# Diagram To Figma > Rebuild a Tidal Diagram as editable layers in a Figma design file. Use when the user runs /diagram-to-figma with a figma.com/design/... page URL and a diagram spec (pasted JSON from the app's "Export to Figma" button, or read live from the running app). - Skill: `liquid4all/diagram-to-figma` (Agent Skill) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add liquid4all/diagram-to-figma` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/liquid4all/diagram-to-figma/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Design & Media - Author: liquid4all (https://skillmd.com/u/liquid4all) - Updated: 2026-09-17 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/liquid4all/diagram-to-figma --- # /diagram-to-figma — Tidal diagram → editable Figma layers Rebuild a diagram as native, editable Figma layers (frames, text, arrowed vectors) in a target **design** file, using the Figma Plugin API via `use_figma`. ## Inputs - **A Figma page URL** — must be a **design** file: `figma.com/design//...`. Reject `figma.com/board/...` (FigJam) and `/slides/...` — connectors and several node types differ there. If given a non-design URL, stop and tell the user. - **A diagram spec** (`FigmaSpec` JSON) — one of: 1. Pasted by the user (the in-app **Export → Export to Figma** button copies exactly this). 2. Read live from the running app: open the app tab and read `localStorage["tidal-diagrams-doc"]`, then build the same spec shape from the doc (kinds card/pill/cylinder/group, absolute coords, resolved hex). Prefer the pasted spec when present — it already has resolved geometry and colors. `FigmaSpec` shape (see `src/diagram/figmaExport.ts`): ``` { title, direction, nodes: [{ id, kind: "card|pill|cylinder|group", x, y, w, h, label, header?, subtitle?, rows?, parent?, fillHex?, strokeHex?, textHex }], edges: [{ source, target, label?, dotted, arrow, arrowStart?, strokeHex }] } ``` Coordinates are absolute canvas px (y-down). Colors are light-theme hex. ## Preflight 1. **Load the API skill and tools.** This skill pairs with `figma-use` — follow its rules (return IDs, colors 0–1, load fonts before text, atomic scripts, ≤10 ops/call). Batch-load the Figma tools in one `ToolSearch`: `select:use_figma,get_metadata,get_screenshot`. 2. **Resolve the target page.** From the URL, switch to the page node (`await figma.setCurrentPageAsync(page)`), or the page in the URL's `node-id`. Confirm the file is design mode. 3. **Pick a clear origin.** Scan `figma.currentPage.children` for the rightmost edge and place the diagram's wrapper there (e.g. `originX = maxRight + 120, originY = 80`) so it never lands on existing work (figma-use Rule 13). ## Style tokens (match the app — light theme) These are the resolved Liquid values the app renders with. The spec bakes most into `fillHex`/`strokeHex`/`textHex`; the radii, fonts, shadow, and edge shapes below are the rest. - **Fonts**: card body labels + row values → **Geist Mono** (check `listAvailableFontsAsync`; fall back to Roboto Mono → JetBrains Mono → Inter). Headers, pills, cylinder labels, group headers → **Inter** (Semi Bold for card headers, Medium for cylinder labels, Regular elsewhere). The spec's `mono:true` flag marks text that should be Geist Mono. - **Card**: `cornerRadius 10`, fill `#fafafa`, 1px `#e8e8e8` stroke, drop shadow `{type:'DROP_SHADOW', color:{r:0,g:0,b:0,a:0.05}, offset:{x:0,y:2}, radius:10}`. - **Pill**: `cornerRadius 8`, fill `#ffffff`, 1px `#b3b3b3` stroke, text `#737373` Inter 13. - **Group**: `cornerRadius 12`, fill `#ffffff`, 1px `#e8e8e8` stroke, header Inter 13 at top-left. - **Connector**: `#c7c7c7`, 1px, dotted → `dashPattern [2.5,4]`. Arrowheads via `ARROW_LINES` stroke caps (open V — matches the app's marker). - **Edge label**: a glass-pill chip — `cornerRadius 8`, opaque `#ffffff` fill (masks the line), 1px `#b3b3b3` stroke, text `#737373` Inter 13, padding ~10×6, centered on the curve midpoint. ## Build (incremental — validate with a screenshot between milestones) Convert hex → `{r,g,b}` 0–1. Offset every node by the spec's min x/y so the diagram starts at `pad` inside a wrapper, then place the wrapper at the clear origin. 1. **Wrapper.** One `figma.createFrame()` named after `title`, sized to the content bbox + `pad`, `clipsContent = false`. Everything else is appended with relative coords (`x - minX + pad`). 2. **Groups first, sent to back** (insert at index 0): a frame with the group tokens + header TEXT. 3. **Nodes** — one `figma.createAutoLayout()` per node, centered (`primaryAxisAlignItems` + `counterAxisAlignItems = 'CENTER'`), append, then `layoutSizingHorizontal/Vertical='FIXED'`, `resize(w,h)`, set position, radius/fill/stroke/effects per the tokens above. - **card** → single centered Geist Mono TEXT, or (with `header`) a `VERTICAL` layout, left aligned (`counterAxisAlignItems='MIN'`): header Inter Semi Bold + body Geist Mono. - **pill** → single centered Inter TEXT, muted. - **cylinder** → DON'T fake it with a rectangle. Import the app's silhouette as an editable vector via `figma.createNodeFromSvg` (this is the "text stays text, shape is vector" mix), then overlay a centered Inter Medium label at ~40% height. With `ry = min(33, h/4)`: ```svg ``` - Load every font before setting `characters`. 4. **Edges — bezier, side-center attach** (matches the app's `getBezierPath`, curvature 0.35). Pick the attachment side by dominant axis between centers (right/left when |dx|≥|dy|, else top/bottom); the endpoint sits at that side's **midpoint**. Build a cubic via segment tangents: ```js // horizontal attach: ts = {x:(tx-sx)/2, y:0}, te = {x:-(tx-sx)/2, y:0} // vertical attach: ts = {x:0, y:(ty-sy)/2}, te = {x:0, y:-(ty-sy)/2} const v = figma.createVector(); await v.setVectorNetworkAsync({ vertices: [ { x: sx, y: sy, strokeCap: edge.arrowStart ? 'ARROW_LINES' : 'NONE' }, { x: tx, y: ty, strokeCap: edge.arrow ? 'ARROW_LINES' : 'NONE' }, ], segments: [{ start: 0, end: 1, tangentStart: ts, tangentEnd: te }], }); v.strokes = [{type:'SOLID', color: rgb(edge.strokeHex)}]; v.strokeWeight = 1; if (edge.dotted) v.dashPattern = [2.5, 4]; wrapper.insertChild(0, v); // behind the nodes so arrowheads tuck under ``` (Design mode has **no Connector** node — bezier vectors with `ARROW_LINES` caps are the editable equivalent.) Add a glass-pill label chip (above the nodes) at the curve midpoint `((sx+tx)/2,(sy+ty)/2)`. 5. **Validate.** `get_screenshot` of the wrapper; check for overlaps, clipped text, missing arrows. Fix targeted issues; don't rebuild wholesale. Return all created node IDs. ## Notes - Keep it to ≤10 logical ops per `use_figma` call — wrapper+groups, nodes in batches, the cylinder, then edges+labels, validating as you go. - Every box, label, curve, and the cylinder silhouette is a **real, editable** layer — not a flat image. Colors come baked into the spec; fonts/radii/shadow/curves come from the tokens above. - The diagram direction is informational; geometry is already baked into coordinates.