Figma MCP Server closes code-to-canvas loop

This feels less like a feature drop and more like Figma defining a new interchange layer between implementation and design. If the round-trip is reliable, the real product isn’t capture, it’s shared context that survives every handoff.

• –The remote MCP server is the right default: no desktop dependency, broader feature coverage, and a better fit for distributed teams.
• –Capturing live UI into editable frames beats screenshots because it preserves structure, flow, and room to duplicate or annotate.
• –Code Connect matters here: the more teams reuse real components, the less likely this becomes a pretty-but-fragile mock layer.
• –The free beta should drive adoption fast, but the planned usage-based model suggests Figma sees this as a metered workflow primitive, not a one-off demo.