# InDesign MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to automate text manipulation in Adobe InDesign documents, solving problems such as updating content, adding new text, or removing existing text, by providing an interface to add, update, remove, and retrieve text content via ExtendScript API. It takes InDesign documents and text inputs, and outputs modified documents with updated content. Ideal for streamlining document workflows and content management tasks in InDesign.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/chris-enea-indesign-mcp  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/chris-enea-indesign-mcp

## Description

Enables text manipulation in Adobe InDesign documents via Claude Desktop by providing tools to add, update, remove, and retrieve text content through ExtendScript API.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.97
- **Verification tier:** verified
- **Last scanned:** 2026-09-19

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** file-system
- **Updated:** 2026-09-19

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/hnl1pvchsg)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/chris-enea/indesign-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": "chris-enea-indesign-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/chris-enea-indesign-mcp` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/chris-enea-indesign-mcp/pull`

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