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Figma co-founder Dylan Field says MCP is not a perfect protocol

Figma co-founder Dylan Field stated that the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is not a perfect standard, despite the company announcing 20 new MCP partners at its first Config conference in India. The new partners include Amp, ClickUp, Dia, Junie by JetBrains, Linear, Meta Muse, Mistral, Notion, OpenCode, and Sarvam Agents. Field’s comments follow a recent online dispute where an MCP co-creator…

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  • Figma announced 20 new MCP partners at its Config conference in India.
  • Dylan Field stated MCP is not perfect and favors frontier labs.
  • Figma limits full MCP openness to reduce the risk of data abuse.

During a media briefing, Field explained that while Figma aims to open its ecosystem, MCP currently favors frontier labs and has significant room for improvement. He acknowledged that users want easy access to their Figma data through MCP, a goal Figma supports. However, Figma’s CEO clarified that the company avoids being fully open because exposing more data through MCP increases the risk of abuse. Although most users do not intend to misuse the data, Figma must account for potential security risks associated with broader data exposure.

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Figma co-founder Dylan Field thinks MCP is not a perfect protocol

TechCrunch AI · 20 October 2026

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