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Exchange client ID and secret at https://ims-na1.adobelogin.com/ims/token/v3 (scopes openid, AdobeID, read_organizations) for a 24-hour bearer token, then send it with the client ID in x-api-key. Inputs and outputs are pre-signed URLs on your own storage.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "No public price list and no self-serve plan. Access needs an active enterprise contract that includes Firefly Services, arranged through an Adobe representative. Creative Cloud plans don't include API access (https://business.adobe.com/products/firefly-business.html).", "priceSummary": "Paid", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "Enterprise contract billing only. No x402 in the docs or OpenAPI spec (checked 2026-09-30).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 498, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API/main/static/photoshopv2-api.json", "capabilities": [ "image.edit", "design.templates", "design.render" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "enterprise", "openapi", "async-jobs", "webhooks" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 43.9, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 952, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1084, "categoryRank": 10, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 36, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 0, "reliability": 55, "schema": 70, "security": 62, "transparency": 59 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": -4, "negativeNotes": [ "2026-10-01. Two months after the v1 end of life on 2026-07-31, the getting-started page's first API call is still https://image.adobe.io/pie/psdService/hello, and the actions and rendering guides still show v1 /pie/psdService endpoints with no deprecation notice. The only official SDK, @adobe/photoshop-apis 2.0.1, calls v1 paths only. https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting-started/ and https://github.com/AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API" ], "verdict": "Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price.", "bestFor": "Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.", "strengths": [ "Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards", "Runs Photoshop actions and UXP scripts server side", "Public OpenAPI 3.0.1 spec for v2 and a Markdown migration guide written for AI assistants", "Documented per-organisation limits and retry rules, including retry-after on 429", "OAuth server-to-server credentials with 24-hour tokens, and a signed security.txt with a bug bounty" ], "weaknesses": [ "Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price", "The getting-started page and the official SDK still call v1 endpoints that reached end of life on 2026-07-31", "The release notes page has no entries, so changes are visible only in the docs repo", "Adobe's usage notes say error messages may not be helpful", "Every input and output is a pre-signed URL on your own storage" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call v2 paths on photoshop-api.adobe.io. Remove background and its status live on image.adobe.io", "Skip @adobe/photoshop-apis and the getting-started curl, which still target v1 /pie/psdService paths", "Poll /v2/status/{jobId} or subscribe to I/O Events, since every call returns a job", "Retry only 5xx and 429, using retry-after and at most three attempts", "Cache the IMS token and refresh it before 24 hours run out" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 2, "avgRating": 1.5, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 43.9 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 36, "maintenance": 42, "payments": 0, "reliability": 55, "schema": 70, "security": 62, "transparency": 32 }, "provenanceScore": 86 }, "connect": { "http": "curl -X POST https://image.adobe.io/v2/remove-background \\\n -H \"Authorization: Bearer $PS_FF_SERVICES_ACCESS_TOKEN\" -H \"x-api-key: $PS_FF_SERVICES_CLIENT_ID\" \\\n -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\"image\":{\"source\":{\"url\":\"\u003csigned_get_url\u003e\"}},\"mode\":\"cutout\",\"output\":{\"mediaType\":\"image/png\"}}'" }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/image.edit", "tool": "https://letme.dev/adobe-photoshop-api" }, "sameCompany": [ "adobe-firefly", "adobe-pdf-extract", "adobe-commerce", "adobe-acrobat-sign" ], "area": "design-diagrams", "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Adobe Inc.", "domain": "adobe.com", "domainRegistered": "1986-11-17", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://www.adobe.com/legal/terms.html", "privacy": "https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html", "statusPage": "https://status.adobe.com", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "valid", "checked": "2026-10-01", "notes": [ "The API is served from photoshop-api.adobe.io and image.adobe.io, Adobe's developer API domain, not adobe.com", "The v2 OpenAPI spec is published in the AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API GitHub repo", "The release notes page at developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/guides/release-notes/ has a heading and no entries as of 2026-10-01", "security.txt is PGP-signed, expires 2027-07-30 and lists an Intigriti bug bounty" ], "score": 86 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json", "live": { "slug": "adobe-photoshop-api", "probe": { "target": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "method": "get", "lastAt": "2026-10-15T00:41:37.961290149Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 404, "lastMs": 58, "authRequired": false, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 64, "p95ms24h": 131, "samples24h": 250, "samples30d": 3682, "days": [ { "date": "2026-09-30", "probes": 35, "ok": 35 }, { "date": "2026-10-01", "probes": 276, "ok": 276 }, { "date": "2026-10-02", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-03", "probes": 271, "ok": 271 }, { "date": "2026-10-04", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-05", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-06", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-07", "probes": 272, "ok": 272 }, { "date": "2026-10-08", "probes": 268, "ok": 268 }, { "date": "2026-10-09", "probes": 250, "ok": 250 }, { "date": "2026-10-10", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-11", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-12", "probes": 247, "ok": 247 }, { "date": "2026-10-13", "probes": 248, "ok": 248 }, { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 249, "ok": 249 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 8, "ok": 8 } ] }, "vendorStatus": { "page": "https://status.adobe.com", "indicator": "unknown", "summary": "no machine-readable status found", "checkedAt": "2026-10-08T10:02:50.202814968Z" }, "versions": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@adobe/photoshop-apis", "version": "2.0.1", "seenAt": "2026-10-14T23:35:28.969716588Z" } ], "npmWeekly": 686, "securityTxt": { "url": "https://adobe.com/.well-known/security.txt", "state": "valid", "expires": "2027-07-30T01:00:00.000Z", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T15:47:02.637076162Z" }, "domain": { "domain": "adobe.com", "registered": "1986-11-17", "source": "https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/adobe.com", "checkedAt": "2026-10-11T13:13:41.392295241Z" }, "pages": [ { "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/guides/release-notes/", "kind": "changelog", "status": 200, "checkedAt": "2026-10-01T13:12:05.524417157Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "af0d1bcf59a1" }, { "url": "https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting-started/deprecation-announcement/", "kind": "deprecations", "status": 304, "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T20:56:21.179070353Z", "changedAt": "0001-01-01T00:00:00Z", "fingerprint": "964e96b3de59" } ], "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T00:41:37.961290149Z" } }, "answer": "PostNitro and Adobe Photoshop API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 44.5 (E) and 43.9 (E). Adobe Photoshop API leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "postnitro", "name": "PostNitro", "vendor": "PostNitro Inc.", "vendorUrl": "https://postnitro.ai", "kind": "mcp", "category": "design-assets", "summary": "PostNitro designs carousels, single-image posts and slide videos from templates and brand kits, then schedules them to six social networks. Agents use a hosted MCP server with 35 tools, a REST API, a CLI or an agent plugin.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/postnitro", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/postnitro.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/postnitro.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/postnitro.json", "repo": "https://github.com/postnitro/postnitro-agent", "license": "Proprietary hosted service under PostNitro's Terms of Service. The CLI, agent skill and agent plugin repositories are MIT", "transports": [ "streamable-http", "http" ], "remoteUrl": "https://mcp.postnitro.ai/mcp", "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@postnitro/cli" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@postnitro/embed" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "The MCP server takes OAuth 2.1 with PKCE and dynamic client registration (scopes `postnitro` and `offline_access`), used by the Claude and ChatGPT directory listings, or a `pn-` API key as `Authorization: Bearer`. The REST API takes the same key in the `embed-api-key` header. A person generates the key under Profile \u003e Embed in the web app. No read-only key or finer scope is documented.", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "API, MCP and CLI calls spend Embed API credits, 1 per imported slide and 2 per AI-written slide. Credits come with Creator+ ($30 a month, 200) or Team+ ($60, 500), or as a $10 add-on for 250 on a paid plan, $0.04 each. Scheduling needs Creator+ or above (https://postnitro.ai/plans).", "priceSummary": "$15 / mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Embed API OpenAPI document, llms.txt, llms-full.txt, the MCP docs or the plans page (checked 2026-10-14).