A side-by-side look at the Figwright and Figma MCP Bridge MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Figwright for architecture & design work as a local process; choose Figma MCP Bridge for architecture & design as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Read, Write, Grounding.figma_execute_code, figma_inspect, figma_read_canvas.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Architecture & Design | Architecture & Design |
| Quality signal | 69/100 · Great | 56/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 1,046 | 2 |
| Directory activity | 6 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 3 | 18 |
| Full listing | View Figwright | View Figma MCP Bridge |
Readselection, document and node inspection, styles, variables, components, fonts, prototype reactions and flows, motion (animation) state, screenshots, original image-fill assets, PDF export, and video export of animated frames (MP4 / GIF / WebM); plus `list_files` / `use_file` for working across more…Writecreate and edit frames, text, shapes, auto-layout, effects, images (as a new layer or into an existing layer's fill), styles, variables (including importing a team library's variables and styles, and switching a frame to a mode such as Dark), components (including authoring their boolean/text/insta…Grounding`get_design_context` for faithful, de-duplicated design context, and `component_map` / `token_map` / `icon_map`, which join Figma data to your codebase so codegen reuses what you already have; plus `design_diff`, which reports what changed in a design against a saved baseline so you update only the…figma_execute_codeRun JS in the Figma sandbox. Injects `figma`, `ensureFont`, `getFreePosition`, `progress`, `bridge`. Supports `capture`, `capture_node_ids`, `diff`, `max_px`, `max_output_bytes`, `async`, `target`.figma_inspectRead many live nodes in one call: compact outline (or `view: "map"` canvas map), exact `props` (incl. `reactions`, `connector`), name `find` / text `find_text`, `context` (ancestor sections, breakpoints, component variants), `offset` paging, or `check` expectations (mismatches only). Changes nothin…figma_read_canvasToken-optimized read of the **live** document (`jsx` / `tree` / `json`) with `budget_tokens` (default: the server's byte budget).figma_screenshotPNG of specific `node_ids` or the current selection, sized by `max_px`.figma_find_componentsCached, tokenized, fuzzy component search — variants, properties, keys.figma_insert_component_instanceInstantiate a component/variant, apply text overrides, place into AutoLayout.figma_insert_svgInsert raw SVG with proportional scaling, recoloring, optional component wrapping.figma_get_variablesVariable collections, modes, and token values.figma_rollbackUndo a previous write call's checkpoint.figma_get_selectionGeometry, compact hex fills, parent/page, AutoLayout context of the selection.figma_get_canvas_layoutArtboard bounds + a safe `suggestedNextPosition`. `layout:"grid"` shelf-packs.figma_set_variables_modeSwitch theme mode (Dark/Light/Brand) on a frame or page.Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"awdr74100-figwright": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@figwright/mcp@latest"
]
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"figma-mcp-bridge": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@kolganovr/figma-mcp-bridge"
]
}
}
}