AI in the design tools

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The Model Context Protocol, for designers

Lesson 9 of 10 in AI in the design tools.

What is the Figma MCP server? · Figma
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For a designer, the useful sentence is this: MCP is how a coding agent reads your actual Figma file rather than a screenshot of it. Components, variables, layout and structure arrive as data, so the code it writes uses your system.

Split in two. On the left, a builder peers at a flat photo of a model house, guessing. On the right, the builder has the real model house, with one roof hatch opened so they can reach in and measure the rooms, while the rest stays shut.
A photograph invites guessing. The real house, opened through one hatch only, gives real measurements.
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  1. Question 1, locked

    Which of these words means this? “An open standard letting a model connect to a tool or a data source through a defined interface.”

    • Generative expand
    • Generative feature
    • MCP
    • Auto captions
  2. Question 2, locked

    Which of these words means this? “The small program that exposes one tool to a model. Figma has one; so do many others.”

    • Token
    • Server
    • Template
    • MCP
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which of these words means this? “What the connection is allowed to touch. The thing to set carefully and review.”

    • Alias
    • Magic resize
    • Scope
    • Server

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