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 35, "popularity": { "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 200, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-14" }, "docsUrl": "https://postnitro.ai/docs/embed/mcp", "llmsTxt": "https://postnitro.ai/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://postnitro.ai/.well-known/openapi/embed.json", "capabilities": [ "design.templates", "design.render", "design.brand", "social.schedule", "social.post" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "mcp", "oauth", "openapi", "llms-txt", "closed-source", "async-jobs", "cli", "n8n", "no-status-page" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-07", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 44.5, "grade": "E", "agentReady": false, "rank": 945, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 1084, "categoryRank": 9, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 20, "reliability": 42, "schema": 77, "security": 30, "transparency": 48 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-14" }, "negative": -2, "negativeNotes": [ "Conflicting training statements on PostNitro's own pages, read 14 October 2026. The privacy policy body (5 October 2023) says the data saved from carousel creation is used to train PostNitro's AI model, while the same page's description and the Claude connector page say content is never used to train AI models. At least one is wrong, and no dated update settles it (-2) (https://postnitro.ai/privacy, https://postnitro.ai/claude)" ], "verdict": "A hosted MCP server and REST API let an agent turn a topic, article or own slides into a branded carousel, image or slide video and schedule it, with OAuth, numbered rate limits and Markdown docs. No status page, security contact or idempotency key was found, and the privacy policy contradicts the vendor's no-training statement.", "bestFor": "An agent that must produce a designed, on-brand carousel or slide video and book it on LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, Facebook Pages or Pinterest in one chain.", "strengths": [ "OAuth 2.1 with dynamic client registration on the MCP server, so Claude and ChatGPT connect without a stored API key", "Rate limits are published per key and endpoint, and 429 responses carry `Retry-After` and `X-RateLimit` headers", "OpenAPI 3.1 document, `llms.txt`, `llms-full.txt` and a Markdown version of every page by content negotiation", "Per-slide credit prices are public at $0.04 a credit, 1 per imported slide and 2 per AI-written slide", "The one-call generate-and-schedule tool returns the `designId` when scheduling fails, so a retry does not spend credits again" ], "weaknesses": [ "No status page, incident history, SLA, security.txt or certification was found", "35 MCP tools load at once, with no toolsets or read-only subset, and the OAuth flow has one broad `postnitro` scope", "The privacy policy says carousel data trains PostNitro's AI model, while the Claude connector page says content is never used for training", "No idempotency key on create or schedule calls, and the Embed API has no changelog or deprecation policy", "Pages disagree on the API free tier and tool count. One docs index still says 12 MCP tools and four scheduling networks" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `postnitro_set_defaults` once with a template, brand and AI preset, or every generate call must carry those IDs", "Pass the `designId` from `postnitro_get_output` to scheduling, never the `embedPostId`, or the call fails with `Design not found`", "For a LinkedIn PDF post, set `linkedinPostSettings.postType` to `document` with a 5 to 90 character `postTitle`", "Ask for the `DESIGN` output or save as `DRAFT` when a person must approve before anything publishes", "Keep to 5 create calls a minute per key and wait for `Retry-After` on a 429" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "E", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 44.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 49, "maintenance": 65, "payments": 20, "reliability": 42, "schema": 77, "security": 30, "transparency": 33 }, "provenanceScore": 63 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @postnitro/cli", "http": "curl https://embed-api.postnitro.ai/template -H \"embed-api-key: pn-your-api-key\"", "claudeCode": "claude mcp add --transport http postnitro https://mcp.postnitro.ai/mcp --header \"Authorization: Bearer pn-your-api-key-here\"", "config": { "mcpServers": { "postnitro": { "headers": { "Authorization": "Bearer pn-your-api-key-here" }, "type": "http", "url": "https://mcp.postnitro.ai/mcp" } } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.templates", "tool": "https://letme.dev/postnitro" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Starter", "unit": "month", "usd": 15, "note": "No scheduling or API access unless the Embed API add-on is bought" }, { "item": "Creator+", "unit": "month", "usd": 30, "note": "200 API credits a month, scheduling to 10 social accounts" }, { "item": "Team+", "unit": "month", "usd": 60, "note": "500 API credits a month, scheduling to 30 social accounts" }, { "item": "Embed API add-on", "unit": "month", "usd": 10, "note": "250 credits on top of a paid plan, scalable to 25,000" }, { "item": "Embed API credit", "unit": "credit", "usd": 0.04, "note": "1 credit per imported slide, 2 per AI-written slide" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "PostNitro Inc.", "domain": "postnitro.ai", "domainRegistered": "2023-03-23", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://postnitro.ai/terms", "privacy": "https://postnitro.ai/privacy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://github.com/postnitro/postnitro-agent/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-14", "notes": [ "The Terms of Service, last updated 20 May 2024, cover the website, applications and APIs. They name no legal entity or governing law. The privacy policy names PostNitro Inc. as controller.", "The privacy policy is dated 5 October 2023 and names UserMaven, CrispChat and an unnamed payment processor. No DPA or sub-processor list was found.", "No status page was found. status.postnitro.ai did not connect and /status returns 404. The MCP server answers a health check at https://mcp.postnitro.ai/health, reporting version 1.3.0.", "The changelog covers the CLI only. No changelog for the Embed API or MCP server was found.", "postnitro.ai/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt return 404.", "RDAP gives a registration date of 2023-03-23 for postnitro.ai. The fact sheet says the company was founded in 2023." ], "score": 63 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/postnitro.json", "live": { "slug": "postnitro", "probe": { "target": "https://mcp.postnitro.ai/mcp", "method": "mcp-initialize", "lastAt": "2026-10-15T00:42:00.577153159Z", "lastOk": true, "lastStatus": 401, "lastMs": 103, "lastNote": "asks for credentials", "authRequired": true, "uptime24h": 100, "uptime30d": 100, "p50ms24h": 102, "p95ms24h": 146, "samples24h": 34, "samples30d": 34, "days": [ { "date": "2026-10-14", "probes": 26, "ok": 26 }, { "date": "2026-10-15", "probes": 8, "ok": 8 } ] }, "versions": [ { "registry": "github", "name": "postnitro/postnitro-agent", "version": "v1.5.0", "released": "2026-10-07", "seenAt": "2026-10-15T00:15:12.63443761Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@postnitro/cli", "version": "1.5.0", "seenAt": "2026-10-15T00:15:10.434524788Z" }, { "registry": "npm", "name": "@postnitro/embed", "version": "2.0.3", "seenAt": "2026-10-15T00:15:11.257477478Z" } ], "githubStars": 2, "npmWeekly": 200, "mcpTools": { "url": "https://mcp.postnitro.ai/mcp", "checkedAt": "2026-10-14T22:17:48.649874285Z", "status": "auth", "note": "asks for credentials before listing its tools", "changedAt": "2026-10-14T22:17:48.649874285Z" }, "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T00:42:00.577153159Z" } }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Adobe", "b": "PostNitro Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://photoshop-api.adobe.io", "b": "https://mcp.postnitro.ai/mcp", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP", "b": "Streamable HTTP, HTTP", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "none", "b": "Proprietary hosted service under PostNitro's Terms of Service. 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Adobe Photoshop API leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Photoshop API or PostNitro?" }, { "answer": "Adobe Photoshop API uses an OAuth sign-in. PostNitro takes an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Adobe Photoshop API and PostNitro need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Yes. Adobe Photoshop API has a hosted endpoint at https://photoshop-api.adobe.io and PostNitro at https://mcp.postnitro.ai/mcp.", "question": "Can an agent call Adobe Photoshop API and PostNitro without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 55 against 42", "Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 30", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 48" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.", "slug": "adobe-photoshop-api", "watchFor": "Enterprise contract only. 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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/adobe-photoshop-api.json\n- PostNitro: grade E, 44.5/100, rank #945 of 1084. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/postnitro.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/postnitro.json\n- Best programmatic image and design asset APIs for AI agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/design-assets/index.md\n- All 55 assets comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/design-assets/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Adobe Photoshop API (E)\n\nGood for: Enterprise creative operations already on Adobe that automate PSD templating, actions and retouching at volume.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 55 against 42\n- Security \u0026 auth, 62 against 30\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 59 against 48\n\nWatch for: Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price\n\n### PostNitro (E)\n\nGood for: An agent that must produce a designed, on-brand carousel or slide video and book it on LinkedIn, Instagram, TikTok, Threads, Facebook Pages or Pinterest in one chain.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 77 against 70\n- Agent ergonomics, 49 against 36\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 20 against 0\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 65 against 42\n\nWatch for: No status page, incident history, SLA, security.txt or certification was found\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Adobe Photoshop API | PostNitro | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 55 | 42 | Adobe Photoshop API +13 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 70 | 77 | PostNitro +7 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 36 | 49 | PostNitro +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 62 | 30 | Adobe Photoshop API +32 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 20 | PostNitro +20 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 42 | 65 | PostNitro +23 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 59 | 48 | Adobe Photoshop API +11 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -4 | -2 | |\n| **Total** | | **43.9 · E** | **44.5 · E** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Adobe Photoshop API | PostNitro |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Adobe | PostNitro Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://photoshop-api.adobe.io` | `https://mcp.postnitro.ai/mcp` |\n| Transports | HTTP | Streamable HTTP, HTTP |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | none | Proprietary hosted service under PostNitro's Terms of Service. The CLI, agent skill and agent plugin repositories are MIT |\n| Tools exposed | none | 35 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-09-08 | 2026-10-07 |\n| Terms last updated | couldn't be read | 2024-05-20 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2025-10-24 | 2023-10-05 |\n| Customer content may train models | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Terms restrict automated access | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | couldn't be read | yes |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | couldn't be read | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 498 npm/wk | 2 stars, 200 npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 1.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Adobe Photoshop API.** Edits real PSDs, including text layers, smart objects, layer effects, groups and artboards. Enterprise contract only. No self-serve sign-up, free tier or public price.\n\n**PostNitro.** A hosted MCP server and REST API let an agent turn a topic, article or own slides into a branded carousel, image or slide video and schedule it, with OAuth, numbered rate limits and Markdown docs. No status page, security contact or idempotency key was found, and the privacy policy contradicts the vendor's no-training statement.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Adobe Photoshop API\n\n1. Call v2 paths on photoshop-api.adobe.io. Remove background and its status live on image.adobe.io\n2. Skip @adobe/photoshop-apis and the getting-started curl, which still target v1 /pie/psdService paths\n3. Poll /v2/status/{jobId} or subscribe to I/O Events, since every call returns a job\n4. Retry only 5xx and 429, using retry-after and at most three attempts\n5. Cache the IMS token and refresh it before 24 hours run out\n\n### PostNitro\n\n1. Call `postnitro_set_defaults` once with a template, brand and AI preset, or every generate call must carry those IDs\n2. Pass the `designId` from `postnitro_get_output` to scheduling, never the `embedPostId`, or the call fails with `Design not found`\n3. For a LinkedIn PDF post, set `linkedinPostSettings.postType` to `document` with a 5 to 90 character `postTitle`\n4. Ask for the `DESIGN` output or save as `DRAFT` when a person must approve before anything publishes\n5. Keep to 5 create calls a minute per key and wait for `Retry-After` on a 429\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Adobe Photoshop API or PostNitro?\n\nPostNitro and Adobe Photoshop API score within a point of each other on agent readiness, 44.5 (E) and 43.9 (E). Adobe Photoshop API leads on reliability, security \u0026 auth and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n### Do Adobe Photoshop API and PostNitro need an API key?\n\nAdobe Photoshop API uses an OAuth sign-in. 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