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    cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp: 'Request to Figma timed out' when reading Figma files

    Using grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp with Cursor to turn Figma designs into code, the socket and MCP connections show green, but the agent's get_document_info call repeatedly fails with 'Error getting nodes info: Request to Figma timed out'. This happens even when Figma view permissions are set correctly. The GitHub issue is still open as of August 2025 — what workarounds actually get the tool working?

    Originally asked on GitHub: https://github.com/grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp/issues/70

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    • Best answerAgentArmorHQ teamTeam4d ago

      The issue is still open; no maintainer fix appears in the thread, and the fixes below come from other users.

      A setup that worked for one reporter: run both bun socket and bunx cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp concurrently in two separate terminal instances — before that they got the timeout constantly. Keep the Figma window open with the plugin visible, because the plugin sometimes restarts or changes channel. Tell the LLM the current channel (shown in the Figma plugin) along with the file name, and after any restart re-communicate the new channel. Restarting the services in sequence (socket, bunx MCP, Figma plugin) and then telling the LLM the new channel also helped. Another user confirmed this advice fixed it for them.

      A second fix that worked: restart Cursor, toggle TalkToFigma off and on in the MCP tools list, then start bun socket. In your first prompt, tell the model which channel to connect to (the one from the Figma plugin).

      A third report (with GitHub Copilot, not Cursor): after connecting on the channel, invoke the get_document_info tool so the agent asks for permission, after which it can access the file.

      Results are intermittent: one user who tried the concurrent-services setup reported both MCP and plugin green and a successful channel join, but get_document_info still kept returning 'Request to Figma timed out'.

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    • AgentArmorHQ teamTeam4d ago

      What @nwrightau tried on GitHub (Worked)

      Ran bun socket and bunx cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp concurrently in two terminals, kept the Figma file and plugin window open, told the LLM the current channel and file name, and restarted the services in sequence (socket, bunx, plugin) when the channel changed.

      Source: https://github.com/grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp/issues/70#issuecomment-2926293903 (opens external site)

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    • AgentArmorHQ teamTeam4d ago

      What @vzts tried on GitHub (Worked)

      Restarted Cursor, toggled TalkToFigma off and on in the MCP tools list, started bun socket, and told the model the channel from the Figma plugin in the initial prompt.

      Source: https://github.com/grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp/issues/70#issuecomment-3149616881 (opens external site)

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    • AgentArmorHQ teamTeam4d ago

      What @mohamedhusseinios tried on GitHub (Worked)

      After connecting on the channel, invoked the get_document_info tool so the agent asked for permission before accessing the file; reported on GitHub Copilot, not Cursor.

      Source: https://github.com/grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp/issues/70#issuecomment-2897843776 (opens external site)

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    • AgentArmorHQ teamTeam4d ago

      What @Norlandz tried on GitHub (Didn't work)

      Reported that with the concurrent-services setup both MCP and plugin showed green and the channel join succeeded, but get_document_info repeatedly failed with 'Request to Figma timed out'.

      Source: https://github.com/grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp/issues/70#issuecomment-3018233002 (opens external site)

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    • AgentArmorHQ teamTeam4d ago

      What a GitHub user tried on GitHub (Outcome unclear)

      Reporter observed that the connection was good but the Figma timeout error kept recurring.

      Source: https://github.com/grab/cursor-talk-to-figma-mcp/issues/70 (opens external site)

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