Figma has turned its AI shaders from a static novelty into a working motion-and-code tool. A September 1 update adds motion, a code viewer, community publishing, and MCP export to its generative plugins and shaders.
Figma Make just added a properties panel and annotations, letting designers edit AI-generated apps visually instead of describing every tweak in a chat box.
Build a reusable Figma agent Skill in minutes, trigger it with a slash, and wire MCP connectors to Slack, Notion, and Asana.
Figit is an open-source library that turns HTML into fully editable Figma layers you paste straight onto the canvas, with no plugin install.
Figma Config 2026 folds code layers, native animation via Figma Motion, and prompt-built AI agent skills directly into the design canvas.
Runway's Aleph 2.0 video model is now available inside Figma Weave, letting designers and editors direct clips up to 30 seconds frame by frame from Weave's node-based canvas.
Ten AI design tools tested through May 2026 with real pricing, time-to-output benchmarks, and clear picks by use case across product, marketing, and brand work.
Figma Make beta now edits your production codebase, supports Git branches and pull requests, and ships changes without leaving Figma.
Figma's new Design Agent writes editable frames using your real components. Join the free beta, connect Claude Code via MCP, write a Skills file, and ship your first AI-built screen in 30 minutes.
Figma updated Make with voice-to-text prompt dictation, a Zapier connector for 9,000-plus apps, question cards, and version history. Figma Draw also gained auto layout and a text-on-path tool.
On April 28, Figma added multiple new ways for designers to supply reference images when using AI to generate or edit images inside Figma.
Gamma hit 100 million users. Figma shipped AI agents. Canva integrated Leonardo AI. Framer launched shaders and a Server API. A data-driven comparison of the four platforms reshaping design in Q1 2026.
Figma opened bidirectional canvas write access to nine AI agents through its MCP server on March 24, 2026, turning design systems into machine-readable infrastructure for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and six more coding agents.
Figma MCP server enables two-way design-to-code workflows with Cursor, VS Code, and more. New Vectorize tool converts raster images to editable vectors.