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Figma Expands MCP Support Despite Co-founder's Concerns About Protocol Imperfections
Key points
- Figma announced 20 new MCP partners, including major AI and productivity companies.
- Figma co-founder Dylan Field expressed concerns about MCP's imperfections.
- Field noted Anthropic, MCP's creator, does not expose all resources via MCP.
- Figma's CEO cited potential for data abuse as a reason for caution with MCP.
Figma Expands MCP Partnership Ecosystem
Figma announced 20 new partners for the Model Context Protocol (MCP) at its first Config conference in India. New partners include Amp, ClickUp, Dia, Junie by JetBrains, Linear, Meta Muse, Mistral, Notion, OpenCode, and Sarvam Agents. MCP is an open-source standard designed to standardize how AI agents connect to external data sources and tools.
Co-founder Raises Concerns About MCP Limitations
Despite the expansion, Figma co-founder Dylan Field has publicly expressed misgivings about MCP. Field stated that he does not consider MCP a perfect protocol and believes it has significant room for improvement. He noted that the protocol appears to advantage "frontier labs" and raised questions about "asymmetric context sharing."
Field specifically pointed out that Anthropic, a co-creator of the MCP standard, does not expose its own artifacts or cloud resources via MCP, which he found "interesting" given the debate framed as open versus closed.
Balancing Openness with Data Security
Field clarified that while Figma is committed to an open ecosystem, the company must consider potential risks. He explained that increasing the amount of data exposed through MCP could lead to a higher chance of abuse. Figma's CEO emphasized the need to consider these potential risks, even though most users do not intend malicious use of MCP or Figma data.
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Figma announced 20 new partners for the Model Context Protocol (MCP), an open-source standard for AI agents to connect to data sources, despite co-founder Dylan Field's public concerns about the protocol's limitations and potential for abuse. The company is expanding its ecosystem while acknowledging MCP is not a perfect solution, particularly regarding asymmetric context sharing and data security.