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Area / Type
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First observed
2026-09-18
ai-agents
feature added
AI agent in Figma Design rolls out to Education users
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-09-18
ai-assist
feature added
Figma Weave users can publish Weave tools to the Figma Community
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-09-18
permissions-governance
feature added
Admins can change permissions on files, folders, and teams across a plan
Figma Platform
docs
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Capabilities added
AI agent in Figma Design rolls out to Education users
The Figma for Education page now lists AI tools including Figma Make and the agent in Figma Design (rolling out over the coming weeks) as available to higher education and bootcamp Education users, and removes the note that the AI agent was not yet available to any Education users. K-12 and high school Education users remain excluded, and visual search in the editor is still unavailable to Education users.
Figma Weave users can publish Weave tools to the Figma Community
The beta features page now says Weave tools in Figma Design include tools built by the Figma Community, and that Figma Weave users on paid plans can publish their own Weave tools to the Figma Community so anyone can run them in Figma Design. Publishing happens from Figma Weave, and only tools producing images or vectors can run on the Figma canvas; video or 3D tools can be published but not run there.
Admins can change permissions on files, folders, and teams across a plan
A new help center article documents that plan admins on Professional, Organization, and Enterprise plans can change permissions between can view and can edit, invite or remove users and groups, and update audience access on files, folders, and teams — including granting themselves access to a file they cannot open via a request-access screen, with an email notification to the file owner. Admins still cannot transfer or change ownership or browse content they lack access to.
Generative plugins: build custom Figma plugins by prompting the agent
Generative plugins are plugins built by prompting the Figma agent (distinct from classic, hand-coded plugins) across three types: creating content, modifying layers, and file utilities. They can be published to the Figma Community or internally to an organization, and their code can be viewed in-app. This capability was introduced earlier (at Config) but had no dedicated registry row in our state; captured now from the Sept 1 product changelog update plus extensive Help Center documentation (the old combined "quick start guide to generative plugins and shaders" was split into a dedicated generative-plugins guide and a shaders guide, with new publish/review/manage/access pages). Confidence is medium because the original ship date predates our evidence.
Figma MCP server can read and write generative plugin and shader source code
New MCP server tools (list_generative_plugins, get_generative_plugin, create_generative_plugin, update_generative_plugin, list_shaders, get_shader, create_shader, update_shader, list_file_shaders) let an agent pull the source behind a generative plugin or shader, edit it in an external editor, and push updates back for Figma to rebuild, version, and deploy. Previously the MCP server offered only read-only shader access (get_shader_effect, get_shader_fill, list_shader_effects, list_shader_fills — now deprecated in favor of the consolidated tools) and no generative-plugin tools at all. Writing requires loading the figma-shaders or figma-generative-plugins skill first. Corroborates the Sept 1 product changelog's "access to the code" claim.
Figma agent chat pops out into its own desktop window
In the Figma desktop app, a Pop out Agents panel control at the top of the sidebar opens the agent chat in a separate window, so a running agent thread can sit alongside the canvas instead of inside the sidebar. The hover-for-thread-status tip on the Agents sidebar entry was dropped in the same edit.
Figma adds an Eraser tool to vector edit mode
Figma shipped an Eraser tool inside vector edit mode. It is selected from the secondary toolbar or with Shift E, its weight and shape are configured in the right sidebar, and dragging over a vector path or shape removes that area, adding new editable vector points along the erased edge. Erasing does not split the object into separate layers even when the cut goes all the way across; splitting remains a separate Split vector command in Figma Draw.
