Figma launches general availability of AI Agent

Figma, Inc. has announced the general availability of its Figma AI Agent, effective October 6, 2026. The tool operates directly on the Figma canvas and is designed to work within existing components and design systems to enhance the speed and quality of product development.

Key updates include the ability to add design system guidelines via Markdown, content search and insertion within Figma Design and FigJam, and real-time visibility of AI agent collaboration. The agent can also integrate with external tools like GitHub, Notion, and Slack, and utilize web searches to inform design tasks. Users can create and share custom “skills” to automate specific workflows.

In a case study involving Uber, designers utilized the AI agent to automate the creation and updating of design system documentation. This process, which previously took multiple people several months, was reduced to a single designer completing the task in half a day.