Connecting to Adobe Workfront

Adobe Workfront is a work management platform that helps teams plan, track, and deliver work across the project lifecycle.

To integrate Adobe Workfront with IBM watsonx Orchestrate, you need to establish a secure connection that enables both systems to communicate seamlessly. To follow the general connection workflow, Connecting apps for prebuilt agents.

Important: By default, Single sign-on (SSO) is disabled for your app. To enable it, refer to Configuring single sign-on for applications .

Steps to connect

Use the following steps to connect Adobe Workfront to watsonx Orchestrate:

  1. Go to Manage > Connections and search for the Adobe Workfront Connection ID.
  2. Select the authentication method your organization uses (OAuth 2.0 or Key Value Pair).
  3. Enter the Adobe Workfront specific fields, then follow the configuration steps in the Connecting apps for prebuilt agents page.
  4. Complete the Draft and Live setup steps.
  5. Save the connection and test it to confirm that Adobe Workfront is successfully connected.

Supported authentication methods

Adobe Workfront supports the following authentication methods in watsonx Orchestrate:

  1. OAuth 2.0 (Authorization Code): Recommended for production connections
  2. Key Value Pair (KVP): Supported for API key–based and legacy scenarios
Note: For agents created after September 2025, OAuth 2.0 is the only supported authentication for Adobe Workfront.

Connection ID

Use the following Connection IDs when locating your Adobe Workfront connection in the Connections settings page. To understand how to search for a Connection ID and open a connection for editing, see Connecting apps for prebuilt agents.

Authentication type Connection ID
Oauth2 Authorization Code adobe_workfront_oauth2_auth_code
Key Value Pair adobe_workfront_key_value_ibm_184bdbd3

OAuth 2.0 connection details

If your organization uses OAuth‑based authentication, set Authentication type to Oauth2 Authorization Code and enter the following fields:

Field Description
Server URL Base URL of the Adobe Workfront server (for example, https:// .workfront.com)
token_url Endpoint to exchange the authorization code for an access token
client_id Your Adobe Workfront application's client ID
client_secret Your Adobe Workfront application's client secret
Authorization URL URL where users are redirected to log in and authorize access

To get these values, see the Adobe Workfront API documentation.

Key Value Pair connection details

If your organization uses API keys or a legacy configuration, set Authentication type to Key Value Pair and add each of the following fields using Add new field:

Key Description
base_url Base URL of your Adobe Workfront instance
token_url URL to obtain the OAuth token
client_id Your Adobe Workfront client ID
client_secret Your Adobe Workfront client secret
bearer_token Access token for API authentication
refresh_token Token used to refresh the bearer token

Note: When using Key Value Pair, only Team credentials are supported.

To get these values, see the Adobe Workfront API documentation.