07 OCTOBER 2026
Using Sidekick with ChatGPT
How to connect the ChatGPT desktop app to Adobe InDesign with Sidekick: the setup, the two settings people miss, and what it looks like when ChatGPT designs a spread.
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22 OCTOBER 2026
Introducing Sidekick Actions: Scripting InDesign Without Writing a Script
Ask Claude (or any other AI assistant) once, then run it as often as you like with one click in InDesign. No scripting.
28 AUGUST 2026
Accessible Math in InDesign PDFs: Formula Tags and ActualText
Vector equations in a PDF are just outlines—unsearchable, silent to screen readers. But PDF has a proper mechanism for math, and Claude can automate all of it: ActualText at placement, Formula tags after export.
28 AUGUST 2026
Sheet Music in InDesign, as if It Were Always There
InDesign has no idea what a score is. Claude engraves a four-page Schubert song with LilyPond, places it page by page, and makes it look like it was typeset with the rest of the book—margins, running heads, and the same font as the body text.
18 JULY 2026
Auditing Alt Text in InDesign, in One Pass
Accessible PDFs need alt text on every image—and InDesign's AI now stamps 'AI generated' placeholders on your client photos. Sidekick lets Claude audit and fix the alt text across a whole document, describing only what's actually visible.
07 JULY 2026
Show, Don't Tell
Claude has always verified its work with snapshots—hidden in the tool accordion. Now it can present results inline, right in the conversation.
29 JUNE 2026
Sidekick Just Got a Loupe
Until now, Claude saw your InDesign page as a whole-page glance—fine for 'did it move,' not for 'is this exactly right.' Sidekick can now render sharper views, zoom into any part of a page, and inspect a single element on its own.
07 JUNE 2026
Updating Pricing Tables in InDesign from Excel
Your client revises the scope, the spreadsheet changes, and now you're re-typing a pricing table by hand. Sidekick lets Claude update it from the Excel file—new prices, new rows, same branding.
04 FEBRUARY 2026
Mathematical Typesetting in InDesign with LaTeX and Sidekick
How Claude converts LaTeX formulas into SVG graphics and places them in InDesign with proper baseline alignment.
20 JANUARY 2026
From Session to Skill
How a twenty-minute conversation with Claude became the start of a reusable skill for fixing Dutch typographic errors.
16 JANUARY 2026
Finding Broken Links: Claude Desktop vs Claude Code
Two ways to automatically find and mark broken hyperlinks in your InDesign documents using Sidekick.
08 JANUARY 2026
Using Sidekick with Claude Code
How to install and configure Sidekick for use with Claude Code, Anthropic's command-line interface for Claude.
07 JANUARY 2026
Precise Typography with Font Metrics
Sidekick can now read font metrics directly, enabling precise positioning of objects relative to text and mathematically accurate layouts.
06 JANUARY 2026
Welcome to the Sidekick Blog
Introducing the Sidekick blog where we'll share product updates, tutorials, and use cases for AI-powered InDesign automation.
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