Figma 联合创始人 Dylan Field 认为 MCP 并非完美的协议

尽管 Figma 联合创始人 Dylan Field 对用于标准化 AI Agent 连接外部数据源与工具的 MCP（模型上下文协议，Model Context Protocol）存有顾虑，但该公司仍在扩大对这一开源标准的支持。

在这家设计公司于印度举办的首届 Config 大会上，公司宣布了 20 家新的 MCP 合作伙伴，包括 Amp、ClickUp、Dia、JetBrains 旗下的 Junie、Linear、Meta Muse、Mistral、Notion、OpenCode 以及 Sarvam Agents。

Field 此前就曾表达过他对 MCP 的疑虑。在本次发布的前几天，MCP 的联合创作者之一曾抱怨 Figma 不支持开源工具 Pi。作为回应的一部分，Field 评论称 Anthropic 自身并未通过 MCP 开放其各项资源。

“我觉得挺有意思的是，Anthropic（MCP 标准的创建者）并没有开放通过 MCP 创建的 artifacts 或其他云端资源，”他在 X 上写道，“这场争论被定性为开放与封闭之争。显然，每个人总是更偏好开放……但与此同时，非对称上下文共享（asymmetric context sharing）的问题却被忽视了。”

（Field 后来补充道，Figma 计划支持 Pi。）

在一次媒体吹风会上，我向 Field 询问了这场争论。这位联合创始人解释称，尽管 Figma 希望保持开放，但他并不认为 MCP 是一个完美的协议。

“对于我们在开放生态系统方面所做的工作，我感到非常兴奋。但我也认为 MCP 并不是一个完美的协议，并且我认为它还有巨大的改进空间，”这位联合创始人回答道，“它对前沿实验室更加有利。同时，我也理解网络上的每个人都希望有一个协议，能在他们想使用自己的 Figma 数据时派上用场，我也希望他们能够使用。”

Figma CEO 表示，公司不希望完全开放的原因在于，公司通过 MCP 暴露的数据越多，被滥用的几率就越高。

他还澄清称，尽管绝大多数用户并没有恶意使用 MCP 或 Figma 数据的意图，但公司仍必须考虑这些潜在风险。

Despite Figma co-founder Dylan Field’s concerns about MCP (model context protocol), which standardizes how AI agents connect to external data sources and tools, the company is expanding its support for the open source standard.

At the design company’s first Config conference held in India, the company announced 20 new MCP partners, including Amp, ClickUp, Dia, Junie by JetBrains, Linear, Meta Muse, Mistral, Notion, OpenCode, and Sarvam Agents.

Field has expressed his misgivings about MCP before. Days before this announcement, one of MCP’s co-creators complained about Figma not supporting the open source tool Pi. As part of his response, Field made a comment about Anthropic not making its various resources available via MCP.

“I find it interesting that Anthropic (creators of MCP standard) do not expose artifacts/other cloud resources created via MCP,” he wrote on X. “The debate is framed as open vs closed. Everyone always prefers open … obviously. And meanwhile issues of asymmetric context sharing are ignored.”

(Field later added that Figma plans support Pi.)

At a media briefing, I asked Field about this debate. The co-founder explained that while Figma wants to be open, he doesn’t think MCP is a perfect protocol.

“I’m really excited about what we’re doing in terms of opening up our ecosystem. I also think that MCP is not a perfect protocol. And I think that it is something that has tons of room for improvement,” the co-founder responded. “It is advantaged more to frontier labs. Also, I understand everyone online who just wants a protocol that they can use when they want to use their Figma data, and I want them to use it, too.”

Figma’s CEO said that the reason the company doesn’t want to be fully open is that the more data the company exposes through MCP, the higher the chance of abuse.

He also clarified that while most users don’t intend to use MCP or Figma data in a malicious way, the company still has to think about those potential risks.