Figma Edit MCP

Connect AI assistants to Figma via Model Context Protocol to read designs, create and modify elements, and manage design systems programmatically.

This plugin empowers your AI assistant to become a Figma assistant, executing design updates Safer, Cleaner, and Faster than a human ever could.

This plugin allows you as a Designer to focus purely on creative decision-making, leaving the error-prone & repetitive manual changes to the automated systems.

🏆 Featured by IDEO: Letting AI edit live Figma files without trusting it to behave

📖 Documentation: neozhehan.github.io/figma-edit-mcp

What This Does for You

The project has three goals: Safer, Cleaner, and Faster.

• 🛡️ Safer: The plugin checks every action the AI requests before that action runs. If an action would damage the file, the plugin refuses it and tells the AI why. For example, the plugin will not delete a color variable while layers still use it. Figma itself does not warn you when you delete a variable that is in use — the deletion leaves broken references that are very hard to find afterwards.
• ✨ Cleaner: Because damaging actions are refused, the file does not accumulate broken references or leftover values. Bulk updates cover every layer that matches your request, not just the layers a person remembers to check.
• ⚡ Faster: The AI applies one change across hundreds of layers in seconds. For example, it can replace a product name in every text layer on a page, or copy the overrides from one component instance to fifty others.

These goals support each other: when the plugin refuses mistakes, the file stays consistent, and a consistent file is easier for both you and the AI to work with.

Read the full reasoning behind these goals →

What the AI Cannot Do to Your File

AI assistants sometimes invent things. An AI can name a layer that does not exist, or misremember which layer it was editing. This plugin does not depend on the AI being right. The plugin checks every edit itself, inside Figma, and refuses any edit that fails a check. The AI cannot skip these checks.

What the plugin enforces:

1. The AI can only edit the area you chose. When you connect, you choose one page or one frame for the session. The plugin refuses any edit outside that area. If you choose no area, the AI can read the file but cannot edit any layers.
2. Every edit must name its exact target layer. The plugin compares the layer name the AI supplies with the real layer's name. If the names do not match, the plugin refuses the edit. This stops the AI from editing a layer it invented or misremembered.
3. A bulk edit with one bad item changes nothing. The plugin validates every item in a bulk edit before it changes the first one. If any item fails validation, the plugin rejects the entire bulk edit.
4. Protected layers stay protected. The plugin refuses edits to locked layers and to assets from shared libraries. It also refuses to add, delete, or move layers inside a component instance.
5. The AI cannot delete its own working area. The plugin refuses any action that would delete or replace the page

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