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readFigmaDesign

Read Figma Design

Run one of Figma's read tools on the caller's connected Figma account: file and frame metadata, design context, screenshots, assets, variables, FigJam boards, libraries.

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Ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "read this Figma frame", and it calls readFigmaDesign.

Example call

The MCP tools/call params, with the required arguments only.

{
  "arguments": {
    "tool": "<tool>"
  },
  "name": "readFigmaDesign"
}

Arguments

• argumentsobjectoptionalArguments for that Figma tool, exactly as its input schema in listFigmaTools names them.
• toolstringrequiredThe Figma MCP tool name, e.g. "get_metadata" or "use_figma".

Returns

The registry does not declare a return shape.

Declared limits

• tool: minimum length 1

Ask for it

The Cloud routes these requests to this verb.

• read this Figma frame
• screenshot the Figma file
• what is in this FigJam board?

Pair it with

The verbs that finish the job.

• listFigmaTools
• writeFigmaDesign

Questions

• What does readFigmaDesign do?

  Run one of Figma's read tools on the caller's connected Figma account: file and frame metadata, design context, screenshots, assets, variables, FigJam boards, libraries. It is one of the tools The Cloud MCP server gives every connected AI.

• How do I use readFigmaDesign from Claude or ChatGPT?

  Connect your AI to The Cloud at https://mcp.thecloud.so/mcp and sign in once. Then ask Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or any AI connected to The Cloud "read this Figma frame", and it calls readFigmaDesign.

• Is readFigmaDesign safe to let an AI call?

  readFigmaDesign is read-only: it changes nothing. It reaches a system outside The Cloud on your behalf.

Connect

One endpoint gives your AI this tool and every other one: connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor or Gemini, read what The Cloud is, or see pricing.