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Actually... their MCP reflects more than just supporting AI. It demonstrates the future of closed, walled garden MCPs. While Figma advertises that their offici
by radley 6mo ago
Actually... their MCP reflects more than just supporting AI. It demonstrates the future of closed, walled garden MCPs.
While Figma advertises that their official MCP "can now write directly to your Figma files", in reality it is restricted to create and read (as in CRUD), but not update nor delete. Currently, there is only one option to edit/update using the Figma MCP and it requires going through a third-party service with its own subscription and tiny token allocations.
Meanwhile, several developers have figured out how to use Figma's plug-in system to work-around these limitations, for a more robust CRUD MCP solution.
- young_mete 6mo agoI don’t think so. Your product / tool has to be extremely specialized and deeply necessary to pull of a walled garden MCP. The more likely alternatives are that someone else comes along with a better (open) integration, the model internalizes your tool’s capabilities, or the AI labs themselves build 1st party competitors.
- radley 6mo agoFigma has demonstrated that kind of aggressive lock-in many times. For example, they couldn't get enough companies to subscribe to FigJam and Slides, so they simply increased Figma's subscription price by that amount, and then said those apps are included for free. BTW: that's usually illegal, but with the current administration, it's a Tuesday.
- young_mete 6mo agoYou need leverage to do that (I.e we don’t have alternatives), which they’re losing quickly.