What Figma shipped in August 2026

Expressive Design Tools

Figma introduced new capabilities allowing motion, imagery, and effects to be created directly on canvas within Figma, eliminating the need to step outside the platform for expressive work. The change…

Get Started with Design Systems in Figma Make

Get Started with Design Systems in Figma Make English Figma Make Americas Designer Design system Join the Figma team for a practical walkthrough of how to bring your design system into Figma Make so y…

Workflow Lab: How Adyen is transforming product development workflows with Figma Make & MCP

Workflow Lab: How Adyen is transforming product development workflows with Figma Make & MCP English Figma Design Dev Mode Figma Make Americas Global Design system AI Workflow In this session, the Adye…

Workflow Lab: From context to code with Figma agent and code layers

Workflow Lab: From context to code with Figma agent and code layers English Figma Design AI Workflow Watch this session for a hands-on look at how Figma agent and code layers bring these elements toge…

Get Started with Figma Agent

Get Started with Figma Agent English Figma Design Americas AI Join the Figma Onboarding team to learn how to get set up and put the agent to work in your own files! Watch now

2026 AI report

2026 AI report English Figma Design Dev Mode Figma Make Americas AI Join Figma researchers Shane Johnston and Christa Simon, along with Figma product manager Nikolas Klein, as they dig into Figma&#x27…

How do you actually measure the impact of AI on design?

Figma released its 2026 AI impact report, revealing AI is shifting from solo use to collaborative design workflows. The study, based on three years of surveys and 639 AI-moderated interviews, found AI…

Pricing change detected for Figma

Pricing updated for Figma: - Professional - Full seat: allowance changed from Full seat to Full seat + 3,500 AI credits/month - Professional - Dev seat: allowance changed from Dev seat to Dev seat + 5…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Organization - Dev seat: annual price $21/mo → $20.83/mo - Organization - Collab seat: annual price $4/mo → $4.

Workflow lab: Moving between design and code with agents

Figma launched tools to help AI coding agents generate production-ready code by providing direct access to design systems. The Figma MCP server connects agents to Figma files, while Code Connect maps …

Find and use skills from the Figma Community

Figma introduced a feature allowing users to browse, save, and use custom skills from the Figma Community within Figma agent and Figma Make. Skills are reusable instruction sets for automating workflo…

Set up MCP enterprise-managed auth with Okta Cross App Access (XAA)

Figma introduced enterprise-managed authorization for its MCP server via Okta’s Cross-App Access (XAA), allowing Organization and Enterprise plan admins to centrally manage access. Members authenticat…

Explore text properties

Figma introduced expanded text properties including variable font customization, OpenType features, and improved text alignment, decoration, and spacing controls. Users can now inspect text properties…

Set AI credit limits

Figma now lets admins on paid plans set individual AI credit limits per user to control costs and prioritize power users. Limits apply independently alongside billing group and plan-wide credits, with…

Edit vector layers

Figma introduced enhanced vector editing features, including variable stroke widths, path cutting, bézier handle mirroring, and improved selection tools, all accessible in vector edit mode. These upda…

8 of the best AI apps for logo design

Figma published a guide ranking eight AI logo design tools, positioning Figma Design as ideal for professional workflows requiring vector precision, AI-assisted iteration, and brand system integration…

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AI design prompts: How to get better output

Figma published guidance on writing effective AI design prompts, emphasizing in-context generation and iteration over prompt engineering alone. The post highlights Figma’s AI tools (Figma Design Agent…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Starter: promotion ended (was: Free) - Organization

Responsive spacing across design and CSS

Aug 21, 2026 Responsive spacing across design and CSS New release Figma Design Copy link Aug 21, 2026 Responsive spacing across design and CSS New release Figma Design Copy link Auto layout's aut…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Starter: new promotion — Free

Pricing updated for Figma: - Professional - Full seat: annual price $16/mo → $13.75/mo

Sightlines issue no.2: What leaders need to know about building agents

Figma released its second Sightlines newsletter issue addressing the design challenges of agentic products, featuring insights from leaders at Accor, Expedia, Atlassian, and Figma. The issue highlight…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Starter: allowance changed from Limited access to Figma products to Free limited access to Figma products - Professional - Full seat: now includes Full seat - Professional

Recommend resources you want users to discover and use

Aug 17, 2026 Recommend resources you want users to discover and use Update Figma Administration Copy link Aug 17, 2026 Recommend resources you want users to discover and use Update Figma Administratio…

Try these 10 skills—and show off your own

Figma now allows users to author custom skills—plain-text markdown files—for its design agent directly within Figma, enabling non-engineers to enhance the agent’s capabilities. Ten example skills were…

How to move fast toward the right thing

Figma argues that AI accelerates execution but risks tech debt and mediocrity without deliberate consideration and context. Teams must prioritize intent, design systems, and discernment to avoid 'cogn…

Running Weave tools from external agents (MCP)

Weavy introduced a Figma MCP server allowing external agents to execute Weave tools directly, including listing tools, uploading files, running workflows, tracking progress, and canceling runs. The fe…

Design system implementation: A step-by-step guide

Figma published a step-by-step guide on implementing design systems to eliminate drift between teams and ensure consistency. The post highlights that 96% of design leaders prioritize brand consistency…

Software development lifecycle phases: A guide for modern product teams

Figma published a guide explaining how AI tools like Figma Make and Dev Mode are compressing traditional SDLC phases by enabling rapid prototyping and code generation. The post positions Figma’s ecosy…

Figma MCP: Run Weave tools, right from your favorite agent.

Aug 11, 2026 Figma MCP: Run Weave tools, right from your favorite agent. Update Figma Weave AI MCP Copy link Aug 11, 2026 Figma MCP: Run Weave tools, right from your favorite agent. Update Figma Weave…

Measuring time savings from Figma Make

Figma Make, the company’s prompt-to-app AI tool, is now generally available to all users after exiting beta. A randomized controlled trial with 100 participants found design work became 20% faster and…

Pricing updated for Figma: - Starter: new promotion — Free - Professional - Full seat: now includes Full seat - Professional - Dev seat: now

Better code, fewer tokens: The benefits of Code Connect in MCP

Figma’s MCP server now integrates Code Connect, providing coding agents with production-accurate code snippets linked to design system components instead of generic React representations. Tests showed…

7 of the best AI tools for graphic design

Figma introduced Figma Weave, a node-based AI creative workflow canvas that chains AI generation models and professional editing tools into adjustable sequences. It connects to multiple AI models (Goo…

How to turn your design system into a Claude Skill

Figma details how teams can use Claude Skills (SKILL.md files) to teach AI agents like Claude Code to follow their design system conventions, preventing AI from bypassing component libraries and token…

How to use visual prompt engineering with AI design tools

Figma details visual prompt engineering, a technique pairing images with prompts to improve AI design outputs. The post highlights Figma Make’s ability to attach live design frames (not just screensho…

The AI creative process: How to ideate and refine faster

Figma highlights that AI has moved the bottleneck in design from idea generation to judgment, with 72% of designers now using generative AI daily. The company emphasizes that AI tools excel at produci…

Design operations: What it is and why it matters

Figma highlights Design Operations (DesignOps) as a framework to reduce friction in design workflows as teams scale, citing 91% of designers in its State of the Designer 2026 report who value clear go…

Code, craft, and the making of nested folders

Figma introduced nested folders, a long-requested feature that required rebuilding its content and permissions model from the ground up. The update enables growing teams to better organize files as pr…