MCP Server

LayoutBridge for Adobe InDesign® MCP Server

com.mcp-interfaces/layoutbridge-spm

Registry

What is the LayoutBridge for Adobe InDesign® MCP server?

layoutbridge-spm – MCP server for Adobe® InDesign®: pages, frames, text, styles, tables, export

How to install LayoutBridge for Adobe InDesign®

Copy-paste configuration for popular MCP clients.

transport: stdio

Config generated by PluginBench — verify against the source before use.

Environment / auth

LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LICENSE_KEY
secret
Licence key for this workstation (from the purchase receipt). Alternatively put the key into a file and set LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LICENSE_FILE.
LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LICENSE_FILE
Path to a file containing the licence key. Used when LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LICENSE_KEY is not set; default location is the application data folder of layoutbridge-spm.
LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LOG_LEVEL
Call log detail: off, basic (default; no document text, user name removed from paths) or full (unfiltered, for a support case only).
LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_INSTANCE_NAME
Optional label for this workstation's licence activation. Default is a random identifier without personal data.
LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_CONFIG
Optional path to a config.json with house defaults (e.g. PDF export preset, tracking warning threshold, minimum image resolution).

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "layoutbridge-spm": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "layoutbridge-spm"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LICENSE_KEY": "<YOUR_LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LICENSE_KEY>",
        "LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LICENSE_FILE": "<YOUR_LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LICENSE_FILE>",
        "LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LOG_LEVEL": "<YOUR_LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_LOG_LEVEL>",
        "LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_INSTANCE_NAME": "<YOUR_LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_INSTANCE_NAME>",
        "LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_CONFIG": "<YOUR_LAYOUTBRIDGE_SPM_CONFIG>"
      }
    }
  }
}