In-depth architectural comparison of the Figwright and Memi MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Figwright
Architecture & Design · Local stdio
Quality: 69/100 (Great) | Auth: No auth required
Memi
Architecture & Design · Local stdio
Quality: 55/100 (Good) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Figwright if you need specialized Architecture & Design tools running via a local process. Choose Memi if your workspace requires Architecture & Design integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's mcpServers manifest.
Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
Choose Figwright when:
You need dedicated capabilities in the Architecture & Design domain.
You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
Bidirectional Figma server over a local WebSocket relay: turn a selection into framework-aware code (reusing your components and tokens), or author frames, text, styles, variables, and whole screens back onto the canvas. 92 tools, any MCP client, no Dev Mode seat or paid tier.
Design-system memory for coding agents with 46 MCP tools for UI audits, Tailwind token extraction, shadcn registry workflows, Figma context, design docs, and interface-quality diagnostics.
Category & Scope
Tools & Capabilities Breakdown
Figwright Tools (3)
Read
selection, document and node inspection, styles, variables, components, fonts, reactions, motion (animation) state, screenshots, original image-fill assets, PDF export, and video export of animated frames (MP4 / GIF / WebM).
Write
create and edit frames, text, shapes, auto-layout, effects, styles, variables, components (including authoring their boolean/text/instance-swap properties), pages, reactions, and Motion animations (keyframes, animation-style presets, timelines); plus a `batch` tool to apply many edits at once.
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…
Memi Tools (6)
46 MCP tools for design-system and interface workflows
Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations
Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).
Figwright is categorized under Architecture & Design and uses a local stdio subprocess. In contrast, Memi belongs to Architecture & Design using local stdio subprocess. Select Figwright when you need capabilities focused on architecture & design and Memi when you require tools for architecture & design.