Let every developer's AI
build straight from your Figma for free
DesignIntel is a free, local MCP server that syncs your design files to your own machine — so Cursor, Claude, and Copilot read your real designs: components, spacing, colors, the lot. Unlimited, instant, and private. No login. No per-seat cost. No request limits.
Free, no account needed · Your data never leaves your laptop
Works with the AI tools you already use
The gap
Right now, your AI is coding blind
It can write great code — it just can't actually see your design. So you keep paying for it in time, money, and rework.
Figma MCP today
- close A generic Figma MCP server hits Figma's API on every prompt — burn through the rate limit mid-session and your AI just stalls.
- close Figma's own Dev Mode MCP needs a paid Dev Mode seat, and only sees whatever file happens to be open in the desktop app right now.
- close Nothing set up yet? Your AI is guessing paddings and colors from a screenshot, and you're the one fixing it by hand.
With DesignIntel
- check Sync once, then every query comes from your own local cache — no rate limits, no re-fetching, no waiting mid-session.
- check No desktop app to keep open, no Dev Mode seat required — just a personal access token, working the same whether Figma's running or not.
- check Nothing is uploaded, ever. Your designs stay cached on your machine, not ours.
How it works
Three steps to design-aware AI
Set it up once. Then just build.
Install, then run it
One command to install, then designintel to start it — no account, no signup, no desktop install. Paste a Figma file link and it copies to your machine: pages, components, styles and variables, indexed for instant search.
Point your AI at it
Paste one line into Cursor, Claude, or Copilot. That's the whole setup — no accounts to provision, no seats to buy for the team.
Build, unlimited
Your AI reads the real design as often as it needs — instant, private, and with zero request limits. What ships finally matches the mockup.
See it in action
One prompt, real design data back
This is what actually happens once you're connected — no screenshots, no guessing, no rate limits.
You, in Cursor / Claude / Copilot chat
Using the designintel MCP server, sync figma.com/design/aBcDeFg123/Marketing-Site, then build the "Pricing" section as a React + Tailwind component. Pull the exact colors, spacing, and typography from the synced file — don't guess or approximate.
→ sync_file("aBcDeFg123") ✓ already cached
→ search("Pricing section") ✓ found frame 42:108
→ get_node("42:108") ✓ 14 nodes, resolved styles
What comes back — real values, not guesses
export function Pricing() {
return (
<section className="bg-[#0B0B0F] px-6 py-24">
<div className="grid gap-8 md:grid-cols-3">
<div className="rounded-2xl border border-white/10 p-8">
<p className="text-sm font-semibold text-[#818CF8]">Starter</p>
<p className="mt-4 text-4xl font-bold">$0</p>
</div>
</div>
</section>
);
}
Your designs never leave your laptop
No cloud middleman. No third-party storage. No seat you have to buy for everyone on the team. DesignIntel runs entirely on your machine — which is exactly why it can be unlimited.
Under the hood
Everything an AI needs to read a design
A production-quality local cache with full-text search — for the developers who want the details.
Unlimited requests
Everything is served from a local cache, so your AI can query designs as often as it wants — no rate limits, no throttling.
Local-first & private
Your design data lives on your own disk. It never touches a third-party server.
Multiple Figma accounts
Add every Figma account you use — client work, your own, a team's — right from the dashboard. Still no cloud, still local-only.
Full-text search
Search across every cached node, component and style instantly — no API round-trip.
Token-efficient
Compact, simplified responses designed to minimize the tokens each AI tool call burns.
Styles & variables
Pull shared styles and design variables so your AI writes code that matches your system.
The dashboard
A clean control room for your cache
Install
Two commands. No signup.
No desktop install, no account. Install it once, then run it — the local cache, dashboard and MCP server all start on your machine.
1. Install it
$ npm install -g designintel
Needs Node.js 20+. Just want to try it without installing anything? npx designintel works too — same thing, one-off. Works on macOS, Windows and Linux.
2. Run it
$ designintel
No token needed to start it. Open the dashboard, add a label and a Figma personal access token right there, and you're set — add more than one account if you work across multiple teams or clients. This has to actually be running for the dashboard/MCP endpoint to respond; turn on auto-start in Settings (or run designintel enable-autostart) so it's always up from here on, no re-running needed. Scripting or CI instead? FIGMA_TOKEN=figd_your_token designintel skips the UI step.
3. Add the endpoint to your AI tool's config
{
"mcpServers": {
"designintel": {
"url": "http://localhost:8787/mcp"
}
}
}
The dashboard at http://localhost:8787 shows the exact config for Cursor, Claude, Copilot and more — plus a paste-a-link sync flow and account management if you'd rather not touch a terminal again after this.
FAQ
Questions, answered
What is DesignIntel?
DesignIntel is a local MCP server that syncs your Figma files to your own machine and serves them to AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude, and Copilot — so your AI builds from your real design (components, spacing, colors and variables) instead of guessing from a screenshot. One command to install, no account required.
Which AI tools does it work with?
Any AI coding tool that speaks MCP — including Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed and Cline. You add one line to your tool's config and you're done.
Is DesignIntel free?
Yes — it's free. Install it with npx and run it with your own Figma token; there's nothing to sign up for.
Do I need to create an account?
No. There's no login and no account. DesignIntel reads a Figma personal access token from an environment variable and runs entirely on your machine.
Is my design data private?
Completely. DesignIntel runs entirely on your machine. Your Figma files are stored on your own disk and are never uploaded to a third-party server.
Do I need a paid seat for every developer?
No. DesignIntel doesn't charge per seat and doesn't cap how many requests your AI can make — everything is served from a local copy, so it stays unlimited and instant for your whole team.
Does DesignIntel need to keep running?
Yes — the dashboard and MCP endpoint only respond while it's running, so install and run it once first before opening the dashboard. Turn on auto-start from the dashboard's Settings page (or run designintel enable-autostart) and it launches automatically every time you log in, so you never have to remember to start it again.
Give your AI eyes for your designs
Local-first, private by design, and free — no account required.