align_artboards
Align artboards to one another, or space them evenly, moving the artwork on them along (Artboard tool: align and distribute artboards). Artwork belongs to an artboard when its centre lies on it
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What align_artboards does on Adobe Mcp Illustrator
AI agents use align_artboards to create or update resources in Adobe Mcp Illustrator, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Adobe Mcp Illustrator environment.
Why align_artboards is rated Medium
An AI agent can call align_artboards faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Adobe Mcp Illustrator by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.
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The rule that runs align_artboards safely
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway: it sits between your AI agents and Adobe Mcp Illustrator, and checks every tool call against a rule you set before the call runs. Nothing changes on the server itself. For align_artboards, this is the rule to start with:
align_artboards stays usable, but capped: an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
The button opens the PolicyLayer dashboard: create your workspace, connect Adobe Mcp Illustrator, apply this rule, and every align_artboards call is checked against it from then on.
Questions about align_artboards
Align artboards to one another, or space them evenly, moving the artwork on them along (Artboard tool: align and distribute artboards). Artwork belongs to an artboard when its centre lies on it. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Adobe Mcp Illustrator MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Adobe Mcp Illustrator MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for align_artboards: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Adobe Mcp Illustrator. Nothing to install.
align_artboards is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the align_artboards rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for align_artboards. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
align_artboards is provided by the Adobe Mcp Illustrator MCP server (adobe-mcp-illustrator). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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