From Figma to Quality Code: Code Connect + AI
summary
Shows a workflow that links Figma components to React using Figma Code Connect and documents design tokens in Supernova, then adds a custom AI skill (deployed via Vercel Skills and an MCP endpoint) that maps Figma nodes to the Spirit design system and outputs Tailwind JSX. Notes setup time per component (5–120 minutes), that a single prompt triggers about eight tool calls (hitting free MCP limits quickly), and that the generated scaffolded pages expose naming/variant mismatches while hallucinations decrease as the skill gains rules and examples.
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:28Design system problems
- 8:42Figma Code Connect principles
- 11:10Code Connect limits and layouts
- 14:38AI in Figma MCP servers
- 17:03Custom AI skill Spirit
- 21:38Code generation demo
- 26:57Summary and future vision
- 27:17Q&A
- 28:19Q&A costs and deployment
- 29:02Q&A time demands and optimization
- 30:26Q&A nested components
- 31:52Q&A experimentation time
- 32:34Q&A Storybook and tools
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