I upgraded my seat to `Dev` on 9. May 2025 expecting to use the Figma MCP server for development work. Despite the upgrade, MCP calls to files outside my organisation are still rejected with a "View seat" rate-limit error, even though whoami confirms my seat type as Full.
I specifically upgraded to access that one single file. As the designer continues working on that file I can keep duplicating it into my own team, so, there is a clear workaround, but it’s ugly. This is causing me inconvenience and I won’t be continuing with my Dev plan after this month.
I don’t see any value for Figma, other than trying to push their customers to upgrade through annoyance and inconvenience. Also, I feel misled, as I specifically upgraded to access with MCP this one file, and in the end I could but I am jumping through hoops.
MCP limits should be cross-team
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