diff --git a/.changeset/major-shoes-carry.md b/.changeset/major-shoes-carry.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8f027285
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/major-shoes-carry.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"figma-developer-mcp": minor
+---
+
+Introduce CLI option for downloading and persisting Figma data
diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index 2f53760b..c61b4e1e 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export default [
       "@typescript-eslint/explicit-function-return-type": "off",
       "@typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars": ["error", { argsIgnorePattern: "^_" }],
       "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": "warn",
+      "no-undef": "off",
     },
   },
   {
diff --git a/src/bin.ts b/src/bin.ts
index bdca0ea9..c6831674 100644
--- a/src/bin.ts
+++ b/src/bin.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,27 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import { config } from "dotenv";
-import { resolve } from "path";
-import { startServer } from "./server.js";
-
-// Load .env from the current working directory
-config({ path: resolve(process.cwd(), ".env") });
-
-// Start the server immediately - this file is only for execution
-startServer().catch((error) => {
-  console.error("Failed to start server:", error);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
+import { startServerConfigurable } from "./server.js";
+import { executeOnce } from "./exec-mode.js";
+import { getParsedArgs, getServerConfig } from "./config.js";
+
+const argv = getParsedArgs();
+
+// Route to exec mode or server mode
+const execUrl = argv.exec || argv.e;
+
+if (execUrl) {
+  // Exec mode: one-off data fetch, then exit
+  const config = getServerConfig(argv, false, true);
+  executeOnce(execUrl, config.auth, config.outputFormat).catch((error) => {
+    console.error("Failed to execute:", error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+} else {
+  // Server mode (stdio or HTTP)
+  const isStdioMode = process.env.NODE_ENV === "cli" || argv.stdio === true;
+
+  startServerConfigurable(argv, isStdioMode).catch((error) => {
+    console.error("Failed to start server:", error);
+    process.exit(1);
+  });
+}
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 3e0c030c..75bb39cb 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 import { config as loadEnv } from "dotenv";
+import { resolve } from "path";
 import yargs from "yargs";
 import { hideBin } from "yargs/helpers";
-import { resolve } from "path";
 import type { FigmaAuthOptions } from "./services/figma.js";
 
+export interface CliArgs {
+  "figma-api-key"?: string;
+  "figma-oauth-token"?: string;
+  env?: string;
+  port?: number;
+  json?: boolean;
+  "skip-image-downloads"?: boolean;
+  exec?: string;
+  e?: string;
+  stdio?: boolean;
+}
+
 interface ServerConfig {
   auth: FigmaAuthOptions;
   port: number;
@@ -24,18 +36,8 @@ function maskApiKey(key: string): string {
   return `****${key.slice(-4)}`;
 }
 
-interface CliArgs {
-  "figma-api-key"?: string;
-  "figma-oauth-token"?: string;
-  env?: string;
-  port?: number;
-  json?: boolean;
-  "skip-image-downloads"?: boolean;
-}
-
-export function getServerConfig(isStdioMode: boolean): ServerConfig {
-  // Parse command line arguments
-  const argv = yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
+export function getParsedArgs(): CliArgs {
+  return yargs(hideBin(process.argv))
     .options({
       "figma-api-key": {
         type: "string",
@@ -63,11 +65,27 @@ export function getServerConfig(isStdioMode: boolean): ServerConfig {
         description: "Do not register the download_figma_images tool (skip image downloads)",
         default: false,
       },
+      exec: {
+        type: "string",
+        alias: "e",
+        description: "Execute a single Figma data fetch from URL and exit (non-server mode)",
+      },
+      stdio: {
+        type: "boolean",
+        description: "Run server in stdio mode (for MCP clients like Cursor)",
+        default: false,
+      },
     })
     .help()
     .version(process.env.NPM_PACKAGE_VERSION ?? "unknown")
     .parseSync() as CliArgs;
+}
 
+export function getServerConfig(
+  argv: CliArgs,
+  isStdioMode: boolean,
+  isExecMode = false,
+): ServerConfig {
   // Load environment variables ASAP from custom path or default
   let envFilePath: string;
   let envFileSource: "cli" | "default";
@@ -158,8 +176,8 @@ export function getServerConfig(isStdioMode: boolean): ServerConfig {
     process.exit(1);
   }
 
-  // Log configuration sources
-  if (!isStdioMode) {
+  // Log configuration sources (skip in exec mode for cleaner output)
+  if (!isStdioMode && !isExecMode) {
     console.log("\nConfiguration:");
     console.log(`- ENV_FILE: ${envFilePath} (source: ${config.configSources.envFile})`);
     if (auth.useOAuth) {
diff --git a/src/exec-mode.ts b/src/exec-mode.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c57451c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/exec-mode.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { FigmaService } from "./services/figma.js";
+import { simplifyRawFigmaObject, allExtractors } from "./extractors/index.js";
+import { parseFigmaUrl } from "./utils/url-parser.js";
+import type { FigmaAuthOptions } from "./services/figma.js";
+import yaml from "js-yaml";
+
+/**
+ * Execute a single Figma data fetch and output to stdout, then exit.
+ * This is a non-server mode for one-off data retrieval.
+ */
+export async function executeOnce(
+  figmaUrl: string,
+  authOptions: FigmaAuthOptions,
+  outputFormat: "yaml" | "json",
+): Promise<void> {
+  const { fileKey, nodeId: rawNodeId } = parseFigmaUrl(figmaUrl);
+
+  // Replace - with : in nodeId for API query Figma API expects
+  const nodeId = rawNodeId?.replace(/-/g, ":");
+
+  const figmaService = new FigmaService(authOptions);
+
+  const rawApiResponse = nodeId
+    ? await figmaService.getRawNode(fileKey, nodeId, null)
+    : await figmaService.getRawFile(fileKey, null);
+
+  const simplifiedDesign = simplifyRawFigmaObject(rawApiResponse, allExtractors);
+
+  const { nodes, globalVars, ...metadata } = simplifiedDesign;
+  const result = {
+    metadata,
+    nodes,
+    globalVars,
+  };
+
+  const formattedResult =
+    outputFormat === "json" ? JSON.stringify(result, null, 2) : yaml.dump(result);
+
+  console.log(formattedResult);
+}
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index 5a18ef8c..d15b8d18 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { Server } from "http";
 import { McpServer } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/mcp.js";
 import { Logger } from "./utils/logger.js";
 import { createServer } from "./mcp/index.js";
-import { getServerConfig } from "./config.js";
+import { getParsedArgs, getServerConfig, type CliArgs } from "./config.js";
 import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
 
 let httpServer: Server | null = null;
@@ -20,10 +20,15 @@ const transports = {
  * Start the MCP server in either stdio or HTTP mode.
  */
 export async function startServer(): Promise<void> {
-  // Check if we're running in stdio mode (e.g., via CLI)
-  const isStdioMode = process.env.NODE_ENV === "cli" || process.argv.includes("--stdio");
+  const argv = getParsedArgs();
 
-  const config = getServerConfig(isStdioMode);
+  // Server mode (stdio or HTTP)
+  const isStdioMode = process.env.NODE_ENV === "cli" || argv.stdio === true;
+  await startServerConfigurable(argv, isStdioMode);
+}
+
+export async function startServerConfigurable(argv: CliArgs, isStdioMode: boolean): Promise<void> {
+  const config = getServerConfig(argv, isStdioMode, false);
 
   const server = createServer(config.auth, {
     isHTTP: !isStdioMode,