Find answers to common questions about installation, authentication, file handling, workflow execution, and outputs when using Run-Workflow MCP with AI agents.
Run-Workflow MCP is an MCP connector that connects AI agents like Claude Code, Claude Desktop, or Cursor to Adobe creative workflows. It allows you to execute tasks by describing them in natural language instead of manually building workflows or calling APIs.
To learn how to install, see Get started with Run-Workflow MCP.
A 401 Unauthorized error means your IMS access token has expired, the authorization header is missing or incorrect, or the x-api-key header is missing or incorrect. Verify your credentials and try again.
Ask your AI agent questions such as What creative actions are available? or What can you do with video? The AI agent discovers the available creative actions and featured workflows.
Sometimes, Claude Code and Claude Desktop can’t access files when they’re pasted or dragged directly into the conversation. To resolve this, provide a local file path or a URL to the file.
macOS protects folders such as Desktop, Documents, and Downloads. If your file is stored in one of these folders, the upload may fail because the MCP client doesn't have permission to access it. Move the file to another location, such as ~/Pictures, or grant folder access when prompted, and then try again.
Providing a workflow ID, batch ID, or execution ID tells the AI agent to retrieve information about that workflow. It doesn’t start a new workflow. If you want to rerun it, explicitly ask the AI agent to rerun the workflow.
Workflow execution happens asynchronously. You can ask follow-up questions such as "Is that job done yet?" or "Show me the status of my workflow" to check progress and workflow status at any time. When processing completes, the AI agent retrieves the workflow outputs.
When the processing completes, the AI agent provides links to the generated outputs. If you want to save the outputs locally, ask your AI agent to download them.
Output links are available for approximately one hour after they're generated. Download the outputs before the links expire.
Not necessarily. Long-running workflows can continue processing in the background. You can ask your AI agent to check the workflow status whenever you want.
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