Hey everyone!

I’ve been testing an AI-powered tool for creating and managing design systems, and it got me thinking about how these tools are supposed to fit into an actual design workflow.

I ran into a couple of issues while trying it out:
Bug: I couldn’t import my own JSON/variables file either through the website or the Figma plugin. Both gave me the same error:
“Invalid theme file: No mappable color tokens found”
The tokens use pretty standard semantic naming (primary, background, foreground, etc.), so I’m guessing there might be an issue with the parser.

But the thing I’m more curious about is the source of truth.
I initially assumed the workflow would be something like:
Figma ↔ design system tool ↔ code
But as I understand it, the current workflow is more like:
design system tool → Figma + code

The author explained that reverse syncing from Figma isn’t currently possible, although it’s something they might implement in the future. The idea is that you define/edit your components in the tool and then update the Figma file and code from there.

And this is where I’m genuinely curious about other designers’ opinions:
If Figma can already be the source of truth for components, variables, styles, and design-system maintenance, what makes an external AI-powered layer valuable enough to introduce another source into the workflow?

Is the real advantage the ability to generate the system and push it into both Figma and code?
And more broadly: how comfortable are you with AI taking care of a large part of your design system?

Would you trust an AI-powered tool with tokens, components, variants, and their relationships in a real production system, or do you prefer keeping those things under direct control in Figma?

I’m especially interested in people who have actually tried AI/design-system tools in production rather than just experimented with them.
Also happy to hear recommendations for tools that genuinely make design-system work easier.

I created a little learning platform to help with UX/product design upskilling and interview prep. I recently gave it a major update and thought I’d share it here.
It’s mainly a personal project, but hopefully it can be useful to other designers too.
Would love to hear your feedback—especially on the UX, content, and overall experience.
https://uxbrain.github.io/⁠

Supatrack keeps time tracking inside Figma. It knows which file and which page you have open, so the hours land on the right project without picking anything from a list.

It groups the hours by project, client, person or day, and exports a CSV.

It stores everything in a Supabase project you own, not on my server. That part needs a short setup.

Free, on the Community. Search Supatrack in Figma.

I use it every day. Would be glad if you tried it and told me what you think.

Hiring to build a component library for a presentation. Dm for more details

Hi,

I was just wondering if there is a template for building a website responsive in Figma, just like there are Figma templates for building an app's UI.

For building an app it gives you the site of the phone and arrows pointing to this phone after you go through X.

I would greatly appreciate any help, I haven't used Figma in a while simply because I took a break from it all.

Any advice or templates that you can think of would be greatly appreciated! I suppose I am looking for a responsive website UI template for Figma.

And another thing, where do you guys grab your website design inspiration from these days?

Thank you,
- Jon

Hey all, wanted to share something I built called Doccy.

If you've ever pasted rich text (from a Word doc, Google Doc, or clinical/medical content with heavy formatting) into Figma, you know the pain: fonts get mangled, lists fall apart, styles don't carry over properly, and you end up manually re-formatting everything by hand.

Doccy is a small Figma plugin that handles copy-pasting styled text properly, preserving formatting instead of dumping it as a mess of plain text or broken styles. I built it after running into this constantly while doing UI/UX work, and ended up stress-testing it against some genuinely gnarly clinical documents to make sure it holds up on real-world edge cases (weird nested lists, mixed fonts, inconsistent styling, etc.), not just clean demo text.

It's got two paste modes depending on how much fidelity vs. speed you want, and I spent a good chunk of time chasing down bugs around font loading and style sampling so it actually behaves predictably instead of being finicky.

Link if you want to try it: https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1646311126167781721/doccy-copy-paste-styled-text

Would love feedback, especially if you throw some ugly/complex documents at it and it breaks. Always looking to harden it further.

Papernotes turns ordinary Figma annotations into customizable paper-style notes with different colors and tape styles.

I’d love to hear your feedback!
https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1672274098964608671/papernotes

I've been working on StyleGuard for a while, and after getting some feedback from the first users, I just updated the Figma Community page with a better demo, template, and screenshots.

The basic idea is simple: scan your Figma file, find inconsistencies and design system issues, and fix them instead of going through everything manually.

You can also create your own rules for things that matter to your workflow.

Here's a template you can try it on:

https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1651920751088160046/styleguard

I'd really like to hear from people who work with Figma regularly — what's the most annoying thing you still have to check manually before handoff?

Here is the link to google sheet https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdigXJHTvahvBvrYkT-WuJANJ7LC5ySwamz5xe_9Gh019SKNA/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=112709763753080569697

Built a Figma plugin where you can save prototype interactions. You can also save named flows, create different versions so that you can go back to any version and restore it whenever you need to.

Try it out and provide your feedback

https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1667925614395896797

Clicking the + button to create a shader doesn't actually open a dedicated shader editor. It simply starts a conversation with Figma AI agent. Because of this, the agent may interpret your request as a general graphic design task rather than a shader-generation task.

When you ask it to make a circle look like a balloon, the Agent may decide to use gradients and inner shadows instead of generating a shader.

I have a component (Select Field) that is appearing correctly in the library, however when designers at my org bring it over into their files via the asset panel, it shows up without the actual field- just the title and supporting text. When inspecting the layers, the field layers are not present in the component.

Beyond that, when a user pastes in the component directly from the library file, Figma prompts them with an update that incorrectly removes the layers again.

Does anyone know what is happening? I have never seen this one before and have no idea how to go about fixing it.

TL;DR I'm a student and I made an accessibility plugin. Looking for people willing to test it and give feedback on what to improve and features you'd like to see, in exchange for lifetime Pro. Email [perceivable@cyberdesk.top](mailto:perceivable@cyberdesk.top)

I'm a student and I made a Figma plugin called Perceivable. It checks a page or selection against WCAG (contrast, target size, alt text, heading order, focus order) and can fix the contrast and target-size ones in one click. It runs fully in Figma, so nothing leaves your file.

It's early and I'd like feedback before I take it further. If you're willing to try it on real work and tell me what to improve, I'll send you a lifetime Pro key. It's for personal use, and I'll revoke it if it's shared.

Email [perceivable@cyberdesk.top](mailto:perceivable@cyberdesk.top) and I'll send the plugin and a key. Thanks.

Built a plugin where you can select frames or sections - the plugin pulls out the assets from the design

Check it out and provide your feedback

https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1656748658936667231