# Adobe Photoshop

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/adobe-photoshop/  
**Website:** https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html  
**APIs profiled:** 16

Adobe Photoshop is the industry-standard image editing and digital design application. Its developer platform offers a cloud-based REST API for programmatic image processing via Firefly Services, the UXP plugin framework for building desktop extensions with modern JavaScript, a C++ plugin SDK for native filters and file formats, and scripting interfaces for workflow automation.

## Kin Score — 56.4 / 100 (strong)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 56.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 92.6 |
| Contract Quality | 80.1 |
| Governance | 30.3 |
| Contract Governance | 30.3 |
| Operational Transparency | 47.4 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 50.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 36.8 |
| Access Clarity | 36.8 |

## Agent readiness — 42.3 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | documented |
| OpenAPI Examples | partial |
| Rate Limit Signal | verified |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | yes |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (16)

- **Adobe Firefly Services SDK for JavaScript** — A unified Node.js and TypeScript SDK that provides typed client libraries for accessing the Photoshop API and other Firefly Services. The PhotoshopClient class offers methods fo...
- **Adobe Photoshop UXP Plugin API** — The modern plugin development platform for Photoshop, replacing the legacy CEP framework. UXP (Unified Extensibility Platform) is powered by a V8 JavaScript engine supporting ES...
- **Adobe Photoshop UXP Scripting** — A modern scripting system for Photoshop that allows developers to execute standalone JavaScript files with the .psjs extension to automate tasks. Unlike full UXP plugins, script...
- **Adobe Photoshop UXP Hybrid Plugins** — A specialized plugin type that combines UXP's JavaScript, HTML, and CSS plugin framework with native C++ code compiled as a .uxpaddon. This allows developers to write performanc...
- **Adobe Photoshop C++ Plugin SDK** — A C++ based SDK for building low-level native Photoshop plugins. The SDK enables developers to extend Photoshop in seven categories including filters appearing under the Filter ...
- **Adobe Photoshop ExtendScript Scripting API** — The legacy scripting system based on ExtendScript, Adobe's implementation of ECMAScript 3. ExtendScript scripts use the .jsx file extension and can automate nearly all Photoshop...
- **Adobe Photoshop Actions API** — Execute Photoshop Action files (.atn) and Action JSON descriptors on images programmatically.
- **Adobe Photoshop Background Removal API** — Remove backgrounds from images and create masks using AI-powered subject detection.
- **Adobe Photoshop Crop and Effects API** — Apply AI-powered product crop and depth blur effects to images.
- **Adobe Photoshop Document Operations API** — Create, modify, and inspect PSD documents including layer editing, adjustments, and metadata retrieval.
- **Adobe Photoshop Generative API** — Fill masked areas of images using generative AI capabilities.
- **Adobe Photoshop Health API** — Service health check endpoint.
- **Adobe Photoshop Renditions API** — Generate flat image renditions from PSD files in various formats including JPEG, PNG, and TIFF.
- **Adobe Photoshop Smart Objects API** — Replace and manage embedded Smart Object layers within PSD documents.
- **Adobe Photoshop Status API** — Poll for the status of asynchronous jobs.
- **Adobe Photoshop Text API** — Edit text layer content, character styles, and paragraph styles in PSD documents.

## MCP servers (1)

- **Adobe Photoshop MCP Server**

## Agentic access (1)

- **Adobe Photoshop Agentic Access** — 17 operations · 14 acting

## Security (3)

- **Adobe Photoshop Authentication** — apiKey/http · 2 schemes
- **Adobe Photoshop Domain Security** — TLSv1.2 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Adobe Photoshop Vulnerability Disclosure** — Hackerone · security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Adobe Photoshop Plans Pricing**

## Use cases (8)

- **Product Photography Automation** — Automate background removal, product crop, and image enhancement for e-commerce catalogs.
- **Template-Based Design Generation** — Replace Smart Objects in PSD templates to generate personalized marketing materials at scale.
- **Batch Image Processing** — Process thousands of images with consistent edits using the cloud API or Actions.
- **Creative Workflow Plugins** — Build UXP plugins that add custom panels, automate tasks, and integrate with external services.
- **Image Format Conversion** — Convert between PSD, JPEG, PNG, TIFF, and other formats programmatically.
- **Content-Aware Editing** — Use generative fill and AI features to extend, modify, or enhance image content.
- **Print Production Automation** — Automate print-ready output generation with proper color spaces and bleed settings.
- **DAM Integration** — Connect digital asset management systems with Photoshop for automated processing pipelines.

## Tags

Ai Ml, Creative Cloud, Image Editing, Photoshop, Plugins, REST API, Scripting

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/adobe-photoshop/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.