AppStrings.How it works
PRACTICAL SETUP GUIDE

Connect Photoshop on macOS.

Use the Photoshop MCP bridge to work with the Photoshop application already running on your Mac.

Open maintainer setup instructions

What you’ll need

  • macOS, an installed and licensed Photoshop copy, Git and Node.js 18+ with npm.
  • A supported MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor.

Get connected

  1. Review the maintainer’s source installation instructions and clone the repository.
  2. Run the repository’s installer with the client option for your chosen agent; keep the clone in place because the client configuration refers to its path.
  3. Restart the agent, open Photoshop, then ask the agent to use ps_status. Allow macOS Automation access when prompted.
  4. Open a disposable image and ask the agent to inspect the layer structure before making a small edit.

A first request

“Show me the layers in the open Photoshop document.”

This route is macOS-only. The server is free, while Photoshop and model providers may charge separately. The maintainer lists additional limits and version details.

Details and commands can change. Follow the maintainer’s current setup instructions .