Documentation: How does this compare to Figma's official MCP

[cerupcat]

Figma released their official MCP. How does this compare to theirs and what are the differences? It's unclear if this provides different features or the benefits vs the official version.

[GLips]

Good idea. Will have to put something together on the official site. Framelink has a bit of a different approach than Figma's solution.

[cerupcat]

Good idea. Will have to put something together on the official site. Framelink has a bit of a different approach than Figma's solution.

That's great. I'm very interested in understanding that better, and a breakdown (or table) of the differences would be very helpful.

[OrenOpmed]

Hey, i run a small test case for a settings modal including toggles, radio buttons, warning and reset to default logic.
I implemented just the empty modal and let GPT4.1 fill in the UI and functionality, once using Framelink Figma MCP and once using the official Figma MCP (which is now in beta).

Framelink delivered better results - it was able to stay truer to the design and nail most of the details, while the official MCP skipped many details (font, colors, backgrounds) and even skipped a bunch of text.
Also the functionality was better and more nuanced with Frame - implementing the warning logic and only showing it when necessary, while the official MCP skipped it altogether.
Both MCPs had issues with layout of the UI inside the modal (e.g. implementing some sections vertically instead of horizontally).

[GLips]

That's amazing. Would love to see comparison images if you've got them.

It's a great idea and something I'll need to add to the documentation 😄