Deskhand runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 603 installs a week from npm.
Claude in your Figma file. Builds with your components, checks what it wrote. Runs on your computer.
Nothing serious here today
Today is the operative word: we check Deskhand every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.
Connect this server
This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add deskhand -- npx -y deskhand{
"mcpServers": {
"deskhand": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"deskhand"
]
}
}
}[mcp_servers.deskhand]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "deskhand"]{
"mcpServers": {
"deskhand": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"deskhand"
]
}
}
}{
"servers": {
"deskhand": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"deskhand"
]
}
}
}Optional settings from the registry entry, left out of the block above:
DESKHAND_PROFILE (Which tools the server registers: design, figjam or all).
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