Adobe Creative Suite
Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of professional software applications for graphic design, video editing, web development, and photography.
Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.
API Evangelist profiles Adobe Creative Suite the way a machine reads it — 331 machine-readable artifacts across 38 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.
Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Adobe Creative Suite scores 66.2/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 48/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.
Kin Score
This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.
Kin Score
How this is scored →scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
How we profile Adobe Creative Suite
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Adobe Creative Suite. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.
APIs 38
Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Adobe Illustrator API
The Adobe Illustrator API enables programmatic creation and manipulation of vector graphics through scripting and plugin interfaces. It exposes the Illustrator object model so d...
Adobe InDesign API
The Adobe InDesign API allows developers to automate document layout and publishing workflows through scripting and UXP plugins. It exposes InDesign's document model for tasks s...
Adobe Premiere Pro API
The Adobe Premiere Pro API gives developers access to video editing automation through scripting and panel extensions. It allows integration with external media asset management...
Adobe After Effects API
The Adobe After Effects API enables scripting and plugin development for motion graphics and visual effects workflows. Developers can automate rendering, manipulate compositions...
Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries API
The Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries API provides access to shared design assets stored in Creative Cloud Libraries, including colors, character styles, graphics, and components. ...
Adobe Analytics API
The Adobe Analytics API provides programmatic access to Adobe Analytics report suites for retrieving, segmenting, and analyzing web and app behavioral data. It supports both the...
Adobe Experience Manager Assets API
The Adobe Experience Manager Assets API provides access to the AEM digital asset management system for uploading, retrieving, and managing assets stored in AEM as a Cloud Servic...
Adobe Acrobat Sign API
The Adobe Acrobat Sign API enables sending, tracking, and managing electronic signature agreements programmatically. It supports creating agreements from documents or templates,...
Adobe Fonts API
The Adobe Fonts API provides access to the Adobe Fonts library for discovering and embedding web fonts in applications and websites. It allows querying font families, retrieving...
Adobe Express Embed SDK
The Adobe Express Embed SDK allows developers to embed Adobe Express editing capabilities directly into their own web applications. It provides a customizable in-app editing exp...
Adobe UXP
Adobe UXP (Unified Extensibility Platform) is the modern plugin and scripting platform used across Adobe creative applications including Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and XD...
Adobe Creative Suite Accessibility API
Auto-tag PDFs for accessibility compliance
Adobe Creative Suite Artboard API
Artboard creation and management
Adobe Creative Suite Assets API
Upload and manage input/output assets for PDF operations
Adobe Creative Suite Combine PDF API
Combine multiple PDFs into one
Adobe Creative Suite Compress PDF API
Reduce PDF file size
Adobe Creative Suite Create PDF API
Create PDF documents from other formats
Adobe Creative Suite Cutout API
Background removal and masking operations
Adobe Creative Suite Document API
Document-level operations
Adobe Creative Suite Document Generation API
Generate documents from templates and data
Adobe Creative Suite Export PDF API
Export PDF documents to other formats
Adobe Creative Suite Generative Expand API
Expand images beyond their original boundaries
Adobe Creative Suite Generative Fill API
Fill selected regions of images with AI-generated content
Adobe Creative Suite Image Generation API
Text-to-image and image variation generation operations
Adobe Creative Suite Layers API
PSD layer management operations
Adobe Creative Suite License API
License stock assets for use in projects
Adobe Creative Suite Linearize PDF API
Optimize PDFs for fast web viewing
Adobe Creative Suite Mask API
Alpha mask creation operations
Adobe Creative Suite Member API
Member profile and licensing operations
Adobe Creative Suite Object Composite API
Composite AI-generated objects into existing images
Adobe Creative Suite OCR API
Apply optical character recognition to scanned PDFs
Adobe Creative Suite Operations API
Check operation job status
Adobe Creative Suite Rendition API
Rendition and export operations
Adobe Creative Suite Search API
Search and discover stock content
Adobe Creative Suite Smart Object API
Smart object editing operations
Adobe Creative Suite Status API
Asynchronous job status polling
Adobe Creative Suite Text API
Text layer editing operations
Adobe Creative Suite Video Generation API
Generate video from text prompts
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Postman Collections 4
A runnable collection turns the contract into something a developer can execute in seconds. We profile them because the fastest way to trust an API is to make a real call against it.
