Adobe MAX 2026: Creative Agent expands, and outside AI agents will get local access to Photoshop and three more apps
At MAX on November 10, Adobe expanded its Adobe Creative Agent across Creative Cloud and Firefly and previewed local MCP integrations for Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and After Effects, so the third-party AI agents people already use can edit native project files while layers and sequences stay editable; they are due for Creative Cloud customers in early 2027. Firefly also gets Builder, a private beta that turns an idea into an interactive prototype. My take: when even Adobe opens the door to other companies' AI, the software race becomes "who is easiest for AI to call." Marketing and design teams should tidy up brand assets and workflows now so they can plug in on day one.