Figma Make: visual codebase editing and Git workflows now in beta

Figma Make launched a limited beta on May 28, 2026 that lets designers edit production codebases visually from Figma’s desktop app, without switching to a terminal or IDE. The update adds direct visual editing of live interfaces, contextual annotation for element interactions, a chat-driven development mode, and Git branch and pull request creation — all from inside the familiar Figma environment.

The practical shift is significant: designers can annotate a component, describe a change in plain language, and the AI agent handles the corresponding code edit. Figma MCP integration means the agent builds with the actual design system — paste a frame URL or component link, and Make pulls the relevant tokens and specifications. Once the changes look right, the designer creates a branch and opens a pull request without touching the terminal.

Available initially on the Mac beta desktop app, the feature works with local codebases connected through Figma Make’s setup flow. The beta runs without consuming AI credits.

For product teams, this narrows the design-to-development gap that has persisted since the early days of design tools. Historically, a designer’s work ended at the handoff file and engineers rebuilt it in code from the spec. Figma Make in this configuration inverts the model: designers work directly on the running product and engineers receive a pull request rather than a written spec.

Worth watching if your team runs on a shared component library and wants to reduce the review cycle between design changes and production code.