
Illustrator
This is a bridge that lets Claude actually control Adobe Illustrator from the command line. It works through Flue, a shell-to-application tool that pipes ExtendScript commands into Illustrator and returns structured JSON. You'd use this when you need an agent to inspect or edit live Illustrator documents: read artboards, manipulate layers, work with paths, that sort of thing. The same Flue install handles ten other creative apps (Photoshop, Premiere, Blender, Unity, Office), so it's a broad toolkit. It's passed three security audits and the code is reviewable on GitHub. The docs emphasize small, inspectable steps since you're acting inside professional software where mistakes are expensive.
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- last updated
- Aug 21, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add sfkislev/flue --skill Illustrator --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
Files
This skill lets a coding agent operate Adobe Illustrator on the desktop through Flue, a local shell-to-application bridge. The agent pipes ExtendScript into illustrator_bridge.py and gets structured JSON back.
agent shell ->
illustrator_bridge.py-> ExtendScript -> JSON result
When to use
The human requests work performed inside Illustrator — inspect the open document, artboards, layers, paths, selection; make bounded edits; run small ExtendScript steps. A CLI agent cannot act inside Illustrator without a bridge like Flue.
How to proceed
- Read
FLUE.mdin this directory first. It explains how Flue works, the bridge contract, a worked ExtendScript example, and safety expectations. - If Flue is installed: also read
C:\Users\fredd\.claude\skills\flue\SKILL.mdandadapters/illustrator_adapter/APP.mdfor the operational contract, then work from there. - If Flue is not installed: tell the human. The install command is
pip install flue && flue setup. Do not install without explicit approval in the current session.
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Details
- Repository
- github.com/sfkislev/flue
- Categories
- Backend & APIs, AI & Agent Building, CLI & Terminal
- First seen
- Jul 14, 2026