# How we built AI search in Figma

DevFeed: [How we built AI search in Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-we-built-ai-search-in-figma-9802.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.figma.com/blog/how-we-built-ai-search-in-figma/>)

Author: Vincent van der Meulen

Published: 2024-10-25T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Figma](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/figma.md>), [AI search](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-search.md>), [Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrieval-augmented-generation-rag.md>), [For the Love of Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/for-the-love-of-code.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-search.md>), [component](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/component.md>), [figma](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/figma.md>), [generation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/generation.md>), [hackathon](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hackathon.md>), [rag](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rag.md>), [retrieval-augmented-generation-rag](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrieval-augmented-generation-rag.md>), [search](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/search.md>)

## AI overview

Figma describes how an initial design-autocomplete prototype evolved into AI-powered search. The resulting tool supports visual search from screenshots, selected frames, or sketches, and semantic search for text queries whose meaning is understood even when exact component or file terms are unknown. The development process involved a three-day AI hackathon, internal user research, testing, and Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) foundations.

## Source excerpt

How we went from autocomplete to AI search and landed on a tool that's changing the way designers find and use existing work.