# illustrator_set_path_text

Illustrator: Change type on a path (Type > Type on a Path and Type on a Path Options): apply an effect (rainbow, skew, 3D ribbon, stair step, gravity), slide the text along the path with start and end, set spacing, flip the text to the other side of the path, or update legacy path type. Align to Path (baseline, ascender, descender, centre) is only in the dialog and is not offered

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `illustrator_set_path_text`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/adobe-mcp-suite/illustrator-set-path-text

## Facts

- Tool: `illustrator_set_path_text`
- 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: 7 (1 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Rate-limited

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `end` | number | no | Where the text ends, 0 to 1 |
| `flip` | boolean | no | true: flip the text to the other side of the path, by reversing the path's direction (Object > Path > Reverse Path Direction). Flipping again flips back |
| `start` | number | no | Where the text starts, 0 (path start) to 1 (path end), counted by segments |
| `effect` | string | no | Type > Type on a Path effect |
| `target` | object | yes | Text frames (groups are searched for them). Give ids, names, or selection: true |
| `spacing` | number | no | Spacing (Type on a Path Options): space added between characters on tight curves, in points |
| `updateLegacy` | boolean | no | true: Type > Type on a Path > Update Legacy Type on a Path, first |

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_set_path_text",
    "arguments": {
      "target": {}
    }
  }
}
```

## Why illustrator_set_path_text is rated Medium

An AI agent can call illustrator_set_path_text 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.

Risk signals: High parameter count (10 properties)

## Use case

AI agents use illustrator_set_path_text 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_set_path_text": {
      "limits": [
        {
          "counter": "illustrator_set_path_text_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`
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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