Figma Make: Plan Mode, Web Search, and Queued Messages
FigmaFigma expanded Figma Make's AI prototyping capabilities with three new features: Plan Mode, live web search and fetch, and queued messages. Plan Mode lets Make analyze a project, ask clarifying questions, and generate an editable build plan before generating any UI, which is especially valuable for complex multi-section layouts. Web search and fetch allows Make to retrieve live content mid-build, grounding prototypes in real-world, up-to-date information with tool-call approvals for team oversight. Queued messages let users stack follow-up instructions while generation is in progress, keeping workflows uninterrupted.
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Smarter Planning and Live Context Come to Figma Make
Figma introduced three significant upgrades to Figma Make on June 3, 2026, addressing some of the most common friction points teams encounter when using AI to build prototypes: the lack of upfront direction-setting, the reliance on static information, and the interruption caused by waiting for generation to finish before submitting the next instruction.
Plan Mode: Direction Before Generation
Plan Mode is an optional feature that changes how Figma Make approaches complex build requests. When enabled, Make does not immediately begin generating UI. Instead, it examines the project, poses clarifying questions, and produces an editable build plan that teams can review and approve before any generation begins.
This shift mirrors how experienced designers and developers actually work: gathering requirements before building, not after. Plan Mode is most valuable for complex work such as multi-section landing pages, detailed component specs, or data-heavy dashboards where mid-generation course corrections are costly. For simpler prompts, users can skip it entirely. It is worth noting that Plan Mode consumes more AI credits than a standard Make build, so teams should enable it selectively for high-complexity tasks.
Web Search and Fetch: Grounded, Current Builds
Make can now retrieve live context mid-build by searching the web broadly or fetching content from a specific URL. This means a prototype built around a company's real product data, a current pricing table, or live API documentation can reference actual, up-to-date content rather than hallucinated or stale placeholders.
Figma built tool-call approvals into this workflow so teams retain visibility: before any web-sourced content enters a session, users can review what Make is about to fetch and approve it. This is particularly important for enterprise teams with data governance requirements. Web search in Figma Make is available on the Enterprise plan, where organization and workspace admins control whether the capability is enabled by default.
Queued Messages: No More Waiting
Previously, users had to wait for Make to finish generating before they could submit a follow-up instruction. Queued messages remove this friction. Users can now stack subsequent prompts while generation is still running. Those messages stay editable until they are committed, and they send automatically the moment the current generation completes.
This is a quality-of-life improvement that meaningfully speeds up iterative design sessions, especially for teams using Make in extended back-and-forth workflows.
Availability
All three features are part of Figma Make, available to Full seat holders on paid plans. Web search and fetch is restricted to Enterprise plans with admin control. Plan Mode and queued messages are available across paid Make-enabled plans.