DesignIntel

The gap

Right now, your AI is coding blind

It can write great code — it just can't actually see your design. So you keep paying for it in time, money, and rework.

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Figma MCP today

• close A generic Figma MCP server hits Figma's API on every prompt — burn through the rate limit mid-session and your AI just stalls.
• close Figma's own Dev Mode MCP needs a paid Dev Mode seat, and only sees whatever file happens to be open in the desktop app right now.
• close Nothing set up yet? Your AI is guessing paddings and colors from a screenshot, and you're the one fixing it by hand.

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With DesignIntel

• check Sync once, then every query comes from your own local cache — no rate limits, no re-fetching, no waiting mid-session.
• check No desktop app to keep open, no Dev Mode seat required — just a personal access token, working the same whether Figma's running or not.
• check Nothing is uploaded, ever. Your designs stay cached on your machine, not ours.

How it works

Three steps to design-aware AI

Set it up once. Then just build.

01

Install, then run it

One command to install, then designintel to start it — no account, no signup, no desktop install. Paste a Figma file link and it copies to your machine: pages, components, styles and variables, indexed for instant search.

02

Point your AI at it

Paste one line into Cursor, Claude, or Copilot. That's the whole setup — no accounts to provision, no seats to buy for the team.

03

Build, unlimited

Your AI reads the real design as often as it needs — instant, private, and with zero request limits. What ships finally matches the mockup.

See it in action

One prompt, real design data back

This is what actually happens once you're connected — no screenshots, no guessing, no rate limits.

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Using the designintel MCP server, sync figma.com/design/aBcDeFg123/Marketing-Site, then build the "Pricing" section as a React + Tailwind component. Pull the exact colors, spacing, and typography from the synced file — don't guess or approximate.

→ sync_file("aBcDeFg123") ✓ already cached

→ search("Pricing section") ✓ found frame 42:108

→ get_node("42:108") ✓ 14 nodes, resolved styles

What comes back — real values, not guesses

export function Pricing() { return (

Starter

$0

); }

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Your designs never leave your laptop

No cloud middleman. No third-party storage. No seat you have to buy for everyone on the team. DesignIntel runs entirely on your machine — which is exactly why it can be unlimited.

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Under the hood

Everything an AI needs to read a design

A production-quality local cache with full-text search — for the developers who want the details.

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Unlimited requests

Everything is served from a local cache, so your AI can query designs as often as it wants — no rate limits, no throttling.

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Local-first & private

Your design data lives on your own disk. It never touches a third-party server.

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Multiple Figma accounts

Add every Figma account you use — client work, your own, a team's — right from the dashboard. Still no cloud, still local-only.

Full-text search

Search across every cached node, component and style instantly — no API round-trip.

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Token-efficient

Compact, simplified responses designed to minimize the tokens each AI tool call burns.

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Styles & variables

Pull shared styles and design variables so your AI writes code that matches your system.

The dashboard

A clean control room for your cache

Install

Two commands. No signup.

No desktop install, no account. Install it once, then run it — the local cache, dashboard and MCP server all start on your machine.

1. Install it

$ npm install -g designintel

Needs Node.js 20+. Just want to try it without installing anything? npx designintel works too — same thing, one-off. Works on macOS, Windows and Linux.

2. Run it

$ designintel

No token needed yet — open the dashboard, add a Figma personal access token right there, and you're set. Add more than one if you work across multiple teams or clients.

3. Add the endpoint to your AI tool's config

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{ "mcpServers": { "designintel": { "url": "http://localhost:8787/mcp" } } }

The dashboard at http://localhost:8787 shows this same config, plus a paste-a-link sync flow and account management if you'd rather not touch a terminal again after this.

FAQ

Questions, answered

What is DesignIntel?add

DesignIntel is a local MCP server that syncs your Figma files to your own machine and serves them to AI coding tools like Cursor, Claude, and Copilot — so your AI builds from your real design (components, spacing, colors and variables) instead of guessing from a screenshot. One command to install, no account required.

Which AI tools does it work with?add

Any AI coding tool that speaks MCP — including Cursor, Claude, GitHub Copilot, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed and Cline. You add one line to your tool's config and you're done.

Is DesignIntel free?add

Yes — it's free. Install it with npx and run it with your own Figma token; there's nothing to sign up for.

Do I need to create an account?add

No. There's no login and no account. DesignIntel reads a Figma personal access token from an environment variable and runs entirely on your machine.

Is my design data private?add

Completely. DesignIntel runs entirely on your machine. Your Figma files are stored on your own disk and are never uploaded to a third-party server.

Do I need a paid seat for every developer?add

No. DesignIntel doesn't charge per seat and doesn't cap how many requests your AI can make — everything is served from a local copy, so it stays unlimited and instant for your whole team.

Does DesignIntel need to keep running?add

Yes — the dashboard and MCP endpoint only respond while it's running, so install and run it once first before opening the dashboard. Turn on auto-start from the dashboard's Settings page (or run designintel enable-autostart) and it launches automatically every time you log in, so you never have to remember to start it again.

Give your AI eyes for your designs

Local-first, private by design, and free — no account required.

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