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IT Home reported on November 10 that at the Adobe MAX conference held today (the 10th) in Miami, Adobe announced a series of new features: third-party AI agents will be able to directly access and modify Creative Cloud projects, and the upgraded Firefly AI assistant will support agents continuously handling recurring tasks in the background.
At the conference, Adobe demonstrated local Model Context Protocol (MCP) access for Creative Cloud. Users will not be limited to Adobe’s own AI assistant; they will also be able to use third-party agents they use every day. Through MCP, AI agents from companies such as OpenAI, Google and Anthropic can operate Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and After Effects directly on a user’s computer, modifying native project files saved there.
Users can take over an agent’s work at any time because layers, vector graphics, asset bins and sequences remain editable. If the agent is also connected to other MCP-compatible tools, it can complete an entire workflow across applications.
For example, a user could ask an AI agent to pull reference materials from Google Docs, use Adobe software to complete a design, and then send the result to colleagues or clients through Slack. Local MCP access for Creative Cloud is not yet available; Adobe plans to begin private testing in early 2027.
According to IT Home, Adobe also demonstrated AI agents that can work continuously in the background, freeing users from having to stay at their computers so they can attend to other matters. Users only need to assign tasks, such as organizing newly received assets, performing regular quality checks or preparing content, then review the agent’s work plan and confirm the final results.
For social media promotion, for example, an agent can automatically turn received images into promotional materials suited to different platforms. Users need only check once a day, select the work they like and publish it. Adobe has not yet announced when this feature will be tested; the Firefly AI assistant will be the first to support it.
The beta version of the Firefly AI assistant, which uses Adobe’s creative agent technology, has also gained several features. A new planning mode lets users review, revise and approve an agent’s work plan before a task begins; a model selector lets users specify an AI model themselves or have the system choose one automatically based on the task’s requirements.
In addition, the Firefly AI assistant now integrates with Firefly Boards and lets users set preferences for file formats, colors, brand guidelines, characters and products. These settings can also be applied automatically to all projects.