• Early push toward AI-assisted design and code
• Config 2026: Code meets canvas
• AI motion graphics, shaders, and workflows
• Competing visions for the future workflow

Figma Unveils New AI Features and Code Integration at Config Conference Figma used its annual Config conference this week to signal a shift from pure design tool to an integrated space where design, AI, and code live on the same canvas. The updates aim to collapse handoff gaps between designers and developers while automating more of the visual production work.

§Early push toward AI-assisted design and code

Over the past year, Figma has been methodically layering AI and code into its workflow. It previously launched Figma Make, an AI prompt-based prototyping tool, and partnered with coding assistants like Claude Code and Codex to smooth the transition from mockups to implementation.

§Config 2026: Code meets canvas

At Config, Figma unveiled a reimagined canvas “optimized for full-stack development,” bringing teams, AI agents, tools, and materials together in one place. A new code layer now sits directly inside the collaborative Figma canvas, letting teams clone repositories, edit flows, and sync changes back to code without leaving the design environment.

Chief product officer Yuhki Yamashita framed this as a space for exploration rather than production-ready engineering, saying the multiplayer canvas is powerful precisely because “you don’t really care about the quality of the code” when rapidly testing ideas.

§AI motion graphics, shaders, and workflows

On the creative side, Figma introduced AI-generated motion graphics and shader tools that allow users to “prompt to create animations with AI” and build shader effects like dither and pixelate directly on the canvas. Designers can now create animations, transitions, and 3D transforms inside Figma instead of relying on external tools and manual code conversion.

The company is also integrating Weave, an AI-powered workflow system it acquired earlier, to offer more than 20 on-canvas tools that turn “complex AI workflows into simple tools,” with deeper integration promised later this year.

§Competing visions for the future workflow

From a productivity standpoint, TechCrunch highlights how these code layers and AI plug-ins are meant to make iteration between designers, product managers, and engineers easier and faster. The Verge emphasizes the creative upside: Figma now has AI motion graphics and shader tools to help creatives “push their ideas further” and automate tedious visual tasks. Together, the perspectives portray Figma’s update as both a technical bridge to development and a new creative playground for AI-assisted design.

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