# apply_effect

Apply a Live Effect to items (Effect menu): Stylize, Distort & Transform, Warp, Path, Convert to Shape, Crop Marks, Rasterize, Gaussian Blur and NTSC Colors. It stays editable in the Appearance panel unless expand is true, which turns the result into plain artwork. Raster effects render at the document raster effects resolution (set_raster_effect_settings). Options per effect: ${effectOptionsHelp()}

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `apply_effect`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/apply-effect

## Facts

- Tool: `apply_effect`
- Server: Adobe Mcp Illustrator (`adobe-mcp-illustrator`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator.md
- Install: `npx -y adobe-mcp-illustrator`
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/adobe-mcp-illustrator
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 0
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "apply_effect",
    "arguments": {}
  }
}
```

## Why apply_effect is rated Medium

An AI agent can call apply_effect 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.

## Use case

AI agents use apply_effect 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.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Rate-limited**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches Adobe Mcp Illustrator:

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "apply_effect": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "apply_effect_rate",
          "window": "minute",
          "max": 30,
          "scope": "grant"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Other tools on Adobe Mcp Illustrator (305)

- `adjust_text` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/adjust-text.md
- `clean_up` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/clean-up.md
- `delete_artboard` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-artboard.md
- `delete_data_sets` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-data-sets.md
- `delete_empty_artboards` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-empty-artboards.md
- `delete_graphic_styles` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-graphic-styles.md
- `delete_items` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-items.md
- `delete_layer` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-layer.md
- `delete_swatches` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-swatches.md
- `delete_symbols` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-symbols.md
- `delete_text_styles` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-text-styles.md
- `delete_variables` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/delete-variables.md
- `flatten_transparency` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/flatten-transparency.md
- `overprint_black` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/overprint-black.md
- `remove_assets` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/remove-assets.md
- `remove_from_clipping_mask` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/remove-from-clipping-mask.md
- `reset_bounding_box` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/reset-bounding-box.md
- `reset_fill_stroke` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/reset-fill-stroke.md
- `thread_text_frames` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/thread-text-frames.md
- `unload_actions` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/unload-actions.md
- `execute_illustrator_code` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/execute-illustrator-code.md
- `execute_menu_command` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/execute-menu-command.md
- `new_from_template` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/new-from-template.md
- `organize_layers` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/organize-layers.md
- `path_operation` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/path-operation.md
- `place_image` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/place-image.md
- `play_action` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/play-action.md
- `repeat_transform` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/repeat-transform.md
- `run_batch` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/run-batch.md
- `run_image_command` — Execute — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator/run-image-command.md
- …and 275 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-illustrator.md

## For agents

This record is a snapshot. Live verdicts and the full registry:

- Check every server in your MCP config at once: `npx -y policylayer stack`
- Vet a server before you add it: install the mcp-precheck skill — `npx skills add https://policylayer.com` (skill text: https://policylayer.com/skill.md)
- Query the registry over MCP: endpoint `https://api.policylayer.com/mcp` — tools `check_mcp_server`, `check_mcp_stack`, `check_tool`, `search_registry`, `get_change_events`

---

Source: the PolicyLayer MCP registry — one continuously verified record per MCP server. Full record: https://policylayer.com/registry?q=adobe-mcp-illustrator · API: https://policylayer.com/registry/api · Policy library: https://policylayer.com/policies/adobe-mcp-illustrator