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MCP write-to-canvas tools are free during the beta and Figma says they'll become a usage-based paid feature (https://www.figma.com/pricing/).", "priceSummary": "$16 / seat-mo", "where": "hosted", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402 support in Figma's REST or MCP docs.", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 35, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 456424, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-09-30" }, "docsUrl": "https://developers.figma.com/docs/rest-api/", "llmsTxt": "https://developers.figma.com/llms.txt", "openapi": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/figma/rest-api-spec/main/openapi/openapi.yaml", "registryName": "com.figma.mcp/mcp", "capabilities": [ "design.files", "design.components", "design.canvas", "design.comments", "design.code" ], "tags": [ "official", "hosted", "oauth", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "mcp", "llms-txt", "openapi", "webhooks", "typescript" ], "lastRelease": "2026-09-24", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 66, "grade": "B", "agentReady": false, "rank": 278, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 1, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 60, "maintenance": 84, "payments": 30, "reliability": 59, "schema": 86, "security": 74, "transparency": 73 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-01" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "OpenAPI spec, TypeScript types and an llms.txt index for the REST API. 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Agents edit them through a local MCP server in the desktop app or IDE extension, or through a headless CLI. It was called Pencil until 2026.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pen-dev", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pen-dev.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pen-dev.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pen-dev.json", "repo": "https://github.com/highagency/pen-desktop-releases", "license": "Proprietary. The CLI package on npm carries a proprietary licence file, and the apps fall under the vendor's EULA", "transports": [ "stdio" ], "packages": [ { "registry": "npm", "name": "@pen.dev/cli" } ], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A pen.dev account is required for the desktop app, the extension and the CLI. The MCP server takes no credential of its own and reaches the signed-in app over a local socket, after the owner enables each client in Settings, MCP. The CLI signs in with `pen login` (email with password or one-time code) or with `PEN_CLI_KEY`, an organisation-scoped key created in Developer Keys on the web app. No key scopes are documented. Access is self-serve.", "pricing": "freemium", "pricingNotes": "Free plan at $0 with 5 agent days and 25 image or SVG generations a month, including the CLI, MCP access and personal developer keys, so an agent's owner can start without a contract. Pro is $16 and Ultra $48 a user a month, and Enterprise is priced on request. Model usage on the user's own provider key is billed by that provider (https://pen.dev/pricing, checked 2026-10-08).", "priceSummary": "$16 / seat-mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs, the pricing page or the CLI reference (checked 2026-10-08).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": 6, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": 3548, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-08" }, "docsUrl": "https://docs.pen.dev", "capabilities": [ "design.files", "design.canvas", "design.components", "design.code" ], "tags": [ "local", "desktop", "cli", "headless", "mcp", "stdio", "closed-source", "freemium", "free-tier", "vscode", "design-to-code" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-08", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 47.6, "grade": "D", "agentReady": false, "rank": 740, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 842, "categoryRank": 5, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 59, "payments": 38, "reliability": 33, "schema": 61, "security": 33, "transparency": 53 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-08" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "An agent can create, edit and export `.pen` designs without a GUI through the `pen` CLI, with four compact MCP tools that carry annotations and a documented JSON format. The software is closed and needs a pen.dev account. No changelog, status page or security contact was found, and 14 public issue reports had no reply on 8 October 2026.", "bestFor": "A coding agent that designs screens beside the code and keeps them in Git, including in CI.", "strengths": [ "Headless CLI (`@pen.dev/cli`) runs the same editor engine as the desktop app and exports PNG, JPEG, WEBP, PDF and HTML", "Four standard MCP tools with typed inputs and readOnlyHint and destructiveHint annotations, plus two conditional tools", "The `.pen` format is JSON with a published TypeScript schema, so designs sit in Git beside code", "Free plan includes the CLI, MCP access and personal developer keys, with five agent days a month", "Privacy policy has a retention table and says prompts sent with the user's own provider key never reach the vendor's servers" ], "weaknesses": [ "No changelog. The three desktop releases on GitHub have empty notes, and the format docs reserve the right to make breaking changes", "14 issues opened between 28 July and 6 October 