Figma's generative plugins gain motion and downloadable React code
Describe a plugin in plain English and Figma now animates it and hands back its code; its MCP feeds those designs straight to Claude, Cursor and Codex.
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Plugins you describe, not code
Figma's generative plugin builder turns a plain-text prompt — 'layout generator', 'vector path tracer' — into a working plugin, and the latest rollout adds animations and interactions plus community and org publishing so teams can ship what they generate.
You can now read and export the code
The update lets you view and download the code behind generated plugins and shaders, with shaders rendering correctly in the emitted React — so what Figma writes for you becomes a starting point you drop into your own repo, not a black box.
The MCP server feeds your coding agent
Figma's MCP server now supports third-party agent workflows: Claude Code, Cursor or Codex can read a design and, via Code Connect, map it to your real components — pulling the design-to-code handoff inside the agent loop. Admins gate the link through identity providers like Okta.
Code layers put a live repo on the canvas
Config's code layers let you clone a repo onto the Figma canvas and build with real React and npm packages — motion and 3D libraries included — editing through a code composer or AI chat, so the design surface and the running app finally share one file.
Elsewhere: the React Compiler goes native in Vite
Meta's Rust rewrite of the React Compiler is landing across the toolchain — now wired natively into Vite, which already ships the Rust bundler Rolldown, and into Next.js 16.4, which reports 40%+ faster builds. React projects get the speedup without extra config.