Show HN: I gave Claude control of Photoshop

Category: devtools

Tags: mcp, photoshop, ai-agents, applescript, automation, macos

Score: 7.3/10 (Innovation: 6, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 7)

photoshop-mcp is a local MCP server that lets AI agents like Claude, Cursor, and Codex control Photoshop on macOS via AppleScript. It exposes a rich set of tools for document, layer, adjustment, selection, and history operations with strong safeguards like automatic checkpoints, per-session document pinning, and atomic undo steps. The project is notable for its practical integration of LLM agents with a complex desktop application, backed by thorough documentation of Photoshop quirks and a solid test suite.

Target audience: AI engineers, creative technologists, designers, macOS developers

Repository: https://github.com/kathan3009/photoshop-mcp · JavaScript · MIT

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