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How to use Figma with Cursor

You want Figma inside Cursor so it can review design feedback and assign follow-up, audit design system usage across projects, prepare a design handoff, and update shared design tokens safely — without you copy-pasting between tabs. Here is the whole setup, once.

Create your Figma gateway

The gateway is the thing Cursor connects to, and it is where you decide which Figma tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

Create an Arcade account

Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.
Create an MCP Gateway and select your Figma tools

In the dashboard, create a gateway and pick the Figma tools you want to expose. The gateway is what your client connects to, and it is where tool access is decided.
Copy your gateway URL

Every client below needs it.
```
https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>
```

Create a Figma gateway Opens the gateway builder in your Arcade dashboard.

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Heads up

Cursor does not refresh MCP OAuth tokens automatically. For a persistent connection, set Authorization to “Arcade Headers” on the gateway in the dashboard.

Open MCP settings

Command Palette (⌘⇧P / Ctrl+Shift+P) → Open MCP Settings, then click “New MCP Server”.

Add the gateway to mcpServers

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-arcade": {
      "url": "https://api.arcade.dev/mcp/<YOUR-GATEWAY-SLUG>"
    }
  }
}

Try it out

Ask Cursor to use one of your Figma tools.

Full Cursor guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Start with these Figma prompts

Cursor can now act on your Figma account. Click a prompt to copy it.

Control file access and write permissions so an agent can inspect designs without changing variables, deleting comments, or editing linked resources. Pair it with Contextual Access policies to require approval for consequential Figma changes.

How to use Figma with Cursor

Create your Figma gateway

Create an Arcade account

Create an MCP Gateway and select your Figma tools

Copy your gateway URL

Connect the gateway to Cursor

Open MCP settings

Add the gateway to mcpServers

Try it out

Start with these Figma prompts

Ready to actually ship your agent?