Ready-to-run Postman collections for exercising this provider's APIs.
Open Collections 4
Open, tool-agnostic collections carry the same runnable value as Postman without locking you to one client — the portable, forkable form of the same exercise.
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Adobe Creative Suite Adobe Firefly API
OPEN COLLECTIONAdobe Creative Suite Adobe PDF Services API
OPEN COLLECTIONAdobe Creative Suite Adobe Photoshop API
OPEN COLLECTIONAdobe Creative Suite Adobe Stock API
OPEN COLLECTIONArazzo Workflows 22
Real integrations are rarely a single call. Arazzo describes the multi-step sequences — auth, then create, then confirm — so both a human and an agent can follow the choreography, not just the endpoints.
Multi-step API workflows described with the Arazzo specification.
Adobe Firefly Generative Expand Image
Expand an image beyond its original boundaries with AI and poll the job to completion.
ARAZZOAdobe Firefly Generate Similar Images
Generate variations similar to a reference image and poll the async job to completion.
ARAZZOAdobe Firefly Generative Fill
Fill a masked region of an image with AI-generated content and poll the job to completion.
ARAZZOAdobe Firefly Object Composite
Composite an AI-generated object into a scene image and poll the async job to completion.
ARAZZOAdobe Firefly Text-to-Image Generation
Submit a text-to-image Firefly job, poll until it finishes, and return the generated image URLs.
ARAZZOAdobe Firefly Text-to-Video Generation
Submit a text-to-video Firefly job, poll until it finishes, and return the generated video URLs.
ARAZZOAdobe PDF Services Auto-tag PDF for Accessibility
Upload a PDF, auto-tag it for accessibility, poll the job, and get the tagged output download URI.
ARAZZOAdobe PDF Services Combine PDFs
Upload two PDFs, combine them into one, poll the job, and get the merged output download URI.
ARAZZOAdobe PDF Services Compress PDF
Upload a PDF, compress it at a chosen level, poll the job, and get the compressed download URI.
ARAZZOAdobe PDF Services Create PDF from Office
Upload an Office or HTML source, convert it to PDF, poll the job, and get the output download URI.
ARAZZOAdobe PDF Services Export PDF to Word
Upload a PDF, export it to a target Office format, poll the job, and get the output download URI.
ARAZZOAdobe PDF Services Generate Document from Template
Upload a Word template, merge JSON data into it, poll the job, get the output, and delete the template.
ARAZZOAdobe PDF Services Linearize PDF
Upload a PDF, linearize it for fast web view, poll the job, and get the optimized download URI.
ARAZZOAdobe PDF Services OCR PDF
Upload a scanned PDF, apply OCR, poll the job, and get the searchable output download URI.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Create Alpha Mask
Submit a Sensei alpha-mask job, poll until it finishes, and return the mask output URL.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Create Rendition
Submit a rendition job from a PSD, poll until it finishes, and return the rendered output URL.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Edit Text Layers
Submit a PSD text-layer edit job, poll until it finishes, and return the edited output URL.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Product Crop
Submit a Sensei product-crop job, poll until it finishes, and return the cropped output URL.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Remove Background
Submit a Sensei background-removal job, poll until it finishes, and return the cutout output URL.
ARAZZOAdobe Stock License Image with Quota Check
Check the member download quota, license an image only when quota remains, and record the license history.
ARAZZOAdobe Stock Search and License Image
Search Adobe Stock for photos, inspect the top match metadata, and license it for download.
ARAZZOAdobe Stock Search and License Video
Search Adobe Stock for video clips and license the top match for download.
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Pricing Plans 1
Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Adobe Creative Suite Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Features 12
The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.
