Figma vs Framelink Figma MCP

Figma's official server is remote with account sign-in; Framelink is a community server run locally with a personal access token.

	Figma	Framelink Figma MCP
Category	Design	Design
Status	Official · Figma	Community · GLips (community)
Transport	Remote (HTTP)	Local (stdio)
Auth method	Figma account sign-in (remote server)	Figma personal access token
Scopes / permissions	Not documented	Not documented
Tools listed	5	2
In Config Builder	Yes	Yes
Last verified	Oct 15, 2026	Oct 15, 2026
Summary	Figma's official MCP server brings design context (frames, variables, components) into coding agents.	Popular community server giving coding agents simplified Figma layout data via the Figma API.
Key tools	get_design_context get_screenshot get_metadata get_variable_defs Code Connect mapping tools	Fetch Figma file/frame layout data Download images from Figma files

Figma setup

Remote server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "figma": {
      "url": "https://mcp.figma.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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Framelink Figma MCP setup

Run with npx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Framelink MCP for Figma": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "figma-developer-mcp", "--figma-api-key=YOUR-KEY", "--stdio"]
    }
  }
}

Full spec sheet →+ Add to config

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