Adobe’s new Firefly AI assistant can perform complex design tasks with text prompts

Adobe on Wednesday introduced the Firefly AI assistant, an agentic conversational chatbot that can perform complex design tasks. Available inside the Firefly platform and connected to Creative Cloud apps, the Assistant can both analyze and act on natural language signals. The company said the tool will help creators automate creative workflows while maintaining context. It is scheduled to be released in beta soon, and will be showcased by the company at its upcoming Adobe Summit 2026.

Adobe unveils Firefly AI assistant

one in blog postThe software giant announced a new agentic AI chatbot, Firefly AI Assistant. So far, the company has used its Firefly platform as a suite of AI capabilities, where users can choose the features and underlying models based on their preferences. Now, the new Assistant adds an agentic conversation layer, where users can simply command the chatbot, and it will find the best tools to complete tasks.

The biggest advantage of the Firefly AI Assistant is its connectivity across Creative Cloud apps, including Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator, and others. Since the tool is capable of handling multi-step workflows, users can potentially ask it to build the entire project, and then manually make changes according to their needs.

It also asks the user relevant questions, brings up decisions and offers suggestions to help their workflow. Adobe highlights that users can interrupt the Assistant at any point to direct, refine, or adjust the output. Adobe has also added a library of Creative Skills, which are pre-built workflows that the user can implement with a single command. Some of these allow users to retouch portrait photos or create content on social channels.

Adobe Firefly has also created a mechanism to allow the AI ​​assistant to receive feedback on its creations. The company says that Assistant can share work in Frame.io and colleagues can review and give feedback. The agentic chatbot will then automatically apply the changes.

The Firefly AI Assistant will be available in public beta in Firefly in the coming weeks.