adobepy

Shared Adobe desktop communication runtime for Python tools and DCC MCP adapters. Python talks to a local Rust broker; Adobe applications run thin UXP or CEP/ExtendScript bridges.

adobepy is intended to be the common Adobe host layer for projects such as dcc-mcp-photoshop and future Adobe adapters. The public Python surface mirrors Adobe's JavaScript DOM where possible, while adding Pythonic aliases for agent and script ergonomics.

Implemented pieces:

• Rust adobepy CLI with broker, doctor, install-bridge, and repl.
• Local JSON-RPC broker with per-session token, target, timeout, and capability gates.
• Authenticated, typed broker/host/bridge runtime identity attestation for exact-instance checks by DCC MCP adapters.
• Python SDK under adobe.core, adobe.raw, adobe.photoshop, adobe.indesign, adobe.premiere, adobe.after_effects, and adobe.illustrator.
• Structured, non-eval access to the complete installed InDesign, Premiere, After Effects, and Illustrator object models.
• Optional DCC MCP result helpers under adobe.dcc_mcp for adapter skill code.
• UXP bridge templates for Photoshop, InDesign, and Premiere that dispatch to host APIs and broker raw JavaScript escape hatches.
• CEP bridge templates for After Effects and Illustrator.
• IR validation, proxy-aware .pyi stub generation, and stub/runtime drift checks.
• vx just package distribution workflow.

Validate everything:

npm install
npm run test:all

Bridge bundles under bridges/**/dist are generated artifacts and are not tracked. npm run test:all builds them for local verification; release CI rebuilds them before packaging. Run npm run uxp:build and npm run cep:build before using install-bridge directly from a source checkout.

Installation, standalone use, broker startup, bridge loading, and troubleshooting are documented in install.md.

The full test suite type-checks bridge code, builds and exercises UXP/CEP bundles with mocked host runtimes, validates IR contracts, checks Python coverage, and runs Rust workspace tests.

Python support starts at 3.8. The current SDK wheel is pure Python; any future native Python extension must publish cp38-abi3-* wheels rather than per-minor-version wheels.

Build a redistributable Windows package:

vx just package

The archive is written to dist/adobepy-0.1.0-windows-x64.zip with a sibling SHA256 file. Usage and packaging notes are in docs/usage.md and docs/distribution-contract.md. Architecture boundaries and Adobe API source tracking are documented in docs/architecture.md, docs/api-sources.md, and docs/dcc-mcp-integration.md.

Python facade example:

from adobe.photoshop import Photoshop

app = Photoshop()
for layer in app.activeLayers:
    print(layer.name)

doc = app.activeDocument
doc.selection.select_rectangle({"top": 10, "left": 10, "bottom": 256, "right": 256})
for channel in doc.channels:
    print(channel.name)

text = app.activeText
if text:
    text.set_contents("Hello from Python")
    text.character_style.update(size=36, tracking=20)
    text.paragraph_style.update(justification="center")

layer = app.activeLayer
if layer:
    layer.filters.apply_gaussian_blur(2)
    layer.smart_object.convert_to_smart_object()

doc.exports.jpg_high("C:/renders/demo.jpg")