connectors, then type /adobe in a new chat. In Claude Code, run the command below or install the plugin.

You can start without an Adobe account. Signing in with a free account adds more tools and saves your work to Creative Cloud, and some tools need a paid plan. It doesn't include every feature of every app.

What Claude can do once it's connected

  • Edit photos one at a time or in bulk: colour, lighting, crop and background
  • Find a template and make a flyer, invite or social post from it
  • Resize images and video for each social platform
  • Create, organise, redact and annotate PDFs
  • Search and summarise files in your Creative Cloud

Install in Claude Code

Open your terminal (the text window where you run Claude Code) in your project folder, then paste this command to connect it:

Command
claude mcp add --transport http adobe https://adobe-creativity.adobe.io/mcp

Other ways to set it up:

Setup
# Or install Adobe's plugin, which adds the connector plus ready-made skills:
claude plugin install adobe-for-creativity@claude-plugins-official

The first time you use it, you'll be asked to sign in or paste an API key (a private code from the app that lets Claude use your account).

Who it's for

Marketers and small business owners who edit photos, PDFs and social graphics but don't want to learn Photoshop.

Best for

  • Bulk photo edits
  • Social media resizing
  • PDF clean-ups
  • Quick flyers from templates

Why it made the list

It's Adobe's own connector, it covers nine Adobe apps at once, and much of it works without paying.

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