Find assets and designs using AI – Figma Learn - Help Center

Note: Figma’s AI features are currently free while in beta, but usage limits may apply. When made generally available, we’ll update you on pricing.

Before you Start

Who can use this feature

Available on all paid plans

Anyone with can edit access to a Figma Design file

Find the components or assets that you're looking for with Figma AI, so you can get started faster, stay in the flow, and make space for more creativity.

For example:

Get inspired through related designs and see how others are thinking about a design problem
Browse through past explorations to help finish an in-progress design
Find the latest source of truth for a component

There are two ways to use AI in search:

Search for similar: Use descriptive prompts, an image, or a canvas selection to find related components and designs.
Assets tab: Use a keyword search to find components without needing to remember their exact names.

Use search for similar

With Search for similar, you can find components and non-component elements using a keyword or descriptive prompt, a layer selection, or an image. If you find one you like, you open the source file or insert it onto the canvas without leaving your current file.

Search by keywords

From the toolbar, click Actions.
Type keywords or a description into the search bar and click Search assets for.
From the search results, use the Components tab to find components and the Other designs tab for non-component assets.

Actions menu is open from the toolbar with a text search query 'add to cart flow' in the search bar. A cursor hover overs the search result 'Search assets for add to cart flow.'

Search from a canvas selection

Select a layer.
Click Actions from the toolbar and select Search for similar.

From the search results, use the Components tab to find components and Designs tab for non-component assets.

There are three frames of a mobile design for booking travel. A cursor selects the frame on the right, opens the actions menu from the toolbar, and selects 'Search for similar. Results appear in the Designs tab and the cursor scrolls through a few rows of results.

Search using an image

From the toolbar, click Actions.
Click Search for similar.
Select a layer with an image fill. Or click Upload to upload an image from your computer, then click Search.

From the search results, use the Components tab to find components and Designs tab for non-component assets.

The Actions menu is selected in the toolbar. An additional panel sits above the toolbar containing a label that says 'Select a layer, or upload an image' and two buttons on the right labeled 'Upload' and 'Cancel.' The cursor hovers over the Upload button.

Navigate results

There are two tabs you can use to browse from the results view. The Components tab shows components from files available to you. The Designs or Other designs tab shows non-component designs from files available to you. Each tab has a different search result experience:

If you’re in the Components tab, use the dropdown on the right to filter by library.

When you select a component from the list, you can either Go to the main component in a new tab, or Insert the component into the current file.

The results window is navigated to the Components tab and shows the search query as 'checkout flow'. The thumbnail results have 6 per row and are made up of abstracted gray squares.

If you’re in the Designs or Other designs tab, you can narrow and sort your results:

Filter by file owner
Filter by space
Sort by relevance
Sort by last modified

When you select a design from the list, you can choose to:

Open the file where the design lives in a new tab
Preview the design in the current tab
Insert the design into the current file

The results window is navigated to the Other designs tab and shows the search query as 'checkout flow'. The thumbnail results have 3 per row and are made up of abstracted gray squares.

Find components from the assets tab

Figma uses AI to return smarter results and help you find what you’re looking for, so you don’t have to remember the name of that one component.

Without AI

Without AI, Figma tries to match your search terms to exact keywords in a component’s name or description. For example, if you searched arrow Figma would only return components with the word “arrow” in its name or description. A view of the upper part of the left panel with the Assets tab open. The text 'arrow' appears in the search query, and the results show various arrow icons with the name 'arrow' in their names.

With AI

With AI, Figma looks for exact names as well as related components. For example, searching arrow would return components with “arrow” in their name and descriptions, as well as components that are similar in form or function.

A view of the upper part of the left panel with the Assets tab open. The text 'arrow' appears in the search query, and the results showing a cursor, a Jira icon, an annotation asset, and an arrow.

You can search for assets either from the assets tab in the left panel, or by using Actions from the toolbar.

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