InDesign MCP

Claude builds and edits InDesign documents on the page, Windows and macOS

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 InDesign MCP for me in this desktop app. The setup steps are at https://archaiflow.com/f/mcps/indesign-mcp.json, and the project's own page is https://github.com/studio-prisma/indesign-mcp-server. If the two disagree, follow the project's page.

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.

What this mcp server does

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1{
2  "name": "InDesign MCP",
3  "summary": "Claude builds and edits InDesign documents on the page: text, images, styles, PDF export",
4  "repo": "https://github.com/studio-prisma/indesign-mcp-server",
5  "mcpServers": {},
6  "postInstallNotes": "This fork adds Windows support (PowerShell + COM) to lucdesign/indesign-mcp-server, which is macOS only. It is the InDesign server the archaiflow.com research pages use.\nThere is no package to run, so it installs from a clone:\n1. git clone https://github.com/studio-prisma/indesign-mcp-server, then npm ci inside it (Node.js 18+).\n2. With InDesign open, npm run smoke checks the connection without touching any document.\n3. Add an entry to mcpServers with command node, args [\"<path-to-repo>/index.js\"], and env INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS set to one working folder. The README has the exact block.\nINDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS limits every file the server reads or writes. Keep it to a working folder, not your home directory.\nThe Adobe for creativity connector also has InDesign tools, but it works from Adobe's servers and cannot change the InDesign open on your computer. This one can."
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Install just this one

Paste into the Claude or ChatGPT desktop app

Set up the InDesign MCP for me in this desktop app. The setup steps are at https://archaiflow.com/f/mcps/indesign-mcp.json, and the project's own page is https://github.com/studio-prisma/indesign-mcp-server. If the two disagree, follow the project's page.

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.

What this mcp server does

shell

1{
2  "name": "InDesign MCP",
3  "summary": "Claude builds and edits InDesign documents on the page: text, images, styles, PDF export",
4  "repo": "https://github.com/studio-prisma/indesign-mcp-server",
5  "mcpServers": {},
6  "postInstallNotes": "This fork adds Windows support (PowerShell + COM) to lucdesign/indesign-mcp-server, which is macOS only. It is the InDesign server the archaiflow.com research pages use.\nThere is no package to run, so it installs from a clone:\n1. git clone https://github.com/studio-prisma/indesign-mcp-server, then npm ci inside it (Node.js 18+).\n2. With InDesign open, npm run smoke checks the connection without touching any document.\n3. Add an entry to mcpServers with command node, args [\"<path-to-repo>/index.js\"], and env INDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS set to one working folder. The README has the exact block.\nINDESIGN_ALLOWED_DIRS limits every file the server reads or writes. Keep it to a working folder, not your home directory.\nThe Adobe for creativity connector also has InDesign tools, but it works from Adobe's servers and cannot change the InDesign open on your computer. This one can."
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