Figma has just announced a major update to its Figma Make AI assistant, transforming it from a simple prototyping environment into a visual software editor connected directly to real-world codebases.
Key developments
Users can now import Git repositories directly into Figma, edit the user interface on the canvas, and push these changes back to GitHub as pull requests (PRs). Figma's AI engine (powered by Claude and Gemini) automatically writes the corresponding code, adhering strictly to the team's existing design system and codebase architecture. This workflow preserves governance, as all changes originating from Figma must still go through traditional code review and CI/CD testing pipelines.
Why it matters
This is a major step toward the era of "vibe coding," where the lines between designers and frontend developers are increasingly blurred. In Vietnam, digital product development often suffers from bottlenecks during the handoff from design to code. Figma Make helps streamline this workflow, allowing designers to self-implement minor UI/UX tweaks without having to bother engineers, freeing up the engineering team to focus on more complex business logic.