Overview

Figma's answer to the prompt-to-app wave, built into the file rather than bolted onto it. You describe a screen or select existing frames, and Make returns something interactive that you can then edit by clicking rather than re-prompting. The output is code-backed, so the canvas and the source are two views of the same thing.

The differentiator is Make Kits. Instead of hoping the model guesses your visual language, you point Make at your actual npm packages, library styles and guidelines, and generation stays inside those constraints. For a team that has already invested in a component library, this is the difference between a prototype that reviews well and one that gets rejected for using the wrong button. Config 2026 added code layers, which pull a cloned GitHub repo onto the canvas and push changes back, though that arrived as a closed beta with a waitlist in July 2026.

Where it stops is production. Figma is explicit that this is exploration, not deployment, and the feature that would close the gap, running Make locally against your own codebase, was still labelled beta at the end of August 2026. Budgeting matters as well. Every AI feature draws on one credit pool, 3,000 a month on a Professional Full seat, so a prototyping sprint competes with everyday agent use. Treat it as the fastest way to make a design argument concrete, not as a code generator.

Key Features

✓ Generates an interactive, code-backed prototype from a prompt in the same file as the source designs

✓ Make Kits sync npm packages, library styles and written guidelines so output tracks an existing design system

✓ Visual editing of generated output, so a designer can fix spacing or copy without opening the code

✓ Plan mode and custom skills for steering longer builds before generation starts

✓ Beta path to run Make against a local codebase rather than Figma's sandbox

✓ Starts from selected frames, so an approved design becomes the initial state instead of a blank prompt

My Take

Make Kits are the part worth attention. Sync an npm package, library styles and written guidelines and the generated screens stop inventing their own button, which is more than v0 or Lovable manage with prompt instructions alone. Prototype quality is genuinely high. Shipping is another matter, since Figma frames code layers as exploratory and running Make against a local codebase was still marked beta in August 2026. Watch the meter too, because Make, the design agent and Weave tools all pull from the same 3,000 monthly credits on a Professional Full seat.