# Figma Generate Design

Use this skill alongside figma-use when the task involves translating an application...

- Repository: https://github.com/openai/skills (28445 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-10-28
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add openai/skills --skill figma-generate-design -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add openai/skills --skill figma-generate-design -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add openai/skills --skill figma-generate-design -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add openai/skills --skill figma-generate-design -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

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.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# 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](../figma-use/SKILL.md) 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](../figma-implement-design/SKILL.md).
- If the user wants to create **new reusable components or variants**, use [figma-use](../figma-use/SKILL.md) directly.
- If the user wants to write **Code Connect mappings**, switch to [figma-code-connect-components](../figma-code-connect-components/SKILL.md).

## 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:

The rest: https://github.com/openai/skills/blob/HEAD/skills/.curated/figma-generate-design/SKILL.md