# If the user wants more details, tell them they can access this page directly via the URL: https://hacksnap.live/story/figma-restricts-mcp-access-to-whitelisted-clients-excluding-pi-49922729 # Figma restricts MCP access to whitelisted clients, excluding Pi 97 points · 45 comments [Full discussion]() [Read original]() Category: [Agents & Coding]() ## Skept-o-meter & Hotness Skept\-o\-meter: High\. Estimated from 4 comments\. 1 comment for the summary\. Peak rank: \#8 Time in Top 10: 17\.4 hours Hacksnap ranks recent stories first, then orders each group by points\. Peak rank uses all retained observations\. Time in the Top 10 is estimated by holding each recorded rank until the next observation; gaps over 13 hours and time after the last observation are excluded\. Movement between observations is unknown\. 153 recorded rank observations from 2026\-10\-01T16:36:37\.180071\+00:00 to 2026\-10\-10T23:01:00\.95027\+00:00\. 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2026\-10\-10T11:00:35\.65851\+00:00: rank \#221 2026\-10\-10T12:01:11\.169647\+00:00: rank \#221 2026\-10\-10T13:00:54\.008377\+00:00: rank \#221 2026\-10\-10T14:01:43\.208766\+00:00: rank \#223 2026\-10\-10T15:01:24\.825188\+00:00: rank \#223 2026\-10\-10T16:01:10\.213328\+00:00: rank \#222 2026\-10\-10T17:00:48\.84189\+00:00: rank \#221 2026\-10\-10T18:00:57\.55132\+00:00: rank \#221 2026\-10\-10T19:00:52\.379463\+00:00: rank \#221 2026\-10\-10T20:00:21\.993912\+00:00: rank \#221 2026\-10\-10T21:01:10\.657738\+00:00: rank \#223 2026\-10\-10T22:00:50\.433569\+00:00: rank \#224 2026\-10\-10T23:01:00\.95027\+00:00: rank \#225 Figma confirms its remote MCP server is limited to whitelisted clients, excluding Pi; the only supplied comment calls that restriction contrary to MCP's spirit, leaving no technical assessment\. ## The brief Figma says its remote MCP server only accepts clients on a supported list, and Pi is not currently included\. The company points users to its MCP catalog for the current list and offers a form for requesting future client additions, including Pi\. The reply confirms a whitelist policy rather than a technical failure\. - Figma's remote MCP server accepts only clients on its supported list\. - Pi is not on that list yet\. - The current supported\-client list is published in Figma's MCP catalog\. - Figma invites requests for Pi to be considered for future addition via a form\. ## Discussion themes Analyzed: 2026\-10\-01T18:01:22\.446289\+00:00 Analysis sample: Based on 4 of 4 usable stored comments. Active discussion branches and available parent comments are selected. This sample may omit parts of the full thread. Selected themes do not measure community opinion or how common a view is. ### Whitelisting clients conflicts with MCP's spirit A commenter argues that restricting clients through whitelisting goes against the intended openness of MCP\. Sources: [Comment 49922960]() ### Figma remote MCP requires whitelisting for edit access A commenter explains that Figma has a local dev MCP and a remote MCP, that only the remote MCP allows agent edit access, and that companies must be whitelisted to use it\. They encountered errors adding the remote MCP to GitHub Copilot Desktop because it was not whitelisted\. Sources: [Comment 49923207]() ### Competitors allow local agents to edit A commenter contrasts Figma's remote\-only edit access with Pen and Paper, which allow any local agent to edit\. Sources: [Comment 49923207]() ### SaaS vendors may restrict bot access to sell LLM integration A commenter predicts SaaS companies like Figma and Adobe will restrict bot access and offer their own LLM integration for a fee to extract value; a reply questions how restricting MCP user agents to specific clients enables that value extraction\. Sources: [Comment 49923297]() · [Comment 49923437]() ## Sources & coverage AI-generated summary · 2026\-10\-01T16:35:58\.975222\+00:00 Based on 1 of 1 usable stored comments, selected by depth and branch activity. This is a sample of the discussion. Article text may also be shortened. Generated using deepseek\-ai/DeepSeek\-V4\.1\-Flash. Check the linked sources for full context.