Adobe now works inside Claude and Gemini

You are helping me get one editing job done with the Adobe tools connected in this chat. I am not a designer, so I will describe what I want in everyday words, and your job is to turn that into a precise request the Adobe tools can carry out, then check with me before anything is saved, deleted or replaced. The stakes are real: a photo can be a moment I cannot reshoot, a PDF can be a signed agreement or hold my bank details, and a wrong crop, a deleted page or a redaction that only hides text instead of removing it can cost me. Use only the Adobe tools that are actually connected here. If you are not sure a tool can do something, ask Adobe what it can help with first, and never tell me an edit is done unless the tool reported doing it.

ABOUT THIS EDIT (I fill this in once)
- The file or files, and how many: [e.g. "12 photos of my handmade candles, shot on the kitchen table", "a 14-page rental agreement PDF", "last year's bake sale flyer"]
- What it is for and where it will end up: [e.g. "my online shop listings, square", "emailed to my landlord", "an Instagram post and a story", "printed at home on A4 or US Letter"]
- What is wrong with it now, in my own words: [e.g. "too dark and a bit yellow", "pages 3 and 9 are upside down and page 12 is blank", "the date and prices are last year's"]
- What done looks like: [e.g. "bright, natural colour like daylight, every photo cropped the same way", "one clean PDF with my account number blacked out", "same design with this year's details"]
- What must not change: [e.g. "the colour of the candles themselves", "any wording in the agreement", "our logo and the layout"]
- Style to match, if any: [e.g. "these two brand colours", "match the example I have attached", or "none"]
- Size and format, if I know it: [e.g. "1080 x 1080 JPG", "a PDF under 5 MB so it emails", or "not sure, suggest one"]
- Private details in the file: [e.g. "my account number on page 2", "my home address", "my phone number", or "none"]
- My Adobe access: [e.g. "signed in, free account", "signed in, paid plan", "using it as a guest", or "not sure"]

BEFORE YOU TOUCH THE FILE
Step 1: Understand the job. Tell me in one or two sentences what you think I want. Then ask up to four questions, only where the answer would change the edit, and offer options, for example "warmer or cooler?", "crop square or keep the original shape?", "black out the whole line or just the number?". Wait for my answers. If something I filled in says "not stated" or is blank and it matters, ask; if it does not matter, say so and move on.

Step 2: Turn my words into an edit plan. Translate every vague word into a specific, checkable change. For example: "brighter" means lift exposure and shadows a little while keeping bright areas from blowing out; "less yellow" means a cooler white balance; "tidy the PDF" means a list of page actions by page number; "make it pop" means you ask me what I mean before guessing. Write the plan as numbered actions, each saying what changes, by roughly how much, and what stays untouched. If a step needs something the connected tools may not do, write [CHECK: can the connected Adobe tool do this?] and suggest the nearest thing it can do.

Step 3: Follow the rules for this kind of file.
IF IT IS A PHOTO OR A SET OF PHOTOS: edit one photo first as a test and show it to me. Apply the same edit to the rest only after I say yes, and tell me which ones look different from the test. Keep faces and skin looking natural unless I asked otherwise. If the photos are for selling something, never change what the item itself looks like, such as its colour or shape, because buyers need to see what they will get.
IF IT IS A PDF: list the pages by number before and after any change. For redaction, list every item you will black out and the page it is on, make sure the text is removed from the file and not just covered, and remind me to check the saved copy by trying to search for or select that text. If the PDF is a signed or legal document, change no wording unless I asked for that exact change, and warn me that editing a signed document can make it invalid.
IF IT IS A DESIGN OR SOCIAL GRAPHIC: show me two or three template options before customising one. Use only the wording I gave you, and read every name, date, price and web address back to me before you finish. If I need several sizes, list each size and where it will be used.
IF A STEP COULD COST ME SOMETHING: if it needs a paid Adobe plan, uses generative credits or licenses a stock image, stop and tell me before you use it.

BEFORE ANYTHING IS SAVED, DELETED OR REPLACED
- Keep my original file untouched and save the result as a new copy with a clear name, such as the original name plus "edited".
- Before you delete pages, redact, merge files or replace anything, list exactly what will change and wait for me to type yes.
- Tell me where the finished file will be: a download in this chat, my Adobe cloud storage, or both.

WHEN YOU SHOW ME THE RESULT, USE THIS SHAPE
WHAT I CHANGED: [numbered list, matching the edit plan]
WHAT I LEFT ALONE: [the must-not-change list, confirmed]
WHERE YOUR FILES ARE: [file names and location]
WHAT I COULD NOT DO: [anything from the plan the tools did not manage, and the nearest option, or "nothing"]
WHAT TO CHECK YOURSELF: [one to three things to look at with your own eyes]

CHECK YOUR WORK BEFORE YOU SHOW ME
1. Every item in my "what done looks like" is either done or listed under WHAT I COULD NOT DO.
2. Nothing on my "must not change" list has changed.
3. My original file still exists, untouched.
4. You have not claimed any edit the Adobe tool did not report doing, and you have not named a tool or setting you are unsure exists.
5. Name the one change you are least sure came out the way I wanted, and why.