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          "2026-10-01. Two months after the v1 end of life on 2026-07-31, the getting-started page's first API call is still https://image.adobe.io/pie/psdService/hello, and the actions and rendering guides still show v1 /pie/psdService endpoints with no deprecation notice. The only official SDK, @adobe/photoshop-apis 2.0.1, calls v1 paths only. https://developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/getting-started/ and https://github.com/AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API"
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          "The getting-started page and the official SDK still call v1 endpoints that reached end of life on 2026-07-31",
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          "Poll /v2/status/{jobId} or subscribe to I/O Events, since every call returns a job",
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        "privacy": "https://www.adobe.com/privacy/policy.html",
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          "The v2 OpenAPI spec is published in the AdobeDocs/ffs-photoshop-API GitHub repo",
          "The release notes page at developer.adobe.com/firefly-services/docs/photoshop/guides/release-notes/ has a heading and no entries as of 2026-10-01",
          "security.txt is PGP-signed, expires 2027-07-30 and lists an Intigriti bug bounty"
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      "category": "design-assets",
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          "name": "mcp-server-templated"
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      "authNotes": "Bearer API key from the dashboard, with full account access. The hosted MCP signs in with OAuth, or takes ?apiKey= in the URL for automations. The local MCP reads TEMPLATED_API_KEY. The MCP can be scoped by folder or external ID to isolate customers.",
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          "Listed in the official MCP registry and published from CI by GitHub OIDC",
          "llms.txt, llms-full.txt and a Markdown price list with rate limits per plan",
          "Privacy policy dated 2026-09-08 with retention periods, named subprocessors and a DPA",
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          "No OpenAPI, and no error codes or 429 handling in the API docs",
          "No official SDKs, only code samples",
          "No security.txt, certification or bug bounty found",
          "AI tools send content to Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic and DeepSeek per the privacy policy"
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          "Call get_template_layers before create_render so the keys in `layers` match the template",
          "Set async true with a webhook_url for MP4, zip or batch renders, since zip without a webhook returns 400",
          "Video credits are width x height x fps x seconds / 50,000,000, so 10 seconds of 1080p at 30 fps costs 13",
          "Pass folderId or externalId on the MCP URL when one server serves several customers",
          "Back off on your own schedule after a 429, since the docs give no retry guidance"
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          "schema": 72,
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