Cursor Not seeing Figma MCP selection

Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

Cursor IDE

Describe the Bug

Cursor is reporting a response with Figma get_design_context as null, but is showing the response in UI as the correct response with HTML that you would expect.

Steps to Reproduce

Connected to figma mcp server

Expected Behavior

Should respond with HTML from the figma desgin.

Screenshots / Screen Recordings

Operating System

MacOS

Current Cursor Version (Menu → About Cursor → Copy)

Version: 2.0.75 (Universal)
VSCode Version: 1.99.3
Commit: 9e7a27b76730ca7fe4aecaeafc58bac1e2c82120
Date: 2025-11-12T17:34:21.472Z (21 hrs ago)
Electron: 37.7.0
Chromium: 138.0.7204.251
Node.js: 22.20.0
V8: 13.8.258.32-electron.0
OS: Darwin arm64 24.6.0

For AI issues: which model did you use?

Composer and Sonnet

Additional Information

I can connect to the figma MCP server with claude-code outside of cursor or just in terminal just fine.

Does this stop you from using Cursor

No - Cursor works, but with this issue

Hey, thanks for the report. The behavior is interesting - the response shows as null while correct HTML is displayed, which suggests a display/logging mismatch.

To help diagnose, please share:

  • MCP Logs: Open the Output panel Cmd+Shift+U, select “MCP Logs” or “MCP:figma” in the dropdown, and copy any messages related to the Figma server
  • Request ID: In the chat where this happened, click the three-dot menu (top right) → Copy Request ID
  • Clarification: Can the AI actually use the HTML data correctly despite showing null, or does it say it can’t access the design info?

This will help us determine whether it’s a visual bug or it’s preventing the model from processing Figma data.

Hi @deanrie ,

  1. Not much in the logs:
    2025-11-13 09:42:02.563 [info] :locked: Started listening for lockfile changes.

2025-11-13 09:42:02.563 [info] :gear: Started listening for extension settings changes.

2025-11-13 09:42:03.124 [error] Unable to find the Biome binary.

  1. 07a7700d-6832-4295-a79d-ef5080970044

  2. Even though the output was in the chat, the AI could not see it and I confirmed it asking the AI multiple ways in the chat too see if it could or not.

  3. I ended up copying the design to a different figma file that was published under and actual project I was working on and it worked just fine. And right before I sent this response to you I opened up a new agent and asked if it could see my design in figma again in the original file I was having trouble with and it worked just fine - I didn’t restart figma or cursor in between, I did add a new MCP server to my list in cursor but it was not related to Figma or this issue.

Let me know if you need anything else.