Adobe brings AI agents and new creative tools to Photoshop, Premiere, and Firefly

Adobe announced its agentic AI strategy at the Max conference in Miami on November 10, 2026, according to The Verge. The company previewed Local Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations that allow third-party AI agents from providers like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic to work locally in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and After Effects, making direct changes to native project files on users' computers. All layers, vectors, bins, and sequences remain editable so users can take over from agents at any time to manually refine work.

The Verge reported that Adobe also previewed "always-on" agents capable of performing recurring tasks continuously in the background, such as organizing incoming assets, ongoing quality checks, or preparing content. These agents can be assigned jobs like automatically turning incoming images into promotional graphics for different social media channels, with users reviewing results daily. Adobe hasn't specified when this preview will launch but says it will come to Firefly AI Assistant first.

The Firefly AI Assistant beta is receiving upgrades including a Plan Mode for reviewing and approving agent plans before execution, a Model Selector to specify which AI model to use or leave on auto-select, and integration with Firefly Boards. Users can now customize preferred formats, colors, brand guidelines, characters, and products, with automatic application across every project. The creative agent, introduced earlier this year, is expanding further into video editing in Premiere, where it can track masked subjects through frames and apply effects or adjust color and exposure across entire clip sequences, and is being added to the Premiere mobile editing app for conversational video edits on the go.

Adobe's creativity head David Wadhwani outlined the plan in April, stating the Adobe creative agent will eventually surface "in virtually everything we develop." The Verge noted that whether developing its own agentic solutions or opening doors to third-party bots, AI agents will play a key role in Adobe's future. Creative Cloud local MCP integrations aren't available yet, but Adobe says a private beta will launch in early 2027.