Code Connect Components

Overview

This skill helps you connect Figma design components to their corresponding code implementations using Figma's Code Connect feature. It analyzes the Figma design structure, searches your codebase for matching components, and establishes mappings that maintain design-code consistency.

Skill Boundaries

• Use this skill for get_code_connect_suggestions + send_code_connect_mappings workflows.
• If the task requires writing to the Figma canvas with Plugin API scripts, switch to figma-use.
• If the task is building or updating a full-page screen in Figma from code or a description, switch to figma-generate-design.
• If the task is implementing product code from Figma, switch to figma-implement-design.

Prerequisites

• Figma MCP server must be connected and accessible
• User must provide a Figma URL with node ID: https://figma.com/design/:fileKey/:fileName?node-id=1-2
  • IMPORTANT: The Figma URL must include the node-id parameter. Code Connect mapping will fail without it.
• OR when using figma-desktop MCP: User can select a node directly in the Figma desktop app (no URL required)
• IMPORTANT: The Figma component must be published to a team library. Code Connect only works with published components or component sets.
• IMPORTANT: Code Connect is only available on Organization and Enterprise plans.
• Access to the project codebase for component scanning

Required Workflow

Follow these steps in order. Do not skip steps.

Step 1: Get Code Connect Suggestions

Call get_code_connect_suggestions to identify all unmapped components in a single operation. This tool automatically:

• Fetches component info from the Figma scenegraph
• Identifies published components in the selection
• Checks existing Code Connect mappings and filters out already-connected components
• Returns component names, properties, and thumbnail images for each unmapped component

Option A: Using figma-desktop MCP (no URL provided)

If the figma-desktop MCP server is connected and the user has NOT provided a Figma URL, immediately call get_code_connect_suggestions. No URL parsing is needed — the desktop MCP server automatically uses the currently selected node from the open Figma file.

Note: The user must have the Figma desktop app open with a node selected. fileKey is not passed as a parameter — the server uses the currently open file.

Option B: When a Figma URL is provided

Parse the URL to extract fileKey and nodeId, then call get_code_connect_suggestions.

IMPORTANT: When extracting the node ID from a Figma URL, convert the format:

• URL format uses hyphens: node-id=1-2
• Tool expects colons: nodeId=1:2

Parse the Figma URL:

• URL format: https://figma.com/design/:fileKey/:fileName?node-id=1-2
• Extract file key: :fileKey (segment after /design/)
• Extract node ID: 1-2 from URL, then convert to 1:2 for the tool

get_code_connect_suggestions(fileKey=":fileKey", nodeId="1:2")

Handle the response:

• If the tool returns "No published components found in this selection" → inform the user and stop. The components may need to be published to a team library first.
• If the tool returns "All component instances in this selection are already connected to code via Code Connect" → inform the user that everything is already mapped.
• Otherwise, the response contains a list of unmapped components, each with:
  • Component name
  • Node ID
  • Component properties (JSON with prop names and values)
  • A thumbnail image of the component (for visual inspection)

Step 2: Scan Codebase for Matching Components

For each unmapped component returned by get_code_connect_suggestions, search the codebase for a matching code component.

What to look for:

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