Mac users start here
Forma
01 Familiar
02 Your files
03 Agents
04 Together
05 Download
Everything here is a layer.
Drag me
Forma is a design editor that works like Sketch, in your browser and on your Mac. This welcome page is a Forma file, so nothing on it is a picture.
V
Press V, then drag the diamond. ⌘Z puts it back.
6 ways in
Sketch, Figma, XD, PSD, AI or blank
01 Familiar
R
O
T
Your Sketch habits already work here.
Artboards, layers, groups, symbols, text styles, colour variables and boolean shapes behave the way you expect. So do the shortcuts: press ? in the editor for all of them.
Rectangle
Oval
Text
V
F
P
⌘G Group
⌘Y Create symbol
⌥⌘U Union
Vector path
Frame
Select
⌘K Search every command
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Next: Your files →
02 Your files
Open the file you already have.
Forma menu, top left
Open design… (⌘O) for a file on your computer.
Or drop it on the canvas
Drag a file from Finder straight onto this page.
Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, Photoshop and Illustrator files open as layers you can edit, not as flat pictures. Or begin with an empty artboard.
.sketch
.fig
.xd
.psd
.ai
Blank
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Next: Agents →
03 Agents
Hand the pen to your agent.
Every file has its own MCP link. Give it to Claude, Cursor or any MCP client and the agent draws, edits and checks layers in this file while you watch.
1 Agent ⌄ in the toolbar, then Copy MCP link
Drawing next…
2 Add it to your agent as a remote MCP server
Claude
3 Ask for a design. Undo agent changes reverts it.
claude mcp add --transport http forma-web '<link>'
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Next: Together →
04 Together
One file. Everyone in it.
Ana
Share, top right, copies a link. Editors work in the file with you and see each change as it happens. Viewers look around, and Save gives them their own copy.
Sam
Editor link
Changes the file, live, with everyone else.
Claude
Viewer link
Read only. Save makes an editable copy.
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Next: Download →
05 Download
Forma
Take it with you.
New document
⌘N
Open design…
⌘O
Everything lives in the Forma menu at the top left of the editor.
Save
⌘S
Download .forma
⇧⌘S
Export…
⇧⌘E
Download for Mac
Download .forma
Saves this file to your computer. Open it again anytime.
Download for Mac
Installs Forma as a desktop app. Files stay on your disk, and agents connect locally.
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