Fetch screenshot images from Figma designs (downloads actual image data)
AI agents call fetch_screenshots to retrieve information from Figma MCP Proxy Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool retrieves and downloads existing screenshot data from Figma designs without modifying, creating, or deleting any resources. It is a read-only operation that queries and returns image data. The sibling tools (export_asset, get_components, get_design_tokens, get_styles, search_files) are all read operations on design assets, consistent with this classification. No side effects or state changes occur.
From the tool's definition Tool description states 'Fetch screenshot images from Figma designs (downloads actual image data)' - a retrieval operation with no modification, deletion, or side effects. The verb 'fetch' and 'downloads' indicate data retrieval only.
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Fetch screenshot images from Figma designs (downloads actual image data). It is categorised as a Read tool in the Figma MCP Proxy Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Figma MCP Proxy Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for fetch_screenshots: 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 Proxy Server. Nothing to install.
fetch_screenshots 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 fetch_screenshots 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 fetch_screenshots. 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.
fetch_screenshots is provided by the Figma MCP Proxy Server MCP server (vbrail/proxy_mcp_figma). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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