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How to use Figma with VS Code

You want Figma inside VS Code 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 VS Code connects to, and it is where you decide which Figma tools an agent may use. You create it once and every client reuses it.

  1. Create an Arcade account

    Sign up and open the dashboard. The free tier is enough to follow this through.

  2. 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.

  3. 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 VS Code

  1. Add the server

    VS Code 1.107.0 or higher. Command Palette → MCP: Add Server… → choose HTTP, paste your gateway URL, and name it something like mcp-arcade.

  2. Start it and authenticate

    Click Start next to the server in mcp.json or under Extensions → MCP Servers - Installed, then approve the Arcade sign-in and consent screens.

  3. Try it out

    Open the chat pane, switch to Agent mode, and ask it to use one of your Figma tools.

Full VS Code guide in the docs steps verified 2026-08-13

Start with these Figma prompts

VS Code 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.

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