Illustrator MCP
Claude reads, edits, and exports Adobe Illustrator documents
Runs as a server Claude Code connects to. It needs its own configuration, and some servers need an API key.
Install just this one
Paste into the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app
Set up the Illustrator MCP for me in this desktop app. The setup steps are at https://archaiflow.com/f/mcps/illustrator-mcp.json, and the project's own page is https://github.com/ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server. If the two disagree, follow the project's page.
It needs Node.js (nodejs.org). If it is missing, install it from its official site. If this app then cannot find it, put its full path in the settings.
Check what is already on this computer, add the server to this app's MCP settings, then tell me what is left to do and when to restart the app.Paste it into a new chat in the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app and send it. It adds the server and tells you what is left to do.
Run in your terminal — needs Node
npx archtmpl@latest --mcp illustrator-mcpFirst time? The whole install, step by step
- Open Claude Code — the terminal version or the desktop app, either one.
- In a terminal, paste the line above and press Enter. In the app, paste it into the chat and ask Claude to run it.
- Restart Claude Code. That's the whole install.
What this mcp server does
shell
1{ 2 "name": "Illustrator MCP", 3 "summary": "Claude reads, edits, and exports Adobe Illustrator documents: 66 tools", 4 "repo": "https://github.com/ie3jp/illustrator-mcp-server", 5 "mcpServers": { 6 "illustrator-mcp": { 7 "command": "npx", 8 "args": ["illustrator-mcp-server"] 9 }10 },11 "postInstallNotes": "Requires Node.js 20+ and Illustrator open on the same machine (macOS or Windows).\nClaude Desktop has a one-click option: download illustrator-mcp-server.mcpb from the repo's latest release, then Settings > Extensions and drop the file in. In Claude's extension directory it is listed as Design Bridge by IE3; it is the same project.\nOn Windows, Claude Code may ask for the command to be wrapped as cmd /c npx illustrator-mcp-server.\nmacOS: allow automation access on first run in System Settings > Privacy & Security > Automation."12}13