Figma Releases Remote MCP for Live Design Integration with IDEs and AI Agents
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Zac Zuo
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Summary
Figma has released a new MCP (Model Context Protocol) that enables remote access to live design context from Figma files directly into IDEs and AI agents like Cursor, Claude Code, VS Code, and Windsurf. The update supports Figma Make files, allowing AI to view underlying prototype code instead of just images, and includes improved Code Connect mapping for easier design-to-production code linking.
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This is a big deal because it means you can bring live design context—components, layouts, interactions—directly from Figma into your IDE or AI agent.
It also now works with Figma Make files, so AI can see the underlying code of a prototype instead of just an image.
And the new in-app mapping for Code Connect makes linking design to production code much easier.
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