---
title: "7 tips for using Figma Make credits more efficiently"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/7-tips-for-using-figma-make-credits-more-efficiently-ytdtgyryh
source_url: https://www.figma.com/blog/7-tips-for-using-figma-make-credits-more-efficiently
type: article
source: "Figma"
published: 2026-05-22T15:34:03.171Z
updated: 2026-05-22T15:34:31.105Z
tags: ["figma", "prompt-engineering", "design-systems"]
reading_time: 14
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# 7 tips for using Figma Make credits more efficiently

**[Figma](https://daily.dev/sources/figma)** · 14 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Seven practical tips for getting more out of Figma Make's AI credits without wasting prompts. Key strategies include crafting a thorough first prompt that acts as a project brief, using manual edits for small visual tweaks instead of prompting, storing repeated instructions in guidelines.md and skills.md files, scoping external context tightly via MCP connectors, building reusable Make kits and templates, choosing the right AI model (lighter for simple tasks, stronger for complex ones), and deciding strategically which parts of a workflow are worth automating at all.

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