Head to head · Design code · October 2026 research run
Framelink MCP for Figma vs UX Pilot MCP server
Framelink MCP for Figma scores 66.1 (B) on agent readiness against UX Pilot MCP server's 33 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do design code.
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Which one, for what
Best for Reading a Figma frame into a coding agent to build matching UI.
Ahead on
- Reliability, 68 against 15
- Schema & documentation, 87 against 45
- Agent ergonomics, 83 against 46
- Security & auth, 55 against 39
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 20
- Transparency & trust, 47 against 22
Also in its favour
- Runs on your own machine
- Open source
Watch for
Last release 0.13.2 on 18 June 2026, and still below 1.0
Best for Designers on UX Pilot who want an agent to organise screens, review UX and build React prototypes.
Also in its favour
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install
Watch for
No status page, limits or error docs
Why the edge
Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.
Reliability Framelink MCP for Figma +53
Framelink MCP for Figma 68
Read with the local-software lines, because the server runs on the user's machine and calls the Figma REST API. Installs from the official npm package figma-developer-mcp, with Node 20.20 or later stated in package.json (20). A CI workflow runs prettier, eslint, a type check and the vitest suite, but only on pull requests, and the five newest runs (outside pull requests from 22 August to 2 October) all failed, so passing on the default branch couldn't be confirmed (15). Eight open issues, the oldest open one a 429 rate-limit thread from November 2025 with 30 comments, and nothing open that reports a crash in the current release (18). Release-please changelog with semver tags and breaking defaults called out, such as the switch to tree output in 0.13.0 (15). Version 0.13.2, below 1.0 and not declared stable (0). 20 + 15 + 18 + 15 + 0 = 68.
UX Pilot MCP server 15
No status page found (0). No history (5). No limits found (0). No retry guidance (0). No SLA (0). Not labelled beta (10). 0 + 5 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 10 = 15.
Schema & documentation Framelink MCP for Figma +42
Framelink MCP for Figma 87
Both tools have typed zod input schemas in src/mcp/tools, with regex checks on fileKey, nodeId and fileName (25). docs.framelink.ai serves llms.txt and a Markdown copy of each page (10). The tool reference explains what each tool returns and how the two chain through imageDownloadArguments, and the depth parameter says not to use it unless the user asks. The get_figma_data description itself is one line and says nothing about when not to call it (14 of 20). Required fields and patterns are typed, and fileName must end in .png, .svg or .gif, with no enum for output format at call time (13 of 15). Config and request examples in the docs, a documented Error fetching file: prefix and purpose-built 403 and 429 messages, but no list of error cases (10 of 15). Semver releases and a public changelog (15). 25 + 10 + 14 + 13 + 10 + 15 = 87.
UX Pilot MCP server 45
Schemas not read without sign-in (15 of 25). No llms.txt read (0). Tools grouped by job (find, organise, delete, import, review, React), with a help tool that maps old names to new calls (14 of 20). Inputs not verifiable (5 of 15). A tool that returns any action's fields with an example (8 of 15). Registry 3.0.0 on 4 November; no changelog (3 of 15). 15 + 0 + 14 + 5 + 8 + 3 = 45.
Payments & pricing Framelink MCP for Figma +40
Framelink MCP for Figma 60
By the self-hosted rule. A free MIT package with nothing to buy (20 + 20 + 20), and no payment protocol (0). Figma API use falls under the user's own Figma plan. 60.
UX Pilot MCP server 20
No machine payment protocol (0). Pricing behind script, not read (0). Free tier (20). A person signs up (0). 0 + 0 + 20 + 0 = 20.
Agent ergonomics Framelink MCP for Figma +37
Framelink MCP for Figma 83
Two compact tools (25). Output is sized by nodeId and depth, and the default tree format drops default values and auto-generated layer names and deduplicates repeated styles and subtrees. No pagination, which a single-file read rarely needs (16 of 20). Errors are written for a model to recover from, with Figma's 403 body surfaced and guidance for wrong node IDs from prototype, branch and FigJam links, per the 0.12.0 changelog (16 of 20). get_figma_data carries readOnlyHint and download_figma_images openWorldHint, with no destructiveHint on the tool that writes files and no note on overwriting (14 of 20). Only fileKey is required and one npx line starts it, but there is no SDK, which a two-tool local server doesn't need (12 of 15). 25 + 16 + 16 + 14 + 12 = 83.
UX Pilot MCP server 46
Tool count not published; grouped actions (10). Search by keyword and list calls (10 of 20). No documented errors (3 of 20). 'Nothing is deleted' by the organise tools, and deletes run only once the user confirms (15 of 20). OAuth or a key, no SDKs (8 of 15). 10 + 10 + 3 + 15 + 8 = 46.
