“That job usually entails drawing, writing some real code, making sure it’s working and everyone can use it, taking screenshots of that working thing, working out ideas in Figma, putting that in the code, testing with the team and users, more code, more exploration, - repeating that forever.”
“Before that, learn how the prompts of Figma AI should be written, how you make your sure your Design Library is well connected, so your figma ai agent is able to grasp everything.”
“Unpopular opinion but you can work with Gemini first to build up what you need exactly, then tell it you're making it in Figma AI and it breaks down the steps to feed into Figma so the design builds up piece by piece rather than just one prompt in.”
“How do you get Figma AI to stop giving mediocre/templatey designs? I gave it a detailed brief (brand, colors, typography, references) but the output still feels generic and templatey.”
“Instead what happens is that the AI agent/Make starts making up a lot of stuff that has already been dismissed before, and creates 'fresh' designs instead of using my actual design system.”
“The best part is if you are using an AI + Figma MCP you can literally have it do that all for you. Also when in doubt just ask the AI how to build it optimally.”
“I tried to build one use the built in Figma agent and it couldn't do what I wanted. I have been success building some really good design systems via Claude and ChatGPT using the Figma MCP.”
“Wayfinding is very important in Figma. If you have a lot of screens, section them out with large, clear labels. This will help someone quickly find what they are looking for.”
“**If Figma can already be the source of truth for components, variables, styles, and design-system maintenance, what makes an external AI-powered layer valuable enough to introduce another source into the workflow?**”
“Yes, just create storybook/ladle stories in repo first and then create design system in figma working your way up: tokens first then move on to atomic components etc etc”
“Also btw: Figma IPO peaked at 50-65x revenue multiple on day 1 and on average was 16-18x. In a pre 2026 world, Miro had every ability to command the multiple they raised at — and executed towards it.”
“Figma was/is used to sketch out your designs- do wireframes- make mood boards- finalized the design and everyone can be part of the process bc it’s a collaborative tool. You can even access tons of plugins, make clickable prototypes, can access code view and make presentations.”
“Yo how good is the figma animator at doing general UI animation work? I'm still bringing everything into After effects but that flow is feeling way more outdated by the week”
“I designed the platform myself in Figma, hand-drew the original art and logos, and commissioned development, pixel art, music, sound effects and some 3D models.”
“I have recently started playing around in Figma and ended up making random shapes with noise filter and gradient, just whatever came to my mind. After creating a few sets of shapes, I thought it would be cool to create an editor where I could change props such as size, gradient and its angle.”
“I'm not going to waste days fucking around with classes (been there done that) or having problems with responsiveness or centering a div when I can set few stupid buttons in figma and have it all in a seconds.”
“It really just is that the education plan does not have AI agents included. I don't think it's listed anywhere, but I asked my contact on Figma and they said, yea, no, it just isn't in there for now because obviously that's not the majority of our paying customers.”
“Master.dev has tons of courses and there is a figma for developers course which applies to this. But tbh I have been in the industry for 10 years and rarely use figma.”
“I think ideally I would love to go from Figma to ai (Claude?) as I still think I’d be faster concepting out visual design that way, then use prompts to describe the behavior of the prototype. How things should act in different scenarios.”
“All of the developer mode etc are pretty much the artifacts of pre-ai era. It only got so much professional adoption this year as all tools and models are getting better and it’s much easier to connect them all now.”
“What’s more effective or common than Figma for collaborative prototyping? Nothing compares. Obviously people adopting a “design with code/vibecoding” approach have major advantages over Figma but it’s not very collaborative or precise.”
“As a few here have already said, Figma is just a tool. I'd wager it's still the most important tool across the industry for its ability to collaboratively work across a digital canvas, etc.”
“In my company, we're using Figma less and less. There's no point when we can develop a working prototypes faster, iterate multiple times, and do front-end all at the same time.”
“Ik Figma is like the main character in UX design, but now my university wants me to do 2 additional online courses and the suggested courses on the sites are "ux basics/ advanced figma/ research fundamentals" but I want to expand my skills. So maybe development to understand the whole journey etc.”