List all local styles defined in the document (colors, text, effects, grids). TIP: Use figma_search_styles instead when looking for specific styles by name - it returns compact results and reduces token usage.
AI agents call figma_get_local_styles to retrieve information from Figma MCP Bridge without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves metadata about styles (colors, text, effects, grids) from a Figma document without modifying, creating, or deleting any content. It is a straightforward read operation with minimal security risk. Even if misused by an AI agent, it only exposes design system information already stored in the document, causing no damage or unintended changes.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'List all local styles defined in the document' - a retrieval operation with no side effects. The recommendation to use figma_search_styles for filtering indicates this is a query/list operation.
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access figma_get_local_styles gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Figma MCP Bridge, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for figma_get_local_styles:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"figma_get_local_styles": {}
}
}figma_get_local_styles is read-only, so it stays allowed — but everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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List all local styles defined in the document (colors, text, effects, grids). TIP: Use figma_search_styles instead when looking for specific styles by name - it returns compact results and reduces token usage. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Figma MCP Bridge MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Figma MCP Bridge MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for figma_get_local_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 Bridge. Nothing to install.
figma_get_local_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 figma_get_local_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 figma_get_local_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.
figma_get_local_styles is provided by the Figma MCP Bridge MCP server (magic-spells/figma-mcp-bridge). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Figma MCP Bridge, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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