Claude Desktop

The quickest route for people who do not use an editor: download the bundle, double-click, done. No terminal, no Node.js.

Anthropic

Download for Claude DesktopThe .mcpb bundle is attached to every GitHub release.

Download the .mcpb bundle and double-click it — Claude Desktop shows an Install dialog.
No Node.js needed for the bundle; the manual JSON route needs Node 18+.
Restart Claude Desktop after installing.

If the button does nothing, paste this into your config instead

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "photoshop": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@alisaitteke/photoshop-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Where to paste it~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonSettings → Developer → Edit Config

Check that it works

Ping Photoshop and list open documents.

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