What's new in April, 2026

Your April release roundup is here! This month, we’re all about putting your brand intelligence directly into the AI tools your teams already rely on, giving you sharper control over access in the DAM, and streamlining the template editing experience for greater speed and consistency across formats.

Feature spotlight

Frontify MCP: Connect any AI tool to your brand knowledge
AI adoption is moving faster than brand governance can keep up. The Frontify MCP (Model Context Protocol) bridges that gap by making your brand knowledge (guidelines, assets, and rules) accessible to AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, Figma, and more. No custom integrations needed. Your brand doesn’t stay in Frontify, it travels wherever your teams create.
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Enhancements

• Folder-level access: Collaborate without compromise
  Invite the right people to the right folders with view, review, or edit permissions. Whether it's an internal team or an external agency, everyone gets access to exactly what they need and nothing they don't.
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• Guidelines export: PDF and print in new themes
  Export full guidelines or individual documents as PDFs or print them directly, now supported in the new themes experience.
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• Custom metadata triggers (beta): Turn asset data into automated workflows
  Trigger automations based on specific custom metadata to power more precise, condition-based workflows. Enable actions that respond instantly to changes, reducing manual coordination and strengthening governance at scale.
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• Show/hide navigation items: More control in guidelines
  Hide documents, groups, or entire sections to create cleaner, more curated guideline experiences, independent of publishing state.
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• Essentials API: Colors and fonts
  Access brand colors and fonts as structured, machine-readable data for integrations, automation, and AI use cases.
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• Access request 2.0: More flexible for admins, clearer for users
  A new form builder with live preview, improved customization, and structured resource selection makes it easier to collect the right information upfront. New select fields also let users request access to multiple resources in one go, streamlining onboarding and reducing back-and-forth.
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• Publication editor upgrade: Faster editing, consistent experience
  Editing Template publications is now faster and more responsive – images update instantly, navigation is smoother, and controls like transparency and color picking have been refined.

Ecosystem: Apps and integrations

• Adobe Workfront integration (beta): One connected workflow
  Browse and link Frontify assets directly in Workfront projects, no downloads or re-uploads needed.
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• Salsify integration (beta): Automate product asset sync
  Automatically match and assign approved Frontify assets to Salsify products using shared identifiers like SKUs.
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Small improvements and bug fixes

• Footer customization in Guidelines: Apply color schemes, adjust padding on all sides, and align the footer with page content for more on-brand guideline layouts.
• Header layout control: Position your logo left, right, or centered in the Classic theme header, making it easier to align your guidelines with your wider digital presence.
• Customizable list styles: The text block now supports full control over bullet and numbered list styling — adjust shapes, sizes, numbering format, and up to three levels of hierarchy, with brand colors via color schemes.
• Workflow status comments: Comments added when moving assets to a workflow status that requires one are now visible directly in the platform, not just in email notifications.
• Unverified admin accounts: A new banner prompts unverified admins to verify their account, preventing actions from failing unexpectedly.
• Automations UI: The trigger rules list has been updated with a refreshed look and feel.
• Publication editor fixes: A range of issues in the new publication editor have been resolved, including image cropping, layer visibility, drag-and-drop behaviour in Firefox, and color picker reliability.
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That's a wrap for April.

Frontify MCP opens the door for your brand knowledge to live beyond Frontify, embedded directly in the tools where work actually happens.