Figma put code layers into open beta, made its agent generally available and brought Payload into Figma Make

On October 15, 2026, Figma put code layers into open beta, made the Figma agent generally available, brought the Payload CMS into Figma Make and added 20 partner integrations to its MCP server.

Archive entry: this covers an event from October 15, 2026, and we published it on November 8, 2026. The details come from sources dated at the time and may have changed since.

On October 15, 2026, at its launch event, Figma put code layers into open beta, made the Figma agent generally available and brought the Payload CMS into Figma Make. The company described the changes in its Build by design post on the Figma blog.

What changed

Code layers, which bring working code onto the Figma canvas, moved into open beta on all plans.
The Figma agent became generally available and was embedded on the design canvas.
Payload, the open-source content framework whose team joined Figma, was coming to Figma Make so that teams could create, manage and ship web apps together. It was on all plans and was set to roll out over the following weeks.
Specs, a native home for Markdown context on the canvas that could be sent to coding agents through Figma's MCP server, was rolling out in open beta on paid plans.
Design-system guidelines were in open beta, and code sources from a GitHub repository or npm package were in closed beta, on paid plans.
The Figma MCP server could generate code layers and work with specs from outside AI tools, and Figma added 20 partner integrations to it, including OpenCode, Dia, Junie by JetBrains and Meta Muse.

What it meant for people building with AI

Figma Make gained a production CMS and code-backed canvas work, which put it more directly against prompt-to-app builders. Specs gave Markdown context a native home on the canvas that could be sent to coding agents, and the MCP server let outside AI tools generate code layers and work with those specs.

Sources

Build by design: New workflows for new ways of building (Figma, October 15, 2026, official)

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