# understand-figma

Analyzes a Figma file via the Figma REST API and generates an interactive design knowledge graph with components, screens, and tokens for the dashboard.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1800 installs · ★ 88314
- Author: Egonex-AI
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything/tree/HEAD/understand-anything-plugin/skills/understand-figma/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-22
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/understand-figma

## What it does

The skill fetches a design file using its key or URL via the Figma REST API. The bundled `figma-scan.mjs` script inspects pages, screens, components, component sets, instances, and design tokens, saving them to `scan-manifest.json`. If the graph matches the current file version, the scan halts with `UP_TO_DATE`. Setting `UNDERSTAND_FIGMA_FORCE=1` forces a full rescan.

During analysis, nodes are grouped into batches of roughly 15 items. The `design-analyzer` subagent runs up to 5 batches concurrently. Afterward, `figma-merge.mjs` validates and merges everything into `knowledge-graph.json` and `meta.json` marked as `kind:"design"`, then opens the view with `/understand-dashboard`.

Execution requires Node ≥ 22, pnpm ≥ 10, and a `FIGMA_TOKEN` environment variable. The secret travels strictly in the `X-Figma-Token` header for requests to `api.figma.com` and is never written to log files. Without `FIGMA_TOKEN` present in your environment, the process halts immediately.

## Requirements
- Works with: Figma

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything --skill understand-figma -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/understand-figma/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/understand-figma/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything --skill understand-figma -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/understand-figma/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything --skill understand-figma -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/understand-figma/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything understand-figma
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/understand-figma/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything --skill understand-figma -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything --path understand-anything-plugin/skills/understand-figma
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/understand-figma/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything --skill understand-figma -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/Egonex-AI/Understand-Anything/tree/HEAD/understand-anything-plugin/skills/understand-figma/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- extract design tokens and components from a Figma file
- build an interactive knowledge graph for screens and pages
- generate design data for the project dashboard
- refresh the design knowledge graph when Figma files change

## Example prompts
- /understand-figma <figma-file-url-or-key>
- /understand-figma <figma-file-url-or-key> --language en
- Run /understand-figma on <figma-file-url-or-key>

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: understand-figma
description: Analyze a Figma file via the Figma REST API and generate an interactive design knowledge graph (pages, screens, components, component sets, instances, design tokens) with a kind:"design" dashboard.
argument-hint: "<figma-file-url-or-key> [--language <lang>]"
---

# /understand-figma

Analyzes a Figma file and produces an interactive design knowledge graph in the existing dashboard.

## Prerequisites

- **`FIGMA_TOKEN`** environment variable — a Figma personal access token (create one at https://www.figma.com/settings). If it is missing, STOP and tell the user:
  > Set a Figma token first: create one at figma.com/settings, then `export FIGMA_TOKEN=<token>`.
- Node ≥ 22, pnpm ≥ 10.

> **Security:** the token is read only from the environment and travels only in the `X-Figma-Token` request header. Never write it to the graph, `meta.json`, logs, or intermediate files. This skill makes outbound calls to `api.figma.com` — unlike `/understand`, it is not fully offline. Tell the user this once.

## Phase 0 — Pre-flight

1. Parse `$ARGUMENTS` for a Figma URL or bare file key (the non-flag token) and an optional `--language <lang>`.
2. Resolve `PROJECT_ROOT` to the current working directory. **Resolve the data directory `$UA_DIR`** once and reuse it for every read and write below: `UA_DIR="$PROJECT_ROOT/$([ -d "$PROJECT_ROOT/.understand-anything" ] && echo .understand-anything || echo .ua)"` — the legacy `.understand-anything/` when it already exists, otherwise the new `.ua/`. Because each phase may run in a fresh shell, carry `$UA_DIR` forward like `$PROJECT_ROOT`, re-resolving it with the same line if a later command block needs it.
3. Resolve `PLUGIN_ROOT` and ensure core is built (same logic as `/understand` Phase 0.1.5). If `packages/core/dist/figma/index.js` is missing, run:
   ```bash
   cd "$PLUGIN_ROOT" && (pnpm install --frozen-lockfile 2>/dev/null || pnpm install) && pnpm --filter @understand-anything/core build
   ```
4. `mkdir -p $UA_DIR/intermediate`.

## Phase 1 — FETCH & PARSE (deterministic)

Run the bundled scan script (`<SKILL_DIR>` is this skill's directory):

```bash
FIGMA_TOKEN="$FIGMA_TOKEN" node <SKILL_DIR>/figma-scan.mjs "$PROJECT_ROOT" "<url-or-key>"
```

It writes `$UA_DIR/intermediate/scan-manifest.json` and prints the node counts. Relay the counts to the user. If it exits non-zero, relay stderr and STOP.

> If the scan prints `UP_TO_DATE`, report "Design graph is already up to date for this Figma file version" and STOP. To force a full rebuild, re-run with `UNDERSTAND_FIGMA_FORCE=1` set in the environment.
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