What Figma shipped in July 2026

AI fluency isn't the finish line

Figma’s 2026 AI report highlights that over 90% of product builders see AI skills as essential, but warns that tool fluency alone isn’t enough. The post emphasizes internal tool-building, cross-functi…

Pricing change detected for Figma

Pricing updated for Figma: - Starter: promotion ended (was: Free) - Professional - Full seat: annual price $13.25/mo → $13.33/mo - Professional - Dev seat: annual price $9.17/mo → $10/mo - Professiona…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Starter: new promotion — Free - Professional - Full seat: annual price $13.75/mo → $13.25/mo - Professional - Full seat: now includes Full seat - Professional - Dev seat:

A properties panel and annotations, now in Figma Make

Figma introduced a properties panel and annotations in Figma Make to enable visual, direct manipulation of code elements alongside AI agent edits. The properties panel allows adjustments like spacing,…

How we secure Figma’s internal systems with agents

Figma’s security team deployed an AI agent system that triages SIEM alerts, conducts forensic investigations, queries audit logs, and writes code fixes, reducing alert resolution time by 71%. The syst…

How Mercado Libre scales design for 100 million buyers across Latin America

Mercado Libre integrated Figma and FigJam into its design ecosystem to support 1,500 UX professionals across six Latin American countries, enabling structured autonomy and cross-functional collaborati…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Professional - Full seat: annual price $13.33/mo → $13.75/mo - Professional - Dev seat: annual price $10/mo → $10.42/mo - Professional - Collab seat: annual price $2.5/mo

Pricing updated for Figma: - Professional - Full seat: annual price $13/mo → $13.33/mo - Professional - Collab seat: annual price $2/mo → $2.5/mo - Organization - Full seat: annual price $46/mo → $45.

Automated UI handoff: A guide for design teams

Figma introduced automated UI handoff features to bridge design and development workflows, including Dev Mode for developer-focused views, Code Connect to map Figma components to real code, and an MCP…

What is an agentic framework?

Figma details how agentic frameworks enable AI agents to plan, reason, and execute multi-step workflows in design tools, with 51% of Figma users building agents in 2025. The Figma MCP server and Figma…

What is design context in AI workflows?

Figma’s resource library post explains how design context—user, environmental, business, brand, technical, and platform layers—determines the quality of AI-generated design outputs. It argues that AI …

Digital tools, human expression: The visual identity behind Config 2026

Figma’s Brand Studio designed a new visual identity for Config 2026, held June 23–25 in San Francisco, emphasizing human-AI collaboration through expressive, imperfect textures, glyphs, and motion. Th…

How Carrefour leveraged AI to drive design delivery

Carrefour’s Design & CX teams adopted Figma Make and Google’s Gemini to standardize AI usage, creating over 50 internal AI agents (GEMS) for tasks like UX research and prototyping. The company connect…

Mitsubishi Electric charts a new form of digital transformation using Figma as a foundation for co-creation

Mitsubishi Electric adopted Figma in 2023, later building the Serendie Design System (SDS) to unify UI development across its diverse business units. SDS now integrates AI via an in-house MCP server f…

How DUOTONE saves 80+ hours per project running its entire workflow in Figma

DUOTONE, a Seoul-based design agency, consolidated its entire workflow into Figma, eliminating version conflicts and streamlining handoffs. By leveraging Dev Mode, design systems, AI tools, and custom…

How Figma stays ahead of vulnerabilities with agents

Figma introduced an agentic security system using coding agents (Claude Code and Codex) to review pull requests, audit historical code, and guide secure code generation. The system prioritizes precisi…

Generative AI design: What it is and how to use it

Figma introduced Figma Weave, a generative AI design tool that integrates AI generation with professional editing in a single canvas. It enables teams to define brand-aligned style foundations, genera…

MCP for designers: What it is and how to use it

Figma introduced an MCP server that translates structured design data into machine-readable context for AI coding agents like Claude Code or Cursor. This enables AI tools to generate production code d…

How to create a skill in Claude Code for your design system

Figma published a guide on creating Claude Code Skills—reusable instruction files that provide persistent AI context for design workflows. Skills automate tasks like component documentation, token val…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Professional - Full seat: $55/mo → $16/mo (71% decrease) - Professional - Full seat: annual price $16/mo → $13/mo - Professional - Full seat: allowance changed from +3,500

