# Figma's design agent, now with custom tools and greater context

DevFeed: [Figma's design agent, now with custom tools and greater context](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/figma-s-design-agent-now-with-custom-tools-and-greater-context-9491.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/agent-custom-tools-context-skills/>)

Author: Georgia Rust; Rodrigo Davies

Published: 2026-06-24T13:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Figma Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/figma-blog.md>)

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [generative plugins](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/generative-plugins.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Figma plugin design](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma-plugin-design.md>)

Tags: [agent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agent.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [context](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/context.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [generative-plugins](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generative-plugins.md>), [plugin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/plugin.md>)

## AI overview

Figma announces a design agent that works directly on the canvas and supports custom tools, greater context, and reusable generative plugins. The article describes how designers can use it to create layouts, visual effects, and workflows within Figma, while classic plugins remain necessary for functionality involving external AI services or third-party APIs.

## Source excerpt

Prompting gets you started. Custom tools, real context, and skills take the design agent further--so what ends up on the canvas actually looks like you.