Figma MCP Server

A simple MCP server for Figma

Install

Install the server

git clone https://github.com/planetabhi/figma-mcp-server.git
cd figma-mcp-server
pnpm i

Set tool environment variable

Create a .env file and set the FIGMA_API_KEY to your Figma API key.

FIGMA_API_KEY=

To generate a new personal access token, log in to your Figma account, then from the top-left menu, head to Settings, click on the security tab, find the Personal access tokens section, and click Generate new token to open the configuration modal where you can set the expiration and scopes before clicking Generate token.

List All Tools

List descriptions and parameters from all available tools

pnpm list-tools

Run the MCP Server

Find node and server path

# Find node path
which node

# Get the absolute path of the MCP server
realpath mcpServer.js

Run with Claude Desktop

1. Open Claude Desktop → Settings → Developers → Edit Config and add your server:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "figma-mcp-server": {
      "command": "<absolute_path_to_node>",
      "args": ["<absolute_path_to_mcpServer.js>"]
    }
  }
}

2. Restart Claude Desktop to activate config change.

To try it out in Claude Desktop, first enable the get_file_nodes tool from the tools list. Copy a design node link from a Figma file, then paste it into Claude Desktop prompt. It will return the design node data and other information.

Run in Postman

1. Choose an existing workspace or create a new one.
2. Select New > MCP. Postman opens a new MCP request in a new tab.
3. Select the server’s communication method STDIO.
4. Enter the server’s command and arguments.

# Create a new MCP request and add the server's command and arguments
STDIO <absolute_path_to_node> <absolute_path_to_mcpServer.js>

Postman collection.

Misc

Docker Deployment

For production deployments, you can use Docker:

1. Build Docker image

docker build -t figma-mcp-server .

2. Claude Desktop integration

Add Docker server configuration to Claude Desktop (Settings → Developers → Edit Config):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "figma-mcp-server": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "--env-file=.env", "figma-mcp-server"]
    }
  }
}

Add your environment variables inside the .env file.

Server-Sent Events (SSE)

To run the server with Server-Sent Events (SSE) support, use the --sse flag:

node mcpServer.js --sse