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4 Ways We’re Using Our MCP Server at Figma | Figma Blog (opens in new tab)

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Figma’s MCP server has expanded beyond design-to-code workflows to support Slides, FigJam, Figma Make, and the Figma design agent. The post argues that agents can now create and update production-ready artifacts while preserving team context, design systems, custom fonts, and brand consistency. In practice, humans still provide review and polish, but agents can complete much of the initial content and formatting work.

Broader MCP capabilities

  • Agents can create or update:
    • Figma Slides presentations
    • FigJam boards
    • Figma Make prototypes
    • Canvas designs through the Figma agent
  • The server supports:
    • Custom fonts uploaded from a user’s computer
    • Downloading assets as SVG, PDF, JPG, or PNG through download_assets
    • Reusable MCP skills that encode team decisions and workflows
  • These capabilities connect external context and coding tools with Figma’s design environment.

Creating and refreshing Figma Slides decks

  • Designer advocate Mallory Dean maintains an evergreen deck about Figma’s AI product launches.
  • She prompted an agent to:
    • Update the deck with the new Figma agent
    • Gather information from Slack, Google Drive, Shortcut blog posts, and release notes
    • Suggest content updates and new slides
  • The agent used the use_figma tool and /figma-use-slides skill to modify the existing deck template.
  • The first 80% of the content work was completed before human review.
  • Mallory still needed to replace images, edit copy, and approve the final slides.
  • Uploaded custom fonts allowed the deck to use the correct brand typefaces rather than web-safe substitutes.
  • Similar workflows can support:
    • Product kickoff decks
    • Design explorations
    • Go-to-market presentations
    • Sales decks with current product information
  • The stated benefit is faster production of presentations that remain aligned with a team’s design system and brand.

Generating FigJam boards from live data

  • Product manager Prasant Lokinendi frequently prepares feature kickoff workshops.
  • Building an engaging FigJam board requires collecting company context and formatting the board for each session.
  • To streamline this process, he created the /figjam-builder skill.
  • Figma describes skills as a way to make agent outputs more consistent and context-aware.
  • Teams can use community-created skills or submit their own through Figma’s community-resources repository.

Figma’s MCP workflows are most useful for accelerating repetitive preparation and production work while leaving humans responsible for review, judgment, and final creative decisions.