Figma MCP server

The Figma MCP Service enables AI assistants to interact with Figma, providing capabilities to read user information, access file data, manage components, annotations, styles, and version history.

Installation and Setup

To install the Figma MCP Service, run the following command:

npm install

Before running the service, you need to configure your Figma access token:

export FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN=your_figma_access_token

For Windows PowerShell users:

$env:FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN="your_figma_access_token"

After installation, build the service:

npm run build

Running the Service

Standard Execution

To run the service directly:

node build/index.js

Using MCP Inspector

For testing with the MCP Inspector:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector build/index.js

For Windows PowerShell users:

$env:FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN="your_figma_access_token"; npm run inspector

Testing with Client

You can test the service using the included test client:

node direct-test.js

Integrating with MCP Clients

To configure an MCP client to use this service, add the following to your ~/.codeium/windsurf-next/mcp_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "figma": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["path/to/mcp-figma/mcp-service/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_figma_access_token"
      }
    }
  }
}

Be sure to replace "your_figma_access_token" with your actual Figma access token and adjust the path to match your installation location.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "figma" '{"command":"node","args":["path/to/mcp-figma/mcp-service/build/index.js"],"env":{"FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN":"your_figma_access_token"}}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "figma": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": [
                "path/to/mcp-figma/mcp-service/build/index.js"
            ],
            "env": {
                "FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_figma_access_token"
            }
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "figma": {
            "command": "node",
            "args": [
                "path/to/mcp-figma/mcp-service/build/index.js"
            ],
            "env": {
                "FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN": "your_figma_access_token"
            }
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect