Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp/master/AGENTS.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/alisaitteke/photoshop-mcpWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/instructions/alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp/agents-md)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp/agents-md/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/instructions/alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp/agents-md"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/instructions/alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp/agents-md.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.01897 | $0.01897 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00759 | $0.00759 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00379 | $0.00379 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00190 | $0.00190 |
Grade A, and why
photoshop-mcp AGENTS.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 29d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 135 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
AGENTS.md — photoshop-mcp
Navigation map, not a reference manual. Start with llms.txt or the site index llms.txt, then follow links as needed.
Entry strategy
| Scenario | Path |
|---|---|
| Cursor | Install the photoshop-mcp plugin (Customize → Plugins / Marketplace) so the Photoshop logo appears in the MCP list. Fallback: mcpServers → npx -y @alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp (stdio, generic icon) |
| Claude Desktop / VS Code | Configure mcpServers → npx -y @alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp (stdio) |
| Claude Code | Install this repo as a plugin (skills + MCP). Tools only: claude mcp add photoshop -- npx -y @alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp |
| Standalone chat UI (no IDE) | npx -p @alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp ui |
| Local development | npm install && npm run build && node dist/index.js — see docs/development.md |
Prerequisites: Photoshop running on Windows or macOS, Node.js 18+. This is unofficial and not affiliated with Adobe.
Tool surface: 128 MCP tools — 111 atomic photoshop_* + 17 recipe photoshop_recipe_*; 24 MCP prompt templates (ps.*).
Architecture (agent view)
AI host (Cursor / Claude / UI)
│ MCP stdio
▼
PhotoshopMCPServer (Node.js)
│ ExtendScript via AppleScript (macOS) or COM (Windows)
▼
Adobe Photoshop
Optional: UXP bridge plugin (uxp-plugin/) on 127.0.0.1:38452 for Neural Filters only.
Deep dive: docs/architecture.md.
Recommended workflow
Follow the server instructions advertised on MCP initialize (src/prompts/instructions.ts). Plugin installs also load skills/photoshop-remove-background and skills/photoshop-recipes when the request matches; those hold the phrase-to-tool glossary. The initialize text stays the session contract.
1. DISCOVER: tools/list + prompts/list (or get_capabilities once per session)
2. STATE: photoshop_get_state before mutating; photoshop_get_preview after major steps
3. ACT: prefer photoshop_recipe_* for multi-step outcomes (single undo step)
4. RECOVER: on error, read structured envelope (code, suggested_next_tool) → get_state → retry one step
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 29d ago Changed 527d5cba9685
- 1mo ago Changed · +4 lines · +244 tokens per session 1df79c9242ef
- 1mo ago Changed · +1 lines · +58 tokens per session 6749f5737c18
- 1mo ago Changed · -3 tokens per session 9bab8bf49cce
- 1mo ago Changed · +4 lines · +150 tokens per session 02b2a8e732e5
- 1mo ago Changed · +6 lines · +170 tokens per session eea6bfba6d0f
- 1mo ago Changed 89a6994e4c52
- 1mo ago Changed · +7 tokens per session d02f823ddbdb
- 1mo ago Changed · -5 tokens per session 56470dbe29bb
- 2mo ago First seen · 120 lines · 1,276 tokens per session scan A e05a725bbe2a
photoshop-mcp AGENTS.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp (811 stars, last pushed 3d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 1,897 tokens to every session, about $0.0076 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
photoshop-mcp AGENTS.md compared with instructions from other repositories
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| photoshop-mcp AGENTS.mdalisaitteke/photoshop-mcp | Instructions file | 811 | 3d ago | MIT | A | 1,897 | Codex, OpenCode |
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| deepseek-harness AGENTS.mddeepseek-ai/deepseek-harness | Instructions file | 274k | 2d ago | MIT | A | 4,313 | Codex, OpenCode |