TalkToFigma Desktop MCP

Skill by ara.so — Design Skills collection.

TalkToFigma Desktop is a cross-platform desktop application that bridges Figma and AI coding assistants through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It provides 50+ MCP tools for reading and manipulating Figma designs, enabling AI agents to directly interact with design files through a WebSocket server and stdio-based MCP servers.

Architecture Overview

MCP Client (Cursor/Claude Code) → stdio MCP Server → WebSocket (port 3055) → Desktop App → Figma Plugin

The desktop app manages:

• WebSocket server on port 3055 for real-time communication
• stdio MCP servers spawned independently by each AI client
• Channel-based routing for multi-client support
• System tray interface for server management

Installation