Figma Remote MCP integration for OpenClaw. Reads designs via figma__ tools; creates and edits via CC sessions using mcp__figma__ tools.

Route First

Read/Inspect → call figma__ tools directly. No CC session needed. Write/Create/Edit → requires CC session via mcp__figma__ tools.

Seeing or understanding a design? → Direct. Do not start a session. Changing or creating something? → Start a CC session. Follow the matching playbook below.

Execution model:

• Route & Brief — choose the workflow, identify the real risks, and write a lean execution brief
• Execute — perform the direct read or CC-based write flow
• Done Gate — do not report success until the applicable structural and visual validation checks pass

Workflow Routing

First: Determine the user's intent, then follow the matching path.

This is an abridged routing summary. For the full matrix and decision logic, see references/workflow-selection.md.

→ Full routing matrix: references/workflow-selection.md

Intent	Path	Route
Build a production screen	Native Screen Generation	CC
Create next step / state variant from an existing screen	Native Screen Generation	CC
Prototype from HTML/URL	HTML-to-Figma Prototyping	CC
Read-only inspection	get_design_context / get_screenshot	Direct
Review + Edit a screen	Screen Review Loop	CC
Apply design tokens	Color Tokenization	CC
Import + clean up Stitch export	Stitch Import Cleanup	CC
Discover variables/styles	Variable Discovery	Direct
Audit design system	Design System Cleanup	CC
Inspect finished design	Design Audit Review	Direct

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Image Delivery (MANDATORY after every write)

Screenshots must reach the user as Telegram photo attachments — not as inline base64 text.

Workflow:

• Save to file — use --out flag so the PNG is written directly:

   node scripts/figma-mcp-cli.mjs get_screenshot \
     fileKey= nodeId= scale=2 \
     --out ~/workspace-dev-botti/screenshots/.png
   

• Deliver to user — put MEDIA: on its own line in your reply:

   Hier ist der aktuelle Stand:
   MEDIA:screenshots/validate.png
   

OpenClaw extracts every MEDIA: line and sends the file as a native Telegram photo. The path is workspace-relative (screenshots/...) or absolute.

Two different tools — don't mix them up:

Tool	Purpose	Used for Image Delivery?
image tool	Send to Vision model for analysis	❌ No — analysis only
MEDIA: in reply text	Send as Telegram attachment	✅ Yes — actual delivery

Why --out? Without it, the Figma API returns base64-encoded JSON → renders as inline text in Telegram, not a photo. The --out flag decodes and writes a real PNG file that MEDIA: sends as an attachment.

Screenshot directory: ~/workspace-dev-botti/screenshots/ (create if missing)

Validation pattern (every write operation):

# After use_figma call — save screenshot → MEDIA: in reply
node scripts/figma-mcp-cli.mjs get_screenshot fileKey= nodeId= scale=2 \
  --out ~/workspace-dev-botti/screenshots/validate.png
# Reply with:
# MEDIA:screenshots/validate.png

Stitch comparison: Stitch delivers via MEDIA: (HTTP URL). Figma delivers via MEDIA: (file). Mechanism identical — only the source differs.

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Hard Rules (Top 6)

These are non-negotiable. Full rule set: references/core-rules.md

• Validate after every write — get_screenshot or get_metadata after each use_figma call. Never assume success.
• Read → Understand → Fix → Retry — never blindly retry failed code, never rebuild as first response.
• Explicit over implicit — name exact variables, components, layout modes. Leave nothing to inference.
• Design-system-first — check local variables, styles, Code Connect, then libraries before creating anything raw.
• Component-instance-first — if a suitable existing design-system component exists, instantiate it instead of recreating it with local frames.
• Section-by-section — one logical section per use_figma call, validate between sections.

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Known Gotchas

Before writing any use_figma code, know these failure modes:

→ Full reference: references/plugin-api-gotchas.md

• Paint binding: setBoundVariableForPaint returns a new paint — reassign the fills/strokes array (#paint-binding)
• Opacity reset: Paint binding resets opacity to 1.0 — save and restore explicitly (#opacity)
• Page context: Always set page explicitly — figma.currentPage may reset between calls (#page-context)
• FILL sizing: appendChild to auto-layout parent before setting layoutSizingHorizontal: "FILL" (#append-before-fill)
• Async: Always await async operations — loadFontAsync, importComponentByKeyAsync, etc. (#promises)

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Prompting Guidance

→ Full patterns: references/prompting-patterns.md

Key patterns: variable-first code structure, section-by-section execution, explicit design-system usage, validation loops, error recovery framing.

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Install / Setup

If dependencies are missing, install them from the skill repo root:

npm install

Then run one-time bootstrap:

Setup (One-Time Bootstrap)

node ~/.openclaw/skills/figma-agent/scripts/auth.mjs

Reads CC OAuth token from ~/.claude/.credentials.json, writes it into ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json. Then restart the OpenClaw gateway.

Token check: node ~/.openclaw/skills/figma-agent/scripts/auth.mjs --check

On 401 errors: Open CC → use any Figma tool (auto-refreshes token) → re-run bootstrap script.

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URL Parsing

figma.com/design/:fileKey/:name?node-id=:nodeId

Convert - to : in nodeId (e.g. 123-456 → 123:456). For FigJam: figma.com/board/:fileKey/:name → use get_figjam.

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Tool & Rate-Limit Reference

→ references/figma-api.md