Figma expands Config with code layers, motion, and AI plug-ins

Figma used Config 2026 to redraw the line between design and engineering. At its June 24 opening keynote at Moscone Center in San Francisco, CEO and co-founder Dylan Field put code, motion, depth and texture directly on the canvas, a signal that the company wants teams to do more than hand off mockups once a design is “done.”

The release notes tied that change to a set of concrete tools. Figma said Motion can create precise, expressive animations in a timeline or with the Figma agent, while shaders can be described and then built by the agent. The company also said code layers in Figma Design let teams explore multiple directions with code side by side, instead of sending a static file downstream and waiting for engineering to reinterpret it. That matters because the biggest bottleneck in many product orgs is not inspiration, it is the time lost between a polished screen and a production-ready build.

For product teams, the first changes are likely to show up in prototyping and review. If motion, code and visual design live in the same workspace, teams can test interactions earlier, compare variants faster and push more implementation choices upstream, before they become engineering tickets. Front-end work is next in line: code layers and shader support point to a workflow where developers are not starting from zero after design signoff, but are refining a more executable starting point. Review loops should also shorten, because product managers, designers and engineers can inspect the same artifact instead of passing versions back and forth.

Figma is widening the audience for that workflow beyond San Francisco as well. The company said it is bringing Config India to Bengaluru for the first time, with applications open from July 21 through August 11 and virtual participation free. That puts the launch inside a broader international push, not just a one-day product showpiece.

For monday.com, the direction is familiar. On May 6, the company said it was going all in on AI and rebranded itself as an AI Work Platform, saying it had more than 250,000 customers worldwide. It said its agents can draft campaigns, qualify leads, close support tickets, onboard new hires and process purchase requests, all inside the same permissions, security and governance the business already uses. Figma is making a similar argument from the design side: the canvas is becoming an execution surface, not just a place to plan work. The teams that feel that shift first will be the ones trying to move prototypes into front-end decisions without a long detour through handoff.