Create, update, format text nodes with advanced typography features including character-level styling, text editing (insert/delete), text search, hyperlinks, and advanced text decoration
AI agents use figma_text to create or update resources in Figma Mcp Write — usually the action step of a workflow, after the agent has gathered context. Every call changes real data in your Figma Mcp Write environment.
This tool creates and modifies text nodes within Figma, which is a reversible write operation. While it can delete characters within a text node, it is scoped to text editing within a design file rather than irreversible destruction of nodes or assets. The blast radius is medium since an AI agent could alter design text across a file, but changes are recoverable through Figma's version history.
From the tool's definition 'Create, update, format text nodes' and 'text editing (insert/delete)' — all operations create or modify text content in Figma designs
Documented attack patterns abuse exactly the kind of access figma_text gives an agent:
PolicyLayer is an MCP gateway — it sits between your AI agents and Figma Mcp Write, and nothing reaches the server without passing your rules. This is the rule we recommend for figma_text:
{
"version": "1",
"default": "deny",
"tools": {
"figma_text": {
"limits": [
{
"counter": "figma_text_rate",
"window": "minute",
"max": 30,
"scope": "grant"
}
]
}
}
} figma_text stays usable, but capped — an agent stuck in a loop can't make hundreds of changes a minute. Everything else on the server is denied unless you say otherwise.
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Create, update, format text nodes with advanced typography features including character-level styling, text editing (insert/delete), text search, hyperlinks, and advanced text decoration. It is categorised as a Write tool in the Figma Mcp Write MCP Server, which means it can create or modify data. Consider rate limits to prevent runaway writes.
Register the Figma Mcp Write MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for figma_text: 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 Write. Nothing to install.
figma_text is a Write tool with medium risk. Write tools should be rate-limited to prevent accidental bulk modifications.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the figma_text 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_text. 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_text is provided by the Figma Mcp Write MCP server (oo/figma-mcp-write-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
Start from Figma Mcp Write, add the rest of your stack, and see everything your agents can call. Then put policy on all of it.
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