# illustrator_select_layer_artwork

Illustrator: Select all the artwork on layers, as clicking a layer's selection column or target circle in the Layers panel does. Appearance tools then act on it. Artwork on hidden or locked layers cannot be selected

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `illustrator_select_layer_artwork`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-select-layer-artwork

## Facts

- Tool: `illustrator_select_layer_artwork`
- 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: 2 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `add` | boolean | no | Add to the current selection instead of replacing it. Default false |
| `layers` | array | yes | Layer names |

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_select_layer_artwork",
    "arguments": {
      "layers": []
    }
  }
}
```

## Why illustrator_select_layer_artwork is rated Medium

An AI agent can call illustrator_select_layer_artwork 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_select_layer_artwork 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_select_layer_artwork": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "illustrator_select_layer_artwork_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

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`

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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