Figma opens Config Makeathon preregistration with design-agent beta access
Figma opened preregistration for its first Config Makeathon and tied early signup to access for its new design-agent beta. Register early if you want temporary Figma Pro and 1,500 Weave credits during the event.
TL;DR
- figma's announcement opened preregistration for the first Config Makeathon, a June 4 event with $100,000 in prizes, and tied early signup to access for Figma's design agent beta.
- figmaweave's preregistration post says entrants get full Figma Pro during the competition, while new Weave users get 1,500 credits.
- According to tranmautritam's June 2 recap, preregistration closes June 3 at 5 p.m. PST, and the first 10,000 registrants get design-agent beta access when the competition starts.
- Official signup details were hard to scrape cleanly, but Figma's own design agent blog post confirms the beta is rolling out gradually over the coming weeks and will not consume credits during beta.
You can join through Contra, read Figma's new design agent announcement, and cross-check the broader beta context in Figma's Make on local code post and help docs. The interesting wrinkle is that Figma is using a public makeathon to seed two adjacent products at once: Weave credits for building, and beta access for the still-limited agent.
Config Makeathon
Figma framed this as its first Config Makeathon, with preregistration opening on June 1 and the competition starting June 4. tranmautritam's event post adds the broader run dates, June 4 to June 18, plus the promise that entries get visibility across the Config audience.
The concrete offer is simple:
- $100,000 in prizes, per figma's announcement
- Powered by Contra, per figma's announcement
- Entry window running June 4 to June 18, per tranmautritam's event post
- A public preregistration funnel hosted through Contra's community page
Preregistration perks
The makeathon pitch is less about rules than access. figmaweave's preregistration post bundles three incentives into the signup flow, which makes the event read like a distribution push for Figma's newer AI surfaces.
Those perks are:
- Full access to Figma Pro during the makeathon, per figmaweave's preregistration post
- 1,500 Weave credits for anyone new to Weave, per figmaweave's preregistration post
- Design-agent beta access for people who preregister early, per figma's announcement
Weave matters here because it gives first-time users enough credit to actually build something during the event, not just poke at the UI. That makes the makeathon a cleaner on-ramp for designers who have not touched Figma's AI tooling yet.
Design agent beta
The beta hook is the sharpest part of the announcement. tranmautritam's June 2 recap says preregistration closes June 3 at 5 p.m. PST, and only the first 10,000 registrants get access when the competition opens on June 4.
Figma's own design agent blog post adds the missing product terms: the agent is rolling out gradually in beta, it will not consume credits during beta, and access is limited to eligible seats on Professional, Organization, and Enterprise plans. Collab and Dev seats can use the agent in drafts, while Starter, Education, and Government plans are excluded.
That rollout matches the rest of Figma's current AI stack. In Figma's Make on local code post and the related help doc, the company describes another limited beta that runs inside the Beta desktop app, connects to GitHub, edits real code, and also does not consume credits during beta. The makeathon turns that otherwise gated rollout into a very public queue.