LABSCO SUMMARY

Edits the file that is open, so the result is visible as it happens.

The tools that pay for the setup are the bulk ones: cloning a node to many positions, setting the same property across a selection, updating many text nodes with their styling in one call, and running a batch of commands as a single round trip. The text model is the other reason to reach for this over a general design tool — styling is addressed by character range, so updating copy keeps the bold, the colours and the fonts that were already there. Remember the plugin and socket server are separate processes; if commands do nothing, the channel is usually the thing that was never joined.

What it is

A bridge into an open Figma document through a plugin and a local WebSocket connection. The assistant reads the current selection and node tree, then creates, moves, restyles and deletes nodes in the file you are looking at.

What you get

The document, the current context and any node or set of nodes read in detail, including the full detail of what is selected right now
Creation and editing of the basics: rectangles, frames, text, fills, strokes, corner radius, position, size, cloning and deletion, singly or several at a time
Auto-layout driven properly — layout mode and wrap, padding, primary and counter axis alignment, horizontal and vertical sizing, and spacing between children
Component work: local components listed, instances created, and one instance's overrides captured and applied to other instances
Text handled as ranges rather than as a blob: bold, italic, underline and strikethrough on a span, decoration style, colour, thickness and offset, font family, style and size per range, and the styled segments read back
Text updated with formatting preserved, and find-and-replace that only restyles the part it replaced
Bulk operations built for scale: many text nodes set in one call with their styles, a node cloned to many positions at once, one property set across many nodes, and a batch of commands executed in a single round trip
Scanning with depth limits, timeout control and partial results, so a large document returns something rather than hanging
Annotations read and written, prototyping reactions read, and connections drawn between nodes with a default connector
Figma Slides: slides and slide rows created, arranged into a grid, transitions read and set, viewport mode switched, slide content and tables extracted, and a presentation summary generated
Tables created and read as an array, an object or CSV, plus shapes with text and GIFs in Slides and FigJam
Component descriptions read and written in Markdown, with a normaliser for Figma's supported subset
Connection status and statistics for the plugin link itself

Requirements

Three pieces have to be running, not one: Bun on the machine, the WebSocket server started with bun socket, and the Figma Copilot plugin installed and open in Figma. The MCP server itself runs as bunx figma-copilot@latest. Before any command will reach the document, the plugin has to be paired by joining a channel — that call comes first in every session. Some tools are Slides or FigJam only. Several older tools remain as deprecated aliases pointing at their replacements. This is an independent project, not affiliated with Figma. MIT.

Setup effort

One command — bunx figma-copilot

See installation options

USE CASES

01

Understanding what is on the canvas before changing it

Read the current context and the selection in full, then pull the specific nodes involved rather than scanning the whole document.

get_current_contextread_my_designget_nodes

02

Rewriting copy across a design without wrecking the styling

Update many text nodes in one call and let unchanged portions keep their formatting, or replace one phrase and restyle only the replacement.

set_multiple_text_contents_with_stylesupdate_text_preserve_formattingsmart_text_replace

03

Laying out a frame properly instead of by hand

Set the layout mode, padding, axis alignment, child sizing and spacing, so the frame reflows rather than needing to be nudged.

set_layout_modeset_paddingset_axis_alignset_item_spacing

04

Applying one instance's customisations to many others

Capture the overrides from the instance you have already tuned and apply them to the rest, rather than repeating the edits.

get_instance_overridesset_instance_overridescreate_component_instance

05

Producing many similar elements quickly

Clone one node into many positions in a single operation and set shared properties across the result, then run the whole sequence as one batch.

clone_multiple_nodesset_multiple_nodes_propertyexecute_batch

06

Building or reading a deck in Figma Slides

Create slides and rows, arrange them into a grid, set transitions, and pull an outline of the presentation or the content of one slide back out.

create_slideset_slide_gridset_slide_transitionget_presentation_summary

07

Getting the data out of a design

Extract a table as an array, an object or CSV, read the annotations on the document, and export a node as an image.

get_table_dataget_annotationsexport_node_as_image

75 tools

Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.

`clone_multiple_nodes`

Clone a node to multiple positions in one operation. Significantly faster than multiple individual clone operations.

