Specs are context for people and agents
Figma's release notes say that today, at Config in India, it launched ways to build with code, capture context, and use real content. TechCrunch's same-day story describes the specs feature as a Markdown editor for writing down a company's design language. A spec can be its own file or sit on the canvas, and it can reference canvas elements and embed FigJam diagrams, code layers, and designs.
The release notes are more specific: Figma Specs puts written intent, visual exploration, and technical details in one place for the team and for agents. It is in open beta on paid plans.
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Code layers are in open beta, and paid plans are not charged extra through November 4
A code layer is an interactive, code-backed prototype on the canvas. The release notes say a team can convert a design frame, import a GitHub repository, capture a site with Figma's Chrome extension, or prompt from scratch. TechCrunch says the feature was in private beta in June and is now in public beta. A user can also ask the agent to turn a design into code, or change part of the code, to iterate on a prototype.
The release notes add that creating and editing inside a code layer will be free on paid plans through November 4. They do not say how it will be priced after that date.
[1][2]Importing code is a closed beta, and the bundled design system is preview only
Guidelines can be added to a published design library so the agent follows established patterns and avoids anti-patterns. That part is in open beta. Importing code from a GitHub repository or an npm package, so the agent builds and edits components and code layers that reflect a real design system, is still a closed beta. Bundling design libraries, code libraries, and guidelines into one design system is marked preview only.
The MCP is described as available now: it can create code layers, edit specs, or generate images on the canvas, with support for 20 new partners. TechCrunch says more than 20 new tools, and names Open Code, Dia, Grok Bot, and the Indian company Sarvam. The two counts are not the same kind of number, so this piece does not merge them into a more precise figure.
Payload is connected to Figma Make. The release notes say Make scaffolds a Payload backend, with a CMS, database, media, APIs, auth, and an admin panel, hosted by Figma, rolling out across all plans. TechCrunch says the company said Payload's downloads increased sixfold in the last 12 months.
[1][2]Seventeen times the code and 1.3 times the releases is what the design chief told the reporter
Chief design officer Loredana Crisan told TechCrunch that 17 times more lines of code are being produced today than in the past, while releases are only 1.3 times higher. She said much of that extra code is for discovering what the product should be, not for shipping. The story does not give the sample or the method behind those multiples. The company also said India is its biggest market by users outside the United States, and that 40 percent of the top 100 companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange use the platform. Those two sentences are the company's account.
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