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        "name": "get_code_connect_map",
        "description": "Retrieves node ID to code component mappings.",
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        "description": "Component metadata for templates (Figma-prompted) (remote server only).",
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        "name": "get_design_context",
        "description": "Design context for a layer or selection.",
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        "name": "get_figjam",
        "description": "Converts FigJam diagrams to XML.",
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        "name": "get_motion_context",
        "description": "Keyframe animation data and code snippets.",
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        "description": "Screenshot of a selection.",
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        "name": "list_generative_plugins",
        "description": "Lists generative plugins in your library (remote server only).",
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        "name": "list_shaders",
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        "name": "whoami",
        "description": "Identity and plans of the authenticated user (remote server only).",
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        "name": "add_code_connect_map",
        "description": "Maps a Figma node ID to a code component.",
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        "name": "create_generative_plugin",
        "description": "Creates a generative plugin scaffold (remote server only).",
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        "name": "create_new_file",
        "description": "Creates a blank Design, FigJam, or Slides file (remote server only).",
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        "description": "Creates a shader fill or effect scaffold (remote server only).",
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        "description": "Generates a FigJam diagram from Mermaid (remote server only).",
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        "description": "Generates design layers from interfaces (remote server only).",
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        "description": "Confirms suggested mappings (Figma-prompted).",
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        "description": "Replaces a generative plugin's code.ts or ui.html (remote server only).",
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        "description": "Replaces a shader's main.ts (remote server only).",
        "sideEffect": "write"
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        "name": "upload_assets",
        "description": "Uploads images into a Figma file (remote server only).",
        "sideEffect": "write"
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      {
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        "description": "General-purpose create, edit, and inspect (remote server only).",
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      "sandbox": "Hosted endpoint at mcp.figma.com/mcp over Streamable HTTP, authorised against your Figma account and seat. No local process runs for the remote server; the trust boundary is the Figma account you authorise and the files it can reach.",
      "gotchas": [
        "Eleven of the 29 tools write: they create files, upload images and generate native Figma content. An agent with the full tool set can modify real design files, so scope it to a project you are willing to let it edit.",
        "Starter plans and View/Collab seats are limited to six tool calls per month — enough to test, not to work. Confirm the seat before adopting.",
        "Write-to-canvas is free only during the beta and is stated to become usage-based paid later.",
        "The server is a Beta feature governed by the Figma Developer Terms, so the tool surface can change between releases.",
        "The linked repository is Figma's guide and skills for the server, not its source — the server itself is closed and hosted, so you cannot audit or self-host it."
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