io.github.zachshallbetter/indesign-mcp-server
InDesign MCP Server
Is the InDesign MCP server down? No. It answered initialize and tools/list in the probe of 2026-11-01.
Drive Adobe InDesign from any MCP client: 135+ tools for layout, styles, books and PDF export.
alive probed 2026-11-15 · unchanged since 2026-11-01
- Run it
- npx -y indesign-mcp-server@2.3.0 (stdio, probed in a container with the network off)
- Host
- npmjs.com
- Reports itself as
- indesign-mcp-server 2.3.0
- Capabilities
- tools
- Instructions
- 2 034 characters
- Of a 1M window
- 4.4 % of a 1M context window
- Count
- 44k tokens in Claude, exact, measured 2026-10-25. With the Claude Code prefix mcp__…__ on each tool name: 46k. The o200k_base estimate is 23k. Counted again when the tool definitions change. Method.
- Repository
- https://github.com/zachshallbetter/indesign-mcp-server
- Registry
- deprecated, updated 2026-10-15 · registry entry
- Changes
- 2 recorded, reachable in 2 of them. A row is added when the result, the tool count or the cost changes.
Most expensive tools
The Claude column scales the o200k estimate of each tool by this server's ratio of exact to estimate, 1.87×.
| Tool | ≈ Claude tokens | o200k estimate | Share of this server |
|---|---|---|---|
| set_document_preferences | 5 129 | 2 739 | 12 % |
| set_document_grid_settings | 1 301 | 695 | 3 % |
| set_document_layout_preferences | 1 251 | 668 | 3 % |
| create_master_text_frame | 743 | 397 | 2 % |
| set_spread_properties | 736 | 393 | 2 % |
Compare this server with others.
More servers
Other registry entries on npmjs.com, the ones next to this name; all of them.
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- Photoshop MCP Server io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-photoshop · alive
- Premiere Pro MCP Server io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-premiere · alive
- Adobe MCP Suite io.github.zachshallbetter/adobe-mcp-suite · needs env
- Zactonz io.github.zactonz/zactonz-mcp · alive
- io.github.zagchk/x402score-mcp · alive
- Citable io.github.zaialamm/citable-mcp · alive
- SPARDA io.github.zakariagharzouli/sparda-mcp · crashed on start
Servers that mention indesign.
- io.github.jimprivate/idml-mcp · alive
- idmly: HTML to InDesign (IDML) io.github.KellyKazi3/idmly-mcp · alive
- LayoutBridge for Adobe InDesign® com.mcp-interfaces/layoutbridge-spm · alive
- Adobe InDesign io.github.nutriandrea/indesign-nutria-mcp · alive
- Sidekick for InDesign nl.eastpole.sidekick/indesign · alive
- NexusInDesign io.github.pironjulien/nexus-indesign · error
- LayoutBridge Light for Adobe InDesign® com.mcp-interfaces/layoutbridge-light · alive
History
We add a row when the result changes. A server with no change keeps its last row.
| Probed | Result | Init | Tools | Claude | o200k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-25 06:56 | alive | 313 ms | 137 | 44k | 23k |
| 2026-10-18 06:44 | alive | 351 ms | 137 | 23k |
Badge for the README
The result of the latest probe, the tool count and the token cost. The feed has an entry for every probe that changed them.
A mail when this server changes
Stops answering, comes back, tool set or cost changes. One confirmation mail first, a stop link in every mail.
For the publisher
- This server is in the heaviest 10 % of the registry. Shorter descriptions, fewer optional parameters and fewer tools cut the cost. The command npx mcpcost --url <endpoint> --tools 50 lists every tool with its cost.