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Today, we’re excited to introduce nested folders, a long-requested feature that helps growing teams keep their files organized as they scale content and tackle complex projects. Nested folders may sound like a straightforward quality-of-life improvement, but building them required rethinking Figma’s underlying content and permissions model from the ground up—everything from the file browser and admin controls to sharing, permissions, and core infrastructure.

With accurate first results and fast iterations, OpenAI's GPT-5.6 gives your builds a strong start in Figma Make.

Every team has their own way of working. Maybe it’s how you capitalize product names, the way your PM formats specs, or the prompt your team swears by for design feedback. These are the workflows everyone relies on—easy to use, hard to explain, and often living in someone’s head. That’s where skills come in. A skill is a reusable set of instructions, written in plain English, that you teach the Figma agent Prompting gets you started.

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.

Across marketing pages, social assets, brand videos, and presentations, motion is how ideas come to life. It lets design unfold over time, using rhythm, sound, and sequencing to direct attention and shape meaning. We asked three Figma motion designers—Chad Colby, Ben Hill, and Gilles Desmadrille—to explain the principles of motion, how to expand the possibilities for storytelling, and how AI is changing their craft. What’s the biggest difference between graphic design and motion design?

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.