BEFORE YOU INSTALL

What to know first

Tools you get

75 tools when we connected. Ten Slides and FigJam tools, such as create_slide and set_slides_mode, are undocumented. get_selection, get_node_info, get_nodes_info, get_focused_slide, get_slides_mode, scan_text_nodes and get_multiple_nodes_info are deprecated but still exposed.

Requires

Bun

Where it runs

Both documented clients run the server on your machine.

CONTEXT COST

Heavy Standing cost

Rated by the size of the 75 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are

INSTALLATION

Connect your client

Server setup

TERMINAL

bunx figma-copilot

MCP Clients

Cursor, Claude Desktop

JSON

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "figma-copilot": {
      "command": "bunx",
      "args": [
        "figma-copilot@latest"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Figma Copilot

Edits the file that is open, so the result is visible as it happens.

What it is

What you get

Requirements

Setup effort

Understanding what is on the canvas before changing it

Rewriting copy across a design without wrecking the styling

Laying out a frame properly instead of by hand

Applying one instance's customisations to many others

Producing many similar elements quickly

Building or reading a deck in Figma Slides

Getting the data out of a design

75 tools

clone_multiple_nodes

clone_node

create_component_instance

create_connections

create_frame

create_gif

create_rectangle

create_shape_with_text

create_slide

create_slide_row

create_table

create_text

delete_multiple_nodes

delete_node

execute_batch

export_node_as_image

extract_slide_content

get_annotations

get_component_description

get_connection_status

get_current_context

get_document_info

get_focused_slide

get_instance_overrides

get_local_components

get_multiple_nodes_info

get_node_info

get_nodes

get_nodes_info

get_presentation_summary

get_reactions

get_selection

get_slide_grid

get_slide_transition

get_slides_mode

get_styled_text_segments

get_styles

get_table_data

get_text_decoration_range

get_text_style_range

join_channel

move_node

normalize_markdown

read_my_design

resize_node

scan_nodes_by_types

scan_nodes_with_options

scan_text_nodes

set_annotation

set_axis_align

set_component_description

set_corner_radius

set_default_connector

set_fill_color

set_instance_overrides

set_item_spacing

set_layout_mode

set_layout_sizing

set_multiple_annotations

set_multiple_nodes_property

set_multiple_text_contents

set_multiple_text_contents_with_styles

set_padding

set_range_fills

set_range_font

set_range_font_size

`clone_multiple_nodes`

`clone_node`

`create_component_instance`

`create_connections`

`create_frame`

`create_gif`

`create_rectangle`

`create_shape_with_text`

`create_slide`

`create_slide_row`

`create_table`

`create_text`

`delete_multiple_nodes`

`delete_node`

`execute_batch`

`export_node_as_image`

`extract_slide_content`

`get_annotations`

`get_component_description`

`get_connection_status`

`get_current_context`

`get_document_info`

`get_focused_slide`

`get_instance_overrides`

`get_local_components`

`get_multiple_nodes_info`

`get_node_info`

`get_nodes`

`get_nodes_info`

`get_presentation_summary`

`get_reactions`

`get_selection`

`get_slide_grid`

`get_slide_transition`

`get_slides_mode`

`get_styled_text_segments`

`get_styles`

`get_table_data`

`get_text_decoration_range`

`get_text_style_range`

`join_channel`

`move_node`

`normalize_markdown`

`read_my_design`

`resize_node`

`scan_nodes_by_types`

`scan_nodes_with_options`

`scan_text_nodes`

`set_annotation`

`set_axis_align`

`set_component_description`

`set_corner_radius`

`set_default_connector`

`set_fill_color`

`set_instance_overrides`

`set_item_spacing`

`set_layout_mode`

`set_layout_sizing`

`set_multiple_annotations`

`set_multiple_nodes_property`

`set_multiple_text_contents`

`set_multiple_text_contents_with_styles`

`set_padding`

`set_range_fills`

`set_range_font`

`set_range_font_size`

`set_slide_grid`

`set_slide_transition`

`set_slides_mode`

`set_stroke_color`

`set_text_content`

`set_text_decoration_range`

`set_text_style_range`

`smart_text_replace`

`update_text_preserve_formatting`