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Connect Figma to Zed

Give Zed governed access to Figma’s 47 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

Set up

Add Figma to Zed in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Zed then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Figma in Runlayer

    Add Figma from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Zed to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Zed by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Zed reaches Figma’s 47 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Zed setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Figma

    Each user signs in to Figma with OAuth. Runlayer keeps the tokens out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Figma from Zed

    Figma’s approved tools appear in Zed. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

47 Figma tools in Zed

Runlayer policy decides which of these Zed users can call. 23 read data only and 5 can change or delete data.

  • Add code connect mapping

    Map a Figma node to a code component in your codebase using Code Connect.

  • Create generative plugin

    Creates a new generative plugin in the authenticated user's account library and returns its id.

  • Create new file

    Create a new blank Figma file.

  • Create shader

    Set kind to effect for a shader that transforms the layer beneath it, or fill for a shader that generates its own pixels.

  • Download assets

    Download assets from a Figma file for a single node: an exported render, the original source images, and SVGs of the vector layers.

  • Export video

    Export a Figma timeline node as an MP4 video.

  • Generate diagram

    Create a flowchart, decision tree, gantt chart, sequence diagram, state diagram, or entity relationship diagram in FigJam, using Mermaid.js.

  • Generate Figma design

    Capture a live web page by URL into an existing Figma design file.

See all 47 Figma tools

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Zed

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Zed exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Figma call from Zed passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Zed as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Native enforcement adapter (not available)

    Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Zed yet, so control happens at the gateway.

Frequently asked questions

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