Figma is rolling out new tools that let design and engineering teams set written rules for how AI agents work inside its platform. The company announced the changes at its first Config event in India on October 14, 2026.
Figma Specs Gives AI Agents a Written Reference for Design Rules
Figma introduced Figma Specs, a Markdown-based editor where teams document their design language. Specs can live as a standalone Figma file or sit directly on the canvas, and teams can link canvas elements and embed FigJam diagrams, code layers, and designs inside it. Figma built Specs to serve both human teammates and AI agents, so an agent making a design decision can check its work against the same written rules a human designer would follow.
Centralized Design Context Lets Agents Follow a Team's System
Alongside Specs, Figma added a way for teams to centralize design libraries, code libraries, and guidelines in one place. Agents refer to this material before acting, which is meant to keep AI-generated designs consistent with a team's existing design system rather than improvising new patterns on their own.
Code Layers Moves Out of Private Beta
Figma's Code Layers feature, which adds working code to canvas designs for more interactive prototypes, is now in open beta. Figma had announced the private beta in June 2026. With Code Layers, a user can ask an agent to turn a design into code or modify a specific part of existing code. Figma also expanded its Model Context Protocol support, adding more than 20 new tools, including Open Code, Dia, Grok Bot, and Indian AI startup Sarvam.
Figma's Design Chief Says Code Output Is Outpacing Releases
Chief design officer Loredana Crisan told the Config India audience that code production has grown roughly 17 times, while software releases have grown only about 1.3 times over the same period. She said much of that code is written to explore a product's direction rather than to ship. Figma, she said, aims to be "the place where software teams come to decide what they build and ship."
Figma opened its first India office late last year, covering sales, partnerships, go-to-market, and product support. The company says India is its largest market by users outside the United States, and its platform is used by 40% of the top 100 companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
Why This Matters for Engineering Leadership
Crisan's numbers are the headline for engineering leaders: a 17-times jump in code output against a 1.3-times jump in releases means most AI-generated code never reaches production. That gap signals a capacity and review problem as much as a tooling one. Figma's response, writing design rules into Specs and centralized libraries that agents must consult before acting, is a model engineering leaders can apply beyond Figma: give agents a written source of truth before giving them write access, and measure their output against what actually ships rather than how much code gets generated.
FAQ
What did Figma announce for AI agents on its platform?
Figma announced Figma Specs, centralized design context, wider availability of its canvas agent, an open beta for Code Layers, and more than 20 new Model Context Protocol integrations.
What is Figma Specs?
A Markdown-based editor where teams document their design language as a written reference that both people and AI agents can consult.
Is Figma's Code Layers feature publicly available?
Yes. It moved from a private beta announced in June 2026 to an open beta as of October 2026.
What did Figma's chief design officer say about AI-generated code?
Loredana Crisan said code production has grown about 17 times while software releases have grown about 1.3 times over the same period.
Which companies are part of Figma's expanded MCP support?
Figma named Open Code, Dia, Grok Bot, and Indian AI startup Sarvam among more than 20 new tools added.
Where did Figma make this announcement?
At Figma's first Config event in India, held October 14, 2026.