# scribus-mcp

> Use this tool when you need to automate document creation, editing, and export tasks in Scribus, a desktop publishing app, and integrate its functionality into AI workflows. It solves problems related to document processing, layout design, and file format conversion, providing a Python Scripter API interface for inputs and outputs. This tool is ideal for use cases requiring automated document generation, such as report creation, brochure design, and ebook publishing, in both headless and interactive modes.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/caewa-scribus-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/caewa-scribus-mcp

## Description

Enables AI assistants like Claude to control the Scribus desktop publishing app for document creation, editing, and export via its Python Scripter API, supporting both headless and interactive modes with ~125 tools.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.67
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-01

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** file-system
- **Updated:** 2026-09-01

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/fbbtyvhzsb)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/caewa/scribus-mcp>

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "caewa-scribus-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/caewa-scribus-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/caewa-scribus-mcp/pull`

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