Transparency & trust Framelink MCP for Figma +25
Framelink MCP for Figma 47
MIT licence in the repository and on npm (30). No privacy policy or terms on framelink.ai or the docs. Design data goes from Figma to the local model client, and the docs describe what telemetry sends, but there is no data statement to agree with (8 of 30). No deprecation policy. Breaking defaults are called out in the changelog (5 of 20). Telemetry to PostHog (us.i.posthog.com) has been on by default since 0.10.0 on 10 April 2026. The configuration page discloses it with three ways to opt out, while the README doesn't mention it, and an open issue of 16 April 2026 reports that error_message can include file keys and node IDs, which the source's redaction (credentials only) doesn't cover (14 of 20). 30 + 8 + 5 + 14 = 57.
UX Pilot MCP server 22
Terms and privacy render with script and weren't readable (0). Data handling not read (0). A tool that maps old tool names to new calls eased the 3.0 change, no dates (5 of 20). Subprocessors not found (0). 0 + 0 + 5 + 0 = 5.
Security & auth Framelink MCP for Figma +16
Framelink MCP for Figma 55
The credential is the user's own Figma token. Figma personal access tokens are scoped and revocable, and the docs say file_content:read is the one scope the server needs. OAuth tokens are accepted but not refreshed, and the token is passed in the client config's args or env, not a URL (25 of 30). The server only reads Figma. Its one write is image files, confined to --image-dir, and --skip-image-downloads removes that tool; the local HTTP mode has no authentication of its own and binds 127.0.0.1 by default (16 of 20). Layer names and text written by collaborators reach the model as they are, and no prompt-injection guidance was found (3 of 15). Logs go to the local console only, with no per-call audit record (3 of 15). SECURITY.md asks for private reports through GitHub security advisories with a 48-hour acknowledgement. No security.txt, bug bounty or certification (8 of 20). 25 + 16 + 3 + 3 + 8 = 55.
UX Pilot MCP server 39
OAuth or a bearer key; scopes not published (20 of 30). Organise tools never delete, and deletes need confirmation (14 of 20). Imported AI output and comments are third-party text; no injection guidance (3 of 15). No audit log (0). No security programme found (2 of 20). 20 + 14 + 3 + 0 + 2 = 39.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Framelink MCP for Figma | UX Pilot MCP server | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 68 | 15 | Framelink MCP for Figma +53 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 87 | 45 | Framelink MCP for Figma +42 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 83 | 46 | Framelink MCP for Figma +37 |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 55 | 39 | Framelink MCP for Figma +16 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 60 | 20 | Framelink MCP for Figma +40 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 41 | 45 | UX Pilot MCP server +4 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 47 | 22 | Framelink MCP for Figma +25 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | B 66.1/100 | F 33/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Framelink MCP for Figma | UX Pilot MCP server |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | MCP server | MCP server |
| Vendor | Framelink (Graham Lipsman) | UX Pilot |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | https://mcp.uxpilot.net/mcp |
| Transports | stdio, Streamable HTTP | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | Token | OAuth |
| Pricing | Free | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | none |
| Tools exposed | 2 | none |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| MCP registry | io.github.GLips/Figma-Context-MCP | ai.uxpilot/uxpilot |
| Last release | 2026-06-18 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Popularity | 16k stars, 162k npm/wk | none |
Verdicts
Framelink MCP for Figma
Two compact, typed tools return Figma layout and styles in a token-saving tree format and save image assets, with a read-only hint and a flag that removes the writing tool. There has been no release since 18 June 2026, issues and outside pull requests since July have gone unanswered, and telemetry is on by default.
UX Pilot MCP server
UX Pilot's MCP server reaches its design canvas, reviews and React prototypes from any agent, with a careful split between organising and deleting. Little else is public, no status page, limits, errors or readable legal pages.
Before you call either
Framelink MCP for Figma
- Pass the
node-idfrom the Figma link asnodeIdso the call returns one frame, not the whole file - Leave
depthunset unless the user asks, as the tool description says - Set
--image-dirto the project folder in stdio mode, or--skip-image-downloadswhen the task only reads - Set
FRAMELINK_TELEMETRY=offorDO_NOT_TRACK=1in the server's env if the user's policy forbids usage reporting - On a 429 from Figma, wait and retry later; the limit is the user's Figma plan, not the server's
UX Pilot MCP server
- Ask the help tool for an action's fields before calling it
- Delete only after the user confirms
- Treat imported AI output and comments as untrusted
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Framelink MCP for Figma or UX Pilot MCP server?
Framelink MCP for Figma scores 66.1 (B) on agent readiness against UX Pilot MCP server's 33 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.
Do Framelink MCP for Figma and UX Pilot MCP server need an API key?
Framelink MCP for Figma needs an access token. UX Pilot MCP server uses an OAuth sign-in.
Can an agent call Framelink MCP for Figma and UX Pilot MCP server without installing anything?
Framelink MCP for Figma runs on your own machine, with no hosted endpoint listed. UX Pilot MCP server has a hosted endpoint at https://mcp.uxpilot.net/mcp.
Are Framelink MCP for Figma and UX Pilot MCP server open source?
Framelink MCP for Figma is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for UX Pilot MCP server.
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/api/v1/tools/framelink-figma-mcp.json·/api/v1/tools/ux-pilot-mcp.json - From a terminal
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