Notable capabilities this provider offers.
Cloud Image Processing
Photoshop and Lightroom APIs for cloud-based image editing, background removal, and rendition generation.
Generative AI
Adobe Firefly API for text-to-image generation, generative fill, and style transfer.
PDF Document Services
Create, convert, extract, compress, and protect PDF documents programmatically.
Electronic Signatures
Acrobat Sign API for creating and managing electronic signature workflows.
Stock Asset Licensing
Search, preview, and license photos, vectors, and videos from Adobe Stock.
Creative Cloud Libraries
Sync colors, styles, and design assets across Adobe applications.
Font Delivery
Adobe Fonts API for web font delivery and typography management.
Video Editing Automation
Premiere Pro and After Effects scripting for video production automation.
Vector Graphics Automation
Illustrator scripting for vector artwork creation and batch processing.
Desktop Publishing
InDesign Server and scripting for document layout automation.
Embeddable Creative Tools
Adobe Express Embed SDK for integrating creative editing into web apps.
Plugin Development
UXP framework for building modern plugins across Creative Cloud apps.
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Semantic Vocabularies 1
JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Adobe Creative Suite Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 2
Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.
Adobe Creative Suite API Rules
SPECTRALAdobe Creative Suite API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 114
Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
ArtboardRequest
JSON SCHEMAAsset
JSON SCHEMAAssetReference
JSON SCHEMAAssetUploadRequest
JSON SCHEMAAssetUploadResponse
JSON SCHEMAAsyncJobSubmitted
JSON SCHEMAAutoTagRequest
JSON SCHEMACategory
JSON SCHEMACombinePDFRequest
JSON SCHEMACompressPDFRequest
JSON SCHEMACreatePDFRequest
JSON SCHEMACutoutRequest
JSON SCHEMADocumentGenerationRequest
JSON SCHEMADocumentOperations
JSON SCHEMADocumentOperationsRequest
JSON SCHEMAErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAExportPDFRequest
JSON SCHEMAAsyncJobSubmitted
JSON SCHEMAErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAGenerateSimilarRequest
JSON SCHEMAGenerationStatus
JSON SCHEMAImageExpandRequest
JSON SCHEMAImageFillRequest
JSON SCHEMAImageGenerateRequest
JSON SCHEMAImageSize
JSON SCHEMAInputImageReference
JSON SCHEMAObjectCompositeRequest
JSON SCHEMAOutputImage
JSON SCHEMAStyleOptions
JSON SCHEMAVideoGenerateRequest
JSON SCHEMAGenerateSimilarRequest
JSON SCHEMAGenerationStatus
JSON SCHEMAAdobe Creative Suite Image Job
JSON SCHEMAImageExpandRequest
JSON SCHEMAImageFillRequest
JSON SCHEMAImageGenerateRequest
JSON SCHEMAImageSize
JSON SCHEMAInputImageReference
JSON SCHEMAJobError
JSON SCHEMAJobInput
JSON SCHEMAJobOutput
JSON SCHEMAJobStatus
JSON SCHEMAJobSubmitted
JSON SCHEMALayer
JSON SCHEMALayerManageRequest
JSON SCHEMALicenseHistoryResult
JSON SCHEMALicenseReference
JSON SCHEMALicenseRequest
JSON SCHEMALicenseResponse
JSON SCHEMALicenseStatsResponse
JSON SCHEMALinearizePDFRequest
JSON SCHEMAMaskRequest
JSON SCHEMAMemberProfile
JSON SCHEMAObjectCompositeRequest
JSON SCHEMAOCRRequest
JSON SCHEMAOperationStatus
JSON SCHEMAOperationSubmitted
JSON SCHEMAOutputImage
JSON SCHEMAPageRange
JSON SCHEMAAssetReference
JSON SCHEMAAsset
JSON SCHEMAAssetUploadRequest
JSON SCHEMAAssetUploadResponse
JSON SCHEMAAutoTagRequest
JSON SCHEMACombinePDFRequest
JSON SCHEMACompressPDFRequest
JSON SCHEMACreatePDFRequest
JSON SCHEMADocumentGenerationRequest
JSON SCHEMAExportPDFRequest
JSON SCHEMALinearizePDFRequest
JSON SCHEMAOCRRequest
JSON SCHEMAOperationStatus
JSON SCHEMAOperationSubmitted
JSON SCHEMAPageRange
JSON SCHEMACutoutRequest
JSON SCHEMADocumentOperationsRequest
JSON SCHEMADocumentOperations
JSON SCHEMAJobInput
JSON SCHEMAJobOutput
JSON SCHEMAJobStatus
JSON SCHEMAJobSubmitted
JSON SCHEMALayerManageRequest
JSON SCHEMALayer
JSON SCHEMAMaskRequest
JSON SCHEMAProductCropRequest
JSON SCHEMARenderOutput
JSON SCHEMARenditionCreateRequest
JSON SCHEMAStraightenRequest
JSON SCHEMATextEditRequest
JSON SCHEMAProductCropRequest
JSON SCHEMARenderOutput
JSON SCHEMARenditionCreateRequest
JSON SCHEMASearchResult
JSON SCHEMASmartObjectRequest
JSON SCHEMACategory
JSON SCHEMAErrorResponse
JSON SCHEMAAdobe Stock File
JSON SCHEMALicenseHistoryResult
JSON SCHEMALicenseReference
JSON SCHEMALicenseRequest
JSON SCHEMALicenseResponse
JSON SCHEMALicenseStatsResponse
JSON SCHEMAMemberProfile
JSON SCHEMASearchResult
JSON SCHEMAStockFileResponse
JSON SCHEMAStockFile
