Figma Generate Design
Use this skill alongside figma-use when the task involves translating an application...
Install
npx skills add openai/skills --skill figma-generate-design -g -a claude-code -y- Repository
- openai/skills28.4k
- Category
- Design
- Updated
- 7d ago
- License
- See repository
- Context cost
- Mediumabout 3,000 tokens
- Runs scripts
- No, instructions only
What it does
Use this skill alongside figma-use when the task involves translating an application page, view, or multi-section layout into Figma. Triggers: 'write to Figma', 'create in Figma from code', 'push page to Figma', 'take this app/page and build it in Figma', 'create a screen', 'build a landing page in Figma', 'update the Figma screen to match code'. This is the preferred workflow skill whenever the user wants to build or update a full page, screen, or view in Figma from code or a description. Discovers design system components, variables, and styles via search_design_system, imports them, and assembles screens incrementally section-by-section using design system tokens instead of hardcoded values.
Build / Update Screens from Design System
Use this skill to create or update full-page screens in Figma by reusing the published design system, components, variables, and styles, rather than drawing primitives with hardcoded values. The key insight: the Figma file likely has a published design system with components, color/spacing variables, and text/effect styles that correspond to the codebase's UI components and tokens. Find and use those instead of drawing boxes with hex colors.
MANDATORY: You MUST also load figma-use before any use_figma call. That skill contains critical rules (color ranges, font loading, etc.) that apply to every script you write.
Always pass skillNames: "figma-generate-design" when calling use_figma as part of this skill. This is a logging parameter, it does not affect execution.
Skill Boundaries
- Use this skill when the deliverable is a Figma screen (new or updated) composed of design system component instances.
- If the user wants to generate code from a Figma design, switch to figma-implement-design.
- If the user wants to create new reusable components or variants, use figma-use directly.
- If the user wants to write Code Connect mappings, switch to figma-code-connect-components.
Prerequisites
- Figma MCP server must be connected
- The target Figma file must have a published design system with components (or access to a team library)
- User should provide either:
- A Figma file URL / file key to work in
- Or context about which file to target (the agent can discover pages)
- Source code or description of the screen to build/update
Parallel Workflow with generate_figma_design (Web Apps Only)
When building a screen from a web app that can be rendered in a browser, the best results come from running both approaches in parallel:
