I built Editmamei, a local MCP server for Adobe Photoshop and GIMP.
I built it because I wanted to connect Claude to a powerful photo editor, since Claude can't generate images itself. Apparently I wasn't the only one, Adobe previewed their own local Photoshop MCP yesterday, announcing at Adobe MAX a private beta in early 2027.
Editmamei brings the AI agent of your choice into Photoshop and lets it do as much or as little of the editing as you want. It has tools to measure and inspect, apply filters, transform the image, insert other images and create objects, and it can use some of Photoshop's more advanced features like Select Subject and Sky Replacement.
The agent "sees" each edit with downscaled previews, layer trees, histogram calculations and other tools, so someone who has never used Photoshop can ask for a recommended edit, and a professional can hand Editmamei the specific directions for tedious actions and batch automation, keeping the finishing and favorite parts for themselves. Everything is done layer by layer in a fully editable PSD, just as a normal Photoshop user would work.
Photoshop has more features overall, but GIMP is just as capable for normal photo processing and design. The main difference is the Adobe-specific tools; GIMP doesn't have heal/clone or AI subject and sky selection. Photoshop runs on Windows and Mac; GIMP runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
Source available: https://github.com/editmamei/editmamei
I'd love feedback, and suggestions for other editors this could support!