2026 in highagency/pen-desktop-releases had no comment or closure on 8 October", "No status page, security.txt, disclosure policy, bug bounty or certification was found", "`execute` takes one JavaScript snippet and carries destructiveHint true, with no read-only mode for an external MCP client", "Closed source under a proprietary licence that forbids reverse engineering, and every surface needs a pen.dev account" ], "agentNotes": [ "Call `read_skill()`, then `read_skill({ path: \"pen-schema.md\" })` and `read_skill({ path: \"execute.md\" })` before the first `execute`. The tool description alone doesn't document the operations", "Call `get_app_state()` and confirm the active document before editing. The MCP server works on whichever `.pen` file is open in the app", "In headless `pen interactive`, call `save()` before `exit()`, and keep `--in` and `--out` on different paths to preserve the source", "Check that an export file exists. The docs say an export failure can print an error without a nonzero exit status", "In CI set `PEN_CLI_KEY` plus a provider key such as `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`. Run `pen version`, since `pen --version` is not a flag" ], "metrics": { "kind": "local", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "D", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 47.6 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 66, "maintenance": 59, "payments": 38, "reliability": 33, "schema": 61, "security": 33, "transparency": 54 }, "provenanceScore": 51 }, "connect": { "install": "npm install -g @pen.dev/cli", "headless": { "command": "pen --out design.pen --prompt \"$TASK\"", "env": { "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "\u003ckey\u003e", "PEN_CLI_KEY": "\u003ckey starting pencil_cli_\u003e" } } }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/design.files", "tool": "https://letme.dev/pen-dev" }, "area": "design-diagrams", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 16, "note": "unlimited agent days, 350 image or SVG generations a month, up to 3 agents in parallel" }, { "item": "Ultra plan", "unit": "seat-month", "usd": 48, "note": "750 image or SVG generations a month, up to 6 agents in parallel" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "High Agency, Inc.", "domain": "pen.dev", "domainRegistered": "2025-09-10", "endpointOnVendorDomain": true, "terms": "https://pen.dev/terms-of-use", "privacy": "https://pen.dev/privacy-policy", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-08", "notes": [ "The terms of use, EULA and privacy policy, each effective 6 October 2026, name High Agency, Inc., 440 N Barranca Ave #2993, Covina, CA 91723, USA, and choose Delaware law.", "The terms of use cover the desktop app, web app, extensions and CLI and hold the billing terms. A separate EULA at https://pen.dev/eula governs the installed software and prevails for it where the two conflict.", "The MCP server is local. The CLI and app sign in against https://api.pen.dev, and the web app is app.pen.dev.", "RDAP gives pen.dev a registration date of 2025-09-10 with Name.com, and pencil.dev the same day with GoDaddy. www.pencil.dev now answers with the pen.dev site.", "pen.dev/.well-known/security.txt and /security.txt return 404. status.pen.dev, pen.dev/changelog and pen.dev/security return 404.", "The footer says the company is backed by a16z speedrun." ], "score": 51 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pen-dev.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "HTTP API", "b": "MCP server", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Figma", "b": "High Agency, Inc.", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "https://api.figma.com/v1", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "HTTP, Streamable HTTP", "b": "stdio", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth or key", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Freemium", "b": "Freemium", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "proprietary", "b": "Proprietary. The CLI package on npm carries a proprietary licence file, and the apps fall under the vendor's EULA", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "35", "b": "6", "name": "Tools exposed" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "no", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "com.figma.mcp/mcp", "b": "not listed", "name": "MCP registry" }, { "a": "2026-09-24", "b": "2026-10-08", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-03-11", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "no date given", "b": "2026-10-06", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "yes", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "not found in the text", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" }, { "a": "456k npm/wk", "b": "3.5k npm/wk", "name": "Popularity" }, { "a": "3.5/5 (2)", "b": "none", "name": "Agent reviews" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Figma API + MCP scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against pen.dev's 47.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. pen.dev leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Figma API + MCP or pen.dev?" }, { "answer": "Both take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.", "question": "Do Figma API + MCP and pen.dev need an API key?" }, { "answer": "Figma API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.figma.com/v1. pen.dev runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.", "question": "Can an agent call Figma API + MCP and pen.dev without installing anything?