Pricing updated for Figma: - Professional - Full seat: $16/mo → $55/mo (244% increase) - Professional - Full seat: annual price $13/mo → $16/mo - Professional - Full seat: now includes +3,500 AI credi

Code to canvas

Figma introduced a new 'code-to-canvas' tool in its MCP server that converts live browser UI into editable Figma frames, enabling teams to capture entire flows and inspect structural issues. Captured …

How Trackman built a design-first culture and a competitive edge

Trackman evolved from an engineering-focused company to a design-first organization, using Figma as the central tool for its product development process. The shift was driven by diverse user needs, fr…

Workflow lab: Deploying designs directly with Figma Make

Figma introduced a workflow enabling designers to connect Figma Make to a production codebase via GitHub, make changes directly, and push pull requests without filing tickets. This allows small, high-…

Sightlines: Issue no.1

Figma introduced Sightlines, a new editorial newsletter targeting design, product, and engineering leaders, featuring insights from senior leaders at Cisco, OpenAI, Airbnb, and others on navigating AI…

See AI credit usage in betas

Jul 14, 2026 See AI credit usage in betas New release AI Administration Copy link Jul 14, 2026 See AI credit usage in betas New release AI Administration Copy link Now admins can download a CSV file t…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Starter: allowance changed from Free limited access to Figma products to Limited access to Figma products - Organization - Full seat: annual price $45.83/mo → $46/mo - Org

Pricing updated for Figma: - Starter: allowance changed from Limited access to Figma products to Free limited access to Figma products - Professional - Full seat: $55/mo → $16/mo (71% decrease) - Prof

How Decagon uses AI for design system saturation

Decagon, an AI-native customer experience platform, scaled its design system using Figma’s MCP server and Figma Make to align design and code, reducing iteration time. The integration enabled high-fid…

What is a customer journey map? + How to create one

10 Claude Skills for design to add to your workflow

Figma published a guide introducing 10 new Claude Skills designed to integrate AI more deeply into design workflows, enabling persistent context like design systems, component libraries, and accessibi…

GPT-5.6 is now available in Figma Make

Figma Make now supports OpenAI’s GPT-5.6, improving the speed and quality of prototype generation from prompts or existing designs. The model self-heals errors, maintains design fidelity, and produces…

How to start vibe coding

Figma published a guide on 'vibe coding,' a workflow where designers and PMs use AI tools like Figma Make to generate functional prototypes from plain-language prompts. The post details setup steps, p…

Run multiple AI image edits and keep designing while they load

Jul 7, 2026 Run multiple AI image edits and keep designing while they load New release Figma FigJam Figma Sites Figma Buzz Figma Slides Figma Weave AI Copy link Jul 7, 2026 Run multiple AI image edits…

Botim’s journey to AI-ready design with Figma

Botim, a Middle East fintech with 150M users, overhauled its design-to-code workflow by integrating Figma Design, Dev Mode, Code Connect, and Figma Make into an AI-driven ecosystem. This reduced manua…

15 of the best AI coding tools and assistants for developers

7 questions we had going into Config Leadership Collective

Figma recapped key takeaways from its Leadership Collective event, where 1,300+ design, product, and engineering leaders discussed navigating change, expertise, team structures, and AI adoption. Leade…

Issue no.17: Build with joy

Figma released Issue 17 of its editorial magazine, highlighting Config 2026 tools and design philosophy, including a choose-your-own-adventure format. Content explores taste in design, motion principl…

Workflow lab: Rapid design iteration with Figma's AI agent and platform

Workflow lab: Rapid design iteration with Figma's AI agent and platform English Figma Design Dev Mode Figma Make Americas Global Designer Developer AI Workflow In this session, we'll show ho…

Building accessibility into a canvas-based product

Figma introduced a Mirror DOM system to restore accessibility stripped by its canvas-based rendering, enabling screen reader navigation, keyboard controls, and live announcements. The solution include…

Trust you can verify: Figma is now ISO 42001 certified

Figma announced ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certification for its AI Management System, covering AI features across its platform. The certification, verified by Schellman, validates Figma's AI governance polic…

Got skills? Make the Figma agent a better collaborator

Figma launched 'skills' for its design agent, enabling teams to codify reusable workflows in plain English for consistent collaboration. Skills integrate with MCP connectors to pull context from tools…