dcc-mcp-illustrator

MCP adapter for Adobe Illustrator, built on the shared adobepy broker, CEP bridge, typed facade, and complete structured official DOM.

pip install dcc-mcp-illustrator
adobepy install-bridge illustrator --dest <extension-dir> --token <token>
dcc-mcp-illustrator

Set ADOBEPY_TOKEN to the same non-default token used to install the bridge. The adapter uses an OS-assigned port and registers with DCC-MCP discovery; DCC_MCP_ILLUSTRATOR_PORT is only needed for a fixed direct endpoint.

The adapter reports ready only after the target Illustrator bridge advertises the complete typed/official-DOM contract and a real host version RPC succeeds. A broker process is stopped only when it was started by this adapter.

Agent workflow

Use the typed DCC-MCP CLI path for discovery and calls:

dcc-mcp-cli dcc-types
dcc-mcp-cli list
dcc-mcp-cli load-skill illustrator-document --dcc-type illustrator
dcc-mcp-cli search --query "inspect selected paths" --dcc-type illustrator
dcc-mcp-cli call <tool-slug> --dcc-type illustrator --json '{"key":"value"}'

Related MCP server: InDesign UXP MCP Server

Skill groups

• illustrator-document: inspect documents, artboards, layers, selections, vector/placed/raster items, text frames, stories, and swatches.

• illustrator-artwork: inspect named items, edit text, and update path points, translation, scale, and rotation.

• illustrator-export: save AI/PDF/EPS documents and export PNG/JPEG/SVG or other Illustrator-supported formats.

• illustrator-advanced: structured access to the complete official object model. Raw ExtendScript is an explicit destructive fallback, not the primary API.

Structured DOM references are opaque and session-scoped. Never persist or reuse them after a bridge restart or release operation.