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Roland InDesign MCP

Overview

MCP server for Adobe InDesign automation, enabling programmatic creation of marketing collateral. Provides tools for document creation, paragraph styling, text frame management, image placement, and PDF/PNG export.

Capabilities

  • Create and manage InDesign documents
  • Define and apply paragraph styles
  • Create and populate text frames
  • Place images into layouts
  • Create color swatches
  • Export to PDF and PNG
  • Execute arbitrary InDesign scripts

Key Code Paths

File Purpose
tools/mcp/indesign-mcp/ MCP server implementation

MCP Tools

Tool Purpose
create_document Create a new InDesign document
create_paragraph_style Define a paragraph style
apply_paragraph_style Apply style to text
create_text_frame Add a text frame to the layout
place_image Place an image into a frame
create_swatch Create a color swatch
export_pdf Export document as PDF
export_png Export document as PNG