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February 22, 2026
Figma Make Pulls Live Research Data Into Prototypes
Published: February 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Updated: February 22, 2026 at 3:03 PM
100-word summary
Figma Make now supports external connectors via the Model Context Protocol, letting designers pull customer quotes, research findings, and analytics directly into prototype workflows using @mentions. Design teams can connect tools like Dovetail, Marvin, and zeroheight to surface live context during prototyping without switching apps. To start Monday: have an admin enable connectors for your organization, authenticate partner tools via OAuth, then reference them in Make prompts. This embeds real user research and data into design decisions, tightening collaboration between product, design, and engineering teams by grounding prototypes in actual customer context instead of assumptions.
What happened
Figma Make now supports external connectors via the Model Context Protocol, letting designers pull customer quotes, research findings, and analytics directly into prototype workflows using @mentions. Design teams can connect tools like Dovetail, Marvin, and zeroheight to surface live context during prototyping without switching apps. To start Monday: have an admin enable connectors for your organization, authenticate partner tools via OAuth, then reference them in Make prompts.
Why it matters
This embeds real user research and data into design decisions, tightening collaboration between product, design, and engineering teams by grounding prototypes in actual customer context instead of assumptions.