Firefly AI Assistant upgrades and Creative Cloud local MCP
At MAX, Adobe previewed a local MCP so third-party agents can edit Creative Cloud projects, and added Plan Mode, a Model Selector and always-on agents to Firefly AI Assistant.
Local MCP integrations let agents from OpenAI, Google and Anthropic work directly on native project files in Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and After Effects, with layers and sequences staying editable. Firefly AI Assistant adds Plan Mode, a Model Selector and saved brand preferences, and the creative agent now tracks masked subjects in Premiere and comes to Premiere mobile. Always-on agents that run recurring tasks in the background were previewed with no date. Adobe also announced Firefly Builder (private beta), Firefly Design and Firefly Graph (beta), Generative Remove in Premiere (beta), Relight in Photoshop, and two Topaz image models.
- Date
- Tuesday 10 November 2026
- Lab
- Adobe
- Kind
- feature
- Access
- research preview
Local MCP private beta is due in early 2027; always-on agents have no stated date. Quick Actions and Generative Media are generally available.
Sources
- theverge.com/tech/1030593/adobe-max-ai-agents-mcp-firefly-assistant-updates
- techcrunch.com/2026/11/10/adobe-adds-more-ai-to-its-products-and-launches-an-mcp/
- theverge.com/tech/1030653/adobe-max-2026-photoshop-premiere-removal-updates
This record was partly confirmed: some claims could not be checked on 10 November 2026. How we check