AI agents call get_styles to retrieve information from Figma MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves style metadata from a Figma document. It is a read-only operation that does not create, modify, delete, or execute any actions. The sibling tools on this server (get_document_info, get_node_info, get_annotations, etc.) are all Read operations, and get_styles follows the same pattern.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_styles' and description 'Get all styles from the current Figma document' indicate a retrieval operation with no modification or side effects.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access get_styles gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Figma MCP Server, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for get_styles:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"get_styles": {}
}
}get_styles is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Get all styles from the current Figma document. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Figma MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Figma MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_styles: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Figma MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_styles is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_styles rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_styles. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_styles is provided by the Figma MCP Server MCP server (kdoronin/figma_mcp). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Figma MCP Server, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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