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rs186yesterday at 6:57 PM4 repliesview on HN

Someone please explain to me the value of being able to interact with Figma via Gemini CLI?

Why would I want to do that?


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xnxyesterday at 10:11 PM

If there's value in a human using Figma, there's value in being able to give a "bot" instructions to do whatever a person might. e.g. "Gemini, update all the Figma layouts with this new text."

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drusepthyesterday at 7:03 PM

Presumably the reverse would be more valuable: design something in Figma, then have Gemini CLI read from Figma and use that as a reference while writing the code.

I don't know if this is how the Figma integration works, but right now I'm just manually screenshotting my designs and passing them into Claude CLI as references for what I want, so this seems potentially more streamlined.

IanCalyesterday at 11:50 PM

Assuming that includes reading, there’s a definite case for having your coding assistant being able to easily see the designs.

mawadevyesterday at 9:19 PM

I don't understand why this question is being downvoted. Feels like there aren't many use cases yet