Figma launches Specs editor to keep AI agents on brand design rules

Figma introduced a Markdown-based editor called Figma Specs at its first Config event in India, announced on October 15, 2026. The design platform says the tool lets companies describe their design language so that both its own AI agent and third-party agents can follow a brand's rules more closely when generating work.

Specs works as a simple writing space for design principles. A Specs document can live as a standalone file or sit directly on the canvas, and users can link to canvas elements or embed FigJam diagrams, code layers and designs. Teams can also pull in design libraries, code libraries and guidelines, creating a central reference that agents consult to stay within the rules.

Steering unpredictable AI

Figma recently widened access to its on-canvas agent. Because AI output can vary from one run to the next, the company says it is adding tools to push the agent toward more predictable results. Its code layers feature, which adds code to on-canvas designs for richer interactive prototypes and entered private beta in June, is now moving to public beta. Users can ask the agent to convert a design into code or to rewrite part of the code while iterating.

Loredana Crisan, Figma's chief design officer, said 17 times more lines of code are written today than before, yet releases have grown only 1.3 times. In her view, much of that code exists to explore what a product should be rather than to be shipped. "It's built to design," she said.

The company also said its MCP support now extends to more than 20 additional tools, among them Open Code, Dia, Grok Bot and Indian AI startup Sarvam. Payload, the open-source headless content management system Figma bought last year, is being integrated with Figma Make so users can build dynamic websites and manage content directly. Figma said Payload downloads rose sixfold over the past 12 months.

Why India matters

Figma opened its first Indian office late last year, staffed with sales, partnerships, go-to-market and product support teams. The company describes India as its largest market by users outside the United States and says it works with 40% of the top 100 companies listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The announcements reflect a broader shift in design software toward collaboration with AI agents. By turning brand guidelines into something machines can read and reference, Figma is trying to address a common worry that automatically generated designs drift away from a company's established look and standards.