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Design is about asking the hard questions. Right now, these questions feel bigger than ever. What’s changing? What’s possible? And what does it even mean to create? Here at Figma, we keep coming back to one simple premise: No tool should limit where an idea can go. This year’s Config announcements are all about limitless expression on the canvas.

Agents have expanded who can build and what’s possible to create. But too often, the process of getting there happens alone, in separate chats, disconnected workflows, and isolated exploration. Getting started is flexible: In Figma Design add a code layer from the toolbar, create one from an existing frame, or ask the Figma agent to generate one. From there, start from a template or describe what you want to build.

Customer snapshot: OutSystems Bruno Figueiredo, lead designer on the brand team at OutSystems, uses Weave to create everything from presentation visuals, to animations, to event graphics, to swag. When the team created a key chain plushie based on their mascot, Neo, Bruno generated a 3D model to give to the manufacturer instead of relying on an outside specialist. Now, he’s using Weave to evolve Neo himself.

Customer snapshot: Atlassian For Atlassian, motion in the canvas has removed the friction that can prevent it from being shipped. “It turns animated illustrations from a specialist handoff into a system capability,” says Senior Product Designer Alexandra Pereira. “Dev Mode and being able to comment on the timeline will allow for a seamless back and forth.” For designers less familiar with motion, the agent guides them through the basics.

Explore our playground files for the agent and custom tools. The difference between an agent that helps you work more efficiently and one that actually understands how you work is context. When an agent knows your team's way of working it can do more than produce. It can collaborate. Where that collaboration gets interesting is on the Figma canvas itself—creating tools, effects, and experiences that wouldn’t have been possible before.

Two months after opening the canvas to agents Starting today, you can use AI agents to design directly on the Figma canvas. And with skills, you can guide agents with context about your team’s decisions and intent. , the Figma MCP server Figma’s MCP server brings your design decisions into the tools where code gets written—so what gets built actually matches what was designed. Here’s what that unlocks for everyone who builds products.

Make note These new Make features will be rolling out in beta over the coming weeks. Today we're launching new capabilities in Figma Make—the ability to work in your production codebase without leaving Figma. In our Beta desktop app, you’ll find our first step toward bringing together freeform design, prototyping with code, and shipping to production. Here at Figma, we don't believe you should be forced to choose between a design or code tool.

Designers need purpose-built tools that serve the essentials: exploration, experimentation, collaboration, and precision. Figma was built as a multiplayer canvas to make all of that possible. As teams adopt agentic tools to build products more quickly, false choices are emerging: Speed or precision? AI generation or direct manipulation? You shouldn't have to choose.

As a backend engineer, I usually live in the infrastructure layer—building platforms, designing architecture, pitching a different technical approach. I've never touched the C++ editor or made a single edit to Figma Design. But during a recent MCP team hackathon, I found myself doing something I'd never done before: advocating for another team's product, FigJam. Specifically, making it the place where engineers and agents think through systems together.

As AI changes how we work For years, the boundaries between product development roles have become less defined. Our latest report quantifies this shift and explores what it means for you and your team. , organizations are racing to implement AI widely, govern it responsibly, and make sure it delivers meaningful impact. Companies are discovering how critical—and complex—it is to transform not just workflows and systems, but the teams that use them. Someone needs to connect all the dots.