For a long time, there has been an invisible "wall" between product design and front-end development. Today, the leading design platform Figma and OpenAI have announced a milestone collaboration: through the new OpenAI Codex integration, they have finally established a complete end-to-end loop between design and code.

Core Features: Realization of Bidirectional Automation

The most remarkable breakthrough in this integration lies in its bidirectional collaboration capability. Unlike previous developer modes (Dev Mode) that only provided fragmented HTML/CSS code snippets or single plugins that exported designs as React components, the new integration solution achieves the following functions:

  • Design Auto-Generation: Development teams can now directly generate editable Figma design files from existing codebases.

  • Real-Time Code Conversion: Changes made by designers in Figma can be accurately converted into high-quality, executable code.

  • Global Context Awareness: Based on the open MCP (Model Context Protocol) standard, AI assistants can access code repositories, Figma source files, and design systems simultaneously, completely solving the logical gaps caused by AI tools lacking a global view of the project in the past.

Comprehensive Technical Support Across Ecosystems

This feature is now deeply integrated into the macOS version of the Codex desktop application, and fully covers Figma's core product lineup, including Figma Design, Figma Make, and the collaborative whiteboard FigJam.

QQ20260228-095952.png

As an early partner of OpenAI, Figma has already been using ChatGPT Enterprise internally on a large scale. According to official data from OpenAI, the activity of Codex is growing explosively, with weekly visits exceeding 1 million users, and usage growth exceeding 400% since the beginning of 2026.

This move marks the entry of AI-assisted design into the "system-level integration" era. For enterprises, this means that design systems are no longer static guidelines but dynamic assets that can synchronize in real-time with production code, significantly shortening the cycle from concept to launch of products.