Adobe Photoshop
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.
Solid contracts, transparent operations, and an easy start — typically complete on four or five facets with one clear soft spot.
API Evangelist profiles Adobe Photoshop the way a machine reads it — 117 machine-readable artifacts across 16 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 Photoshop scores 68.0/100 (strong), with a separate agent-readiness read of 80/100 (agent native). 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 Photoshop
Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Adobe Photoshop. 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 16
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 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.
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Arazzo Workflows 12
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 Photoshop Run Action JSON Composite
Composite an overlay onto an image using programmatic Action JSON descriptors.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Create Document with Action JSON
Build a document from scratch with Action JSON descriptors, no input file required.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Create Artboards and Render
Assemble a multi-artboard PSD from sized boards, then render it to a flat image.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Depth Blur
Apply an AI depth-of-field blur to an image and poll the job to completion.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Create Document and Render
Create a new PSD from dimensions and layers, then render it to a flat image.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Generative Fill from a Generated Mask
Generate a subject mask with background removal, then fill the masked area with generative AI.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Inspect and Edit Layers
Read a PSD's layer tree, then apply layer edits and adjustments to it.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Run Action File and Render
Replay a recorded .atn Action on an image, then render the result to a flat deliverable.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Product Photo Pipeline
Cut out a product, wait for the cutout, then smart-crop it to the subject.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Remove Background
Verify service access, submit an AI background removal job, and poll it to completion.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Smart Object Template Personalization
Read a PSD template's layer tree, swap Smart Object artwork, then render a flat image.
ARAZZOAdobe Photoshop Text Layer Personalization
Inspect a PSD's text layers, rewrite their content and styling, then render the result.
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MCP Servers 1
Model Context Protocol servers expose these APIs directly to AI agents. We profile them because agent-native access is the fastest-growing way this provider's capabilities actually get used.
Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.
adobe-photoshop-mcp.yml
MCP SERVERPricing 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 Photoshop 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.
Adobe Photoshop Finops
FINOPSFeatures 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
Process images in the cloud without local Photoshop installation via the REST API.
Background Removal
AI-powered automatic background removal and mask generation.
PSD Document Editing
Create, read, and modify PSD files including layers, Smart Objects, and text.
Generative Fill
AI-powered content generation to fill, extend, or replace image regions.
Smart Object Replacement
Replace embedded Smart Object content across PSD templates programmatically.
Text Layer Editing
Modify text content, fonts, colors, and styling in PSD text layers.
Photoshop Actions Execution
Run recorded Photoshop Actions (.atn files) on images in the cloud.
UXP Plugin Framework
Build desktop plugins with modern JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Spectrum UI components.
C++ Plugin SDK
Create native filters, file format support, and selection tools with the C++ SDK.
ExtendScript Automation
Legacy scripting interface for batch processing and workflow automation.
Product Crop
AI-powered automatic cropping to isolate product subjects.
Depth Blur
Apply realistic depth-of-field blur effects using AI depth estimation.
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Event Specifications 1
Not every API is request/response. AsyncAPI describes the event-driven and streaming side — the webhooks and channels — so the asynchronous half of the interface is documented the same way the synchronous half is.
AsyncAPI definitions for this provider's event-driven and streaming APIs.
Adobe Photoshop API Webhook Events
Event-driven notifications for Adobe Photoshop API asynchronous job processing. When registered through Adobe I/O Events, webhooks deliver real-time notifications when Photoshop...
ASYNCAPISemantic 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 Photoshop Context
JSON-LDSpectral Rules 3
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 Photoshop API Rules
SPECTRALAdobe Photoshop API Rules
SPECTRALAdobe Photoshop API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 16
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.
ActionJSONRequest
JSON SCHEMAArtboardCreateRequest
JSON SCHEMADepthBlurRequest
JSON SCHEMADocumentCreateRequest
JSON SCHEMADocumentManifestRequest
JSON SCHEMADocumentOperationsRequest
JSON SCHEMAFillMaskedAreasRequest
JSON SCHEMAPhotoshopActionsRequest
JSON SCHEMAProductCropRequest
JSON SCHEMARemoveBackgroundRequest
JSON SCHEMARenditionCreateRequest
JSON SCHEMASmartObjectRequest
JSON SCHEMAStorageInput
JSON SCHEMAStorageOutput
JSON SCHEMATextEditRequest
JSON SCHEMAAdobe Photoshop UXP Plugin Manifest
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JSON Structure 16
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 Photoshop Api Action Json Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Artboard Create Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Depth Blur Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Document Create Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Document Manifest Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Fill Masked Areas Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Photoshop Actions Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Product Crop Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Remove Background Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Rendition Create Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Smart Object Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Storage Input Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Storage Output Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Api Text Edit Request Structure
JSON STRUCTUREAdobe Photoshop Uxp Plugin Manifest Structure
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Examples 16
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, 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.
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Integrations 4
Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.
Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.
Adobe Creative Cloud
Native integration with other Creative Cloud apps via shared libraries and cloud storage.
Adobe Lightroom
Roundtrip editing between Lightroom and Photoshop for photography workflows.
Adobe Firefly
Generative AI features powered by Adobe Firefly for content creation.
Cloud Storage Providers
API supports input/output from AWS S3, Azure Blob, Google Cloud Storage, and Dropbox.
Solutions 4
Packaged solutions the provider offers on top of the raw API surface.
Packaged solutions this provider offers.
Photoshop API (Firefly Services)
Cloud-based REST API for programmatic image processing at scale.
Photoshop Desktop (UXP)
Modern plugin platform for extending Photoshop with JavaScript and HTML.
Photoshop Desktop (C++ SDK)
Native plugin SDK for filters, file formats, and performance-critical extensions.
Photoshop Scripting
Automation via UXP scripts (.psjs) or legacy ExtendScript (.jsx).
Resources
Every other property we hold for Adobe Photoshop — 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 3
Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call
Documentation 4
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 17
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
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Build 3
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 5
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Learn 1
Tutorials, courses, talks, and written guidance
Operate 4
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 3
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 2
The organization behind the API
Other 2
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
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