Figma has announced a suite of AI-focused product updates at its annual Config 2026 conference in San Francisco, as the company looks to turn its design platform into what it calls an “intelligent canvas” for full-stack digital creation. The announcements include new AI agents, code-native design tools, generative plugin creation, and workflow automation capabilities.
The company said the new features aim to help users automate repetitive tasks, generate new ideas, and build digital products from a single environment.
“Too often, the tools we have for building force us into false choices between design and code, humans and agents, prompting and direct manipulation,” said Dylan Field, Co-founder and CEO of Figma. “This ends up constraining creativity instead of pushing it further.
The centrepiece of the announcement is a set of new agent-driven capabilities. Figma introduced agent skills, which allow teams to convert repetitive workflows into reusable actions that can be shared across organisations. The company also expanded the context available to its AI agent through third-party connectors, web search, and file attachments.
Figma also launched generative plugins, enabling users to create custom plugins using natural language prompts.
The platform is also adding Figma Weave workflows, which integrate more than 20 AI tools into the design canvas. Figma said the feature simplifies complex AI workflows and marks the first step towards deeper integration between Figma and Figma Weave later this year.
Alongside the product announcements, Figma released its third annual AI and Design Report. The study found that AI’s impact is increasingly extending beyond individual productivity into team collaboration. Respondents were six times more likely to say AI had ‘significantly impacted’ how they collaborate with others compared with two years ago.
The report also found that 57% of respondents believe design has become more important as AI adoption grows. Among developers, that figure rose from 44% in 2025 to 65% in 2026. Companies with the highest levels of AI adoption were 25% more likely to say design had increased in importance.
Among the new tools, Figma introduced code layers, which allow teams to work directly with code on the design canvas. Users can clone repositories, generate design directions using AI, convert flows into editable design layers, and sync changes back to code.
The company also announced Motion, a tool for creating animations and transitions. Users can generate animations through prompts or edit them manually on a timeline. Another addition, Shaders, enables users to create visual effects through prompts using WebGPU-powered rendering.
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