Getting started

Pick your client, install, and send a first prompt. It takes about a minute.

Before you start

• Adobe Photoshop installed and open (macOS or Windows).
• Node.js 18 or newer — not needed if you use the Claude Desktop bundle.

Pick your client

Popular

Cursor

Anysphere

Cursor MCP documentation

Install in Cursor

1. Click Install in Cursor and accept the prompt.
2. If nothing opens, paste the JSON into mcp.json.

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

mcp.json

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

Where to paste it~/.cursor/mcp.jsonCursor Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server

Check that it works

Ping Photoshop and list open documents.

Open Agent mode and ask: "Ping Photoshop and list open documents."

Your first prompts

Remove the background from the active layer and keep the original pixels behind a mask.

Resize this document to 1080x1350, sharpen it, and export an optimized JPEG.

Organize the layer stack: rename layers by kind and group related ones.

Next steps

• Recipes — sixteen ready-made workflows, each one undo step.
• Tool catalog — every tool, searchable.
• Web UI — run it without an editor.
• Troubleshooting — when Photoshop does not answer.