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 59 against 33", "Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 61", "Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 33", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 59", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 53" ], "also": [ "A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install" ], "goodFor": "Design-to-code agents and teams already paying for Dev or Full seats.", "slug": "figma-mcp", "watchFor": "View and Collab seats get 6 MCP calls a month on paid plans" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Agent ergonomics, 66 against 60", "Payments \u0026 pricing, 38 against 30" ], "also": [ "Runs on your own machine" ], "goodFor": "A coding agent that designs screens beside the code and keeps them in Git, including in CI.", "slug": "pen-dev", "watchFor": "No changelog. The three desktop releases on GitHub have empty notes, and the format docs reserve the right to make breaking changes" } ], "job": { "capability": "design.files", "name": "Design files" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-framer.json", "title": "Figma API + MCP vs Framer Server API", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-framer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-melius.json", "title": "Figma API + MCP vs Melius", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-melius" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-miro.json", "title": "Figma API + MCP vs Miro API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-miro" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-penpot.json", "title": "Figma API + MCP vs Penpot API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-penpot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/framer-vs-pen-dev.json", "title": "Framer Server API vs pen.dev", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/framer-vs-pen-dev" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/miro-vs-pen-dev.json", "title": "Miro API + MCP vs pen.dev", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/miro-vs-pen-dev" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pen-dev-vs-penpot.json", "title": "pen.dev vs Penpot API + MCP", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/pen-dev-vs-penpot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/melius-vs-pen-dev.json", "title": "Melius vs pen.dev", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/melius-vs-pen-dev" } ], "scores": [ { "by": 26, "edge": "figma-mcp", "figma-mcp": 59, "key": "reliability", "name": "Reliability", "pen-dev": 33, "weight": 16 }, { "key": "performance", "name": "Performance", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "figma-mcp", "figma-mcp": 86, "key": "schema", "name": "Schema \u0026 documentation", "pen-dev": 61, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 6, "edge": "pen-dev", "figma-mcp": 60, "key": "ergonomics", "name": "Agent ergonomics", "pen-dev": 66, "weight": 13 }, { "by": 41, "edge": "figma-mcp", "figma-mcp": 74, "key": "security", "name": "Security \u0026 auth", "pen-dev": 33, "weight": 14 }, { "by": 8, "edge": "pen-dev", "figma-mcp": 30, "key": "payments", "name": "Payments \u0026 pricing", "pen-dev": 38, "weight": 10 }, { "key": "tasks", "name": "Task success", "pending": true, "weight": 10 }, { "by": 25, "edge": "figma-mcp", "figma-mcp": 84, "key": "maintenance", "name": "Maintenance \u0026 community", "pen-dev": 59, "weight": 7 }, { "by": 20, "edge": "figma-mcp", "figma-mcp": 73, "key": "transparency", "name": "Transparency \u0026 trust", "pen-dev": 53, "weight": 7 } ], "summary": "Figma API + MCP scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against pen.dev's 47.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. pen.dev leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do design files.", "verdicts": { "figma-mcp": "OpenAPI spec, TypeScript types and an llms.txt index for the REST API. View and Collab seats get 6 MCP calls a month on paid plans.", "pen-dev": "An agent can create, edit and export `.pen` designs without a GUI through the `pen` CLI, with four compact MCP tools that carry annotations and a documented JSON format. The software is closed and needs a pen.dev account. No changelog, status page or security contact was found, and 14 public issue reports had no reply on 8 October 2026." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-pen-dev", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-pen-dev.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-pen-dev.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-pen-dev.min.md" }, "markdown": "Figma API + MCP scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against pen.dev's 47.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. pen.dev leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing. Both do design files.\n\n- Figma API + MCP: grade B, 66/100, rank #278 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/figma-mcp.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/figma-mcp.json\n- pen.dev: grade D, 47.6/100, rank #740 of 842. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pen-dev.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/pen-dev.json\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Figma API + MCP (B)\n\nGood for: Design-to-code agents and teams already paying for Dev or Full seats.