JSON SCHEMAStockFile
JSON SCHEMAStockFileResponse
JSON SCHEMAStraightenRequest
JSON SCHEMAStyleOptions
JSON SCHEMAStylePreset
JSON SCHEMATextEditRequest
JSON SCHEMAVideoGenerateRequest
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JSON Structure 58
JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Adobe Creative Suite Firefly Error Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Firefly Generation Status Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Firefly Generation Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Firefly Image Size Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Firefly Output Image Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Firefly Style Options Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Image Job Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Pdf Services Asset Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Pdf Services Ocr Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Pdf Services Page Range Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Photoshop Cutout Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Photoshop Job Input Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Photoshop Job Output Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Photoshop Job Status Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Photoshop Job Submitted Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Photoshop Layer Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Photoshop Mask Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Photoshop Render Output Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock Category Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock Error Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock File Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock License Reference Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock License Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock License Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock Member Profile Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock Search Result Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock Stock File Response Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Stock Stock File Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Creative Suite Structure
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Examples 57
Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
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Security Posture 3
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Agentic Access 1
An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Use Cases 8
What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.
What developers build with this provider.
Product Photography Automation
Automate background removal, cropping, and enhancement for e-commerce.
Content Personalization at Scale
Generate personalized visual content using Firefly and template automation.
Document Workflow Automation
PDF creation, conversion, signing, and archiving workflows.
Brand Asset Management
Centralize brand assets in Creative Cloud Libraries for consistent usage.
Video Production Pipeline
Automate video editing, rendering, and export with Premiere Pro APIs.
Print Production
Automate layout, typesetting, and print-ready output with InDesign.
Design System Generation
Generate icon sets, components, and design tokens from data.
Web Asset Pipeline
Export optimized SVGs, images, and fonts for web applications.
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Solutions 4
Packaged solutions the provider offers on top of the raw API surface.
Packaged solutions this provider offers.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Complete suite of 20+ creative applications with API access.
Adobe Firefly Services
Generative AI APIs combining Firefly, Photoshop, and Lightroom.
Adobe Acrobat Services
PDF Services, Document Generation, and Acrobat Sign APIs.
Adobe Express
Embeddable creative tools with quick actions and templates.
Resources
Every other property we hold for Adobe Creative Suite — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.
Get Started 4
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 4
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 23
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 2
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 4
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 5
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 2
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
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