Talk to Figma MCP

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/cursor_mcp_plugin/code.js:551-573 (handler)

  Core Figma plugin handler function that implements node deletion by fetching the node by ID and calling node.remove()

  async function deleteNode(params) {
    const { nodeId } = params || {};
  
    if (!nodeId) {
      throw new Error("Missing nodeId parameter");
    }
  
    const node = await figma.getNodeByIdAsync(nodeId);
    if (!node) {
      throw new Error(`Node not found with ID: ${nodeId}`);
    }
  
    // Save node info before deleting
    const nodeInfo = {
      id: node.id,
      name: node.name,
      type: node.type,
    };
  
    node.remove();
  
    return nodeInfo;
  }

• src/talk_to_figma_mcp/server.ts:413-441 (registration)

  MCP server.tool registration for 'delete_node' tool, including schema, description, and proxy handler that calls the Figma plugin

  server.tool(
    "delete_node",
    "Delete a node from Figma",
    {
      nodeId: z.string().describe("The ID of the node to delete")
    },
    async ({ nodeId }) => {
      try {
        await sendCommandToFigma('delete_node', { nodeId });
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text",
              text: `Deleted node with ID: ${nodeId}`
            }
          ]
        };
      } catch (error) {
        return {
          content: [
            {
              type: "text",
              text: `Error deleting node: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`
            }
          ]
        };
      }
    }
  );

• src/cursor_mcp_plugin/code.js:87-88 (handler)

  Dispatch handler in Figma plugin's handleCommand switch statement that routes 'delete_node' command to deleteNode function

  case "delete_node":
    return await deleteNode(params);

• src/talk_to_figma_mcp/server.ts:416-418 (schema)

  Zod input schema for delete_node MCP tool requiring nodeId string

  {
    nodeId: z.string().describe("The ID of the node to delete")
  },

• src/talk_to_figma_mcp/server.ts:421-421 (helper)

  Call to sendCommandToFigma helper function that forwards the delete_node command to the Figma WebSocket server

  await sendCommandToFigma('delete_node', { nodeId });