Changes
Date
Area / Type
Change
Product
Source
Shipped
2026-09-17
ai-agents
capability expanded
Figma Design canvas designs connect to Weave workflows
Figma Design
changelog
Shipped
2026-09-17
api-platform
capability expanded
Plugin API adds composed color variables and COLOR_OPACITY scope
Figma Platform
changelog
Shipped
2026-09-16
api-platform
capability expanded
Weave tools publishable to the Figma Community
Figma Design
changelog
Shipped
2026-09-16
collaboration
capability expanded
Folder content previews in Figma
Figma Platform
changelog
First observed
2026-09-15
ai-agents
feature tier change
Agent-built custom shaders open to all plans
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-09-15
ai-agents
feature tier change
Figma agent opens to all plans during open beta
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-09-15
ai-agents
feature tier change
Generative plugins open to all plans
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-09-15
api-platform
feature tier change
Seat and plan restrictions removed from Figma MCP write-to-canvas skills
Figma Platform
docs
First observed
2026-09-12
ai-agents
feature tier change
Agent-built custom shaders open to all plans
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-09-12
ai-agents
feature tier change
Agent-built generative plugins open to all plans
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-09-12
ai-assist
feature tier change
Starter plan gains AI image generation through the Figma agent
Cross-product
docs
First observed
2026-09-12
api-platform
capability expanded
Figma adds a component properties guide to the plugin API docs
Figma Design
llms full
First observed
2026-09-12
content-media
capability expanded
Figma node brings Figma frames into Weave workflows
Cross-product
docs
First observed
2026-09-12
developer-experience
capability expanded
Make copies code components to Figma Design as design instances
Figma Make
docs
First observed
2026-09-11
api-platform
capability expanded
Figma Plugin API adds variable font support with variationSettings
Figma Platform
llms full
First observed
2026-09-04
content-media
capability added
Generative plugins: build custom Figma plugins by prompting the agent
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-09-04
developer-experience
capability expanded
Code Connect supports a custom Figma API host
Dev Mode
llms full
First observed
2026-09-04
security-compliance
capability expanded
Figma for Government gains desktop Figma MCP server support
Figma Platform
llms full
Shipped
2026-09-03
api-platform
capability expanded
Plugin API supports variable fonts
Figma Platform
changelog
Shipped
2026-09-03
content-media
capability expanded
Color and layer opacity can be driven by number variables
Figma Design
docs
Shipped
2026-09-01
api-platform
capability added
Figma MCP server can read and write generative plugin and shader source code
Figma Platform
llms full
Shipped
2026-09-01
content-media
capability expanded
Shaders gain animation, interactivity, and publishing
Figma Design
docs
Shipped
2026-08-31
api-platform
capability expanded
Auto layout gains SPACE_EVENLY and SPACE_AROUND alignment via the Plugin API
Figma Platform
changelog
First observed
2026-08-29
api-platform
capability expanded
Figma for Government gets the full Figma MCP server, dropping the desktop-only restriction
Figma Platform
docs
First observed
2026-08-28
ai-agents
feature added
Figma agent chat pops out into its own desktop window
Figma Design
docs
8 more
First observed
2026-08-28
developer-experience
capability expanded
Figma Code Connect UI maps one design component to several framework implementations
Dev Mode
docs
First observed
2026-08-28
developer-experience
other
Figma makes template files the recommended Code Connect format and stops maintaining framework parsers
Dev Mode
docs
First observed
2026-08-28
mobile-desktop
limit change
Figma raises the minimum iOS version for viewing files in a mobile browser to 16
Figma Platform
docs
First observed
2026-08-28
security-compliance
capability expanded
Figma localized file hosting adds Brazil and drops the Q1 2026 caveat on Australia and India
Figma Platform
docs
First observed
2026-08-26
billing-administration
other
Weave tools and the Figma Design agent to leave open beta and start consuming AI credits
Cross-product
docs
First observed
2026-08-26
content-media
capability added
Figma adds an Eraser tool to vector edit mode
Figma Design
docs
First observed
2026-08-26
content-media
capability expanded
Figma's Paint tool gains gradient fills and multi-region drag
Figma Design
docs
Shipped
2026-08-26
mobile-desktop
capability expanded
Figma desktop opens the agent chat panel in its own window
Figma Platform
changelog
Named in changes
2
github
Make copies code components to Figma Design as design instances
2026-09-12 · 2 changes
mcp
Figma for Government gets the full Figma MCP server, dropping the desktop-only restriction
2026-08-29 · 2 changes
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