storytold/photocraft

This page introduces an external open-source repository. It is not an HDATF product.

What it does

A native Rust image editor with layers, masks, brushes and layered PSD editing. Exposes its editing engine through a UI, CLI, JSON control channel and MCP server.

How it helps ATF

Harness could reference the CLI, JSON and MCP interfaces when considering an external image-editing executor. They offer an example of exposing one editing engine to both people and agents.

License

Apache-2.0 Permissive, with a patent grant. Commercial use is allowed; keep the notices and state your changes.

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