# illustrator_make_trap_stroke

Illustrator: Trap paths by hand (spread traps): give each filled path an overprinting stroke in its own fill colour, so the colour spreads into the inks around it by half the stroke weight. Paths with gradient, pattern or no fill are skipped

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `illustrator_make_trap_stroke`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-make-trap-stroke

## Facts

- Tool: `illustrator_make_trap_stroke`
- Server: Adobe Mcp Suite (`adobe-mcp-suite`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite.md
- Install: `npx -y adobe-mcp-suite`
- Homepage: https://www.npmjs.com/package/adobe-mcp-suite
- Risk category: Write (Medium risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 3 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `round` | boolean | no | Round caps and joins. Default true |
| `target` | object | yes | Which items to act on. Give ids (from list_items or a create tool), names, or selection: true |
| `weight` | number | no | Stroke weight in points; the trap is half of it. Default 0.5 |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

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

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

## Why illustrator_make_trap_stroke is rated Medium

An AI agent can call illustrator_make_trap_stroke faster than any human can review: one bad instruction and it creates or modifies resources in Adobe Mcp Suite by the hundred, each call as confident as the last.

## Use case

AI agents use illustrator_make_trap_stroke to create or update resources in Adobe Mcp Suite, usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Adobe Mcp Suite environment.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

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

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

## Other tools on Adobe Mcp Suite (446)

- `illustrator_adjust_text` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-adjust-text.md
- `illustrator_clean_up` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-clean-up.md
- `illustrator_delete_artboard` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-artboard.md
- `illustrator_delete_data_sets` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-data-sets.md
- `illustrator_delete_empty_artboards` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-empty-artboards.md
- `illustrator_delete_graphic_styles` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-graphic-styles.md
- `illustrator_delete_items` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-items.md
- `illustrator_delete_layer` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-layer.md
- `illustrator_delete_swatches` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-swatches.md
- `illustrator_delete_symbols` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-symbols.md
- `illustrator_delete_text_styles` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-text-styles.md
- `illustrator_delete_variables` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-delete-variables.md
- `illustrator_flatten_transparency` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-flatten-transparency.md
- `illustrator_overprint_black` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-overprint-black.md
- `illustrator_remove_assets` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-remove-assets.md
- `illustrator_remove_from_clipping_mask` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-remove-from-clipping-mask.md
- `illustrator_reset_bounding_box` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-reset-bounding-box.md
- `illustrator_reset_fill_stroke` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-reset-fill-stroke.md
- `illustrator_thread_text_frames` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-thread-text-frames.md
- `illustrator_unload_actions` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-unload-actions.md
- `indesign_clear_session` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-clear-session.md
- `indesign_delete_all_page_layout_snapshots` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-delete-all-page-layout-snapshots.md
- `indesign_delete_master_spread` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-delete-master-spread.md
- `indesign_delete_page` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-delete-page.md
- `indesign_delete_page_item` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-delete-page-item.md
- `indesign_delete_page_layout_snapshot` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-delete-page-layout-snapshot.md
- `indesign_delete_spread` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-delete-spread.md
- `indesign_organize_document_layers` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-organize-document-layers.md
- `indesign_remove_item_from_group` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-remove-item-from-group.md
- `indesign_remove_master_override` — Destructive — https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/indesign-remove-master-override.md
- …and 416 more: https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite.md

## For agents

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- 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`

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