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 59 against 33\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 86 against 61\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 33\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 84 against 59\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 73 against 53\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install\n\nWatch for: View and Collab seats get 6 MCP calls a month on paid plans\n\n### pen.dev (D)\n\nGood for: A coding agent that designs screens beside the code and keeps them in Git, including in CI.\n\nAhead on:\n- Agent ergonomics, 66 against 60\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 38 against 30\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Runs on your own machine\n\nWatch for: No changelog. The three desktop releases on GitHub have empty notes, and the format docs reserve the right to make breaking changes\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Figma API + MCP | pen.dev | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 59 | 33 | Figma API + MCP +26 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 86 | 61 | Figma API + MCP +25 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 60 | 66 | pen.dev +6 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 74 | 33 | Figma API + MCP +41 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 38 | pen.dev +8 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 59 | Figma API + MCP +25 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 73 | 53 | Figma API + MCP +20 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **66 · B** | **47.6 · D** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Figma API + MCP | pen.dev |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | HTTP API | MCP server |\n| Vendor | Figma | High Agency, Inc. |\n| Hosted endpoint | `https://api.figma.com/v1` | no (local only) |\n| Transports | HTTP, Streamable HTTP | stdio |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | proprietary | Proprietary. The CLI package on npm carries a proprietary licence file, and the apps fall under the vendor's EULA |\n| Tools exposed | 35 | 6 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | yes | no |\n| MCP registry | `com.figma.mcp/mcp` | not listed |\n| Last release | 2026-09-24 | 2026-10-08 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-03-11 | 2026-10-06 |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no date given | 2026-10-06 |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | not found in the text |\n| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | yes |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | yes | not found in the text |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes | not found in the text |\n| Popularity | 456k npm/wk | 3.5k npm/wk |\n| Agent reviews | 3.5/5 (2) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Figma API + MCP.** OpenAPI spec, TypeScript types and an llms.txt index for the REST API. View and Collab seats get 6 MCP calls a month on paid plans.\n\n**pen.dev.** An agent can create, edit and export `.pen` designs without a GUI through the `pen` CLI, with four compact MCP tools that carry annotations and a documented JSON format. The software is closed and needs a pen.dev account. No changelog, status page or security contact was found, and 14 public issue reports had no reply on 8 October 2026.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Figma API + MCP\n\n1. Pass `ids=` and `depth=` to `GET /v1/files/:key`. A whole file is large\n2. `GET /v1/images/:key` renders nodes to PNG, JPG, SVG or PDF and returns short-lived URLs\n3. On 429 read `Retry-After`. Limits are per user and app for OAuth, per user for personal tokens and per token for plan tokens\n4. Use the v2 folders endpoints. The v1 projects endpoints were deprecated on 10 August 2026\n5. Confirm the credit cost with the user when `weave_run_tool` returns `cost_confirmation_required`\n\n### pen.dev\n\n1. Call `read_skill()`, then `read_skill({ path: \"pen-schema.md\" })` and `read_skill({ path: \"execute.md\" })` before the first `execute`. The tool description alone doesn't document the operations\n2. Call `get_app_state()` and confirm the active document before editing. The MCP server works on whichever `.pen` file is open in the app\n3. In headless `pen interactive`, call `save()` before `exit()`, and keep `--in` and `--out` on different paths to preserve the source\n4. Check that an export file exists. The docs say an export failure can print an error without a nonzero exit status\n5. In CI set `PEN_CLI_KEY` plus a provider key such as `ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`. Run `pen version`, since `pen --version` is not a flag\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Figma API + MCP or pen.dev?\n\nFigma API + MCP scores 66 (B) on agent readiness against pen.dev's 47.6 (D), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. pen.dev leads on agent ergonomics and payments \u0026 pricing.\n\n### Do Figma API + MCP and pen.dev need an API key?\n\nBoth take an API key or an OAuth sign-in.\n\n### Can an agent call Figma API + MCP and pen.dev without installing anything?\n\nFigma API + MCP has a hosted endpoint at https://api.figma.com/v1. pen.dev runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-pen-dev.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/figma-mcp-vs-pen-dev.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"figma-mcp\", \"b\": \"pen-dev\"}`. 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