Create Figjam Content

create-figjam-content — author & read FigJam boards

Build FigJam boards one element at a time and read them back. Covers stickies (single + batch), connectors, shapes-with-text, sections, tables, code blocks, auto-arrange, plus get board contents and get connections. This gives you fine-grained control when the native one-shot generate_diagram is too coarse (e.g. you want specific colors, positions, magnets, or to extend an existing board).

Skill boundaries

• use_figma rules — load the official figma-use skill first; it is the full Figma Plugin API reference. Essentials these scripts rely on: plain JS with top-level await + return (no IIFE, no figma.closePlugin(); console.log is not returned), inputs inlined as const at the top of each script, colors in 0–1 range, load fonts before any text op, await figma.getNodeByIdAsync(...), and atomic errors (a failed script applies nothing — read the error, fix, retry).
• One complete snippet per operation → [references/figjam-snippets.md](references/figjam-snippets.md).
• Whole-diagram generation in one call → use the native generate_diagram tool instead.

Workflow

1. Confirm it's a FigJam file. Every op throws outside FigJam. Check first:

return { editorType: figma.editorType }; — it must be 'figjam'.

1. Pick the operation from [references/figjam-snippets.md](references/figjam-snippets.md): create

sticky / stickies / connector / shape-with-text / section / table / code block, auto-arrange, or read board contents / connections.

1. Run the snippet via use_figma (skillNames: "create-figjam-content"), editing the inlined

constants (text, position, color, node IDs).

1. Connectors need real node IDs. Create the nodes first, capture their returned IDs, then create

connectors referencing those IDs (start/end + magnets).

1. Return created IDs and, after a batch, read the board back (get board contents) to confirm.

Notes

• Fonts must be loaded before text. Stickies, shapes-with-text, table cells, and connector labels

all write text — each snippet await figma.loadFontAsync(...) before setting .characters, with an Inter fallback where the default font may be unavailable.

• Sticky colors use a named palette (YELLOW, BLUE, GREEN, PINK, ORANGE, PURPLE, RED,

LIGHT_GRAY, GRAY); other colors fall back to the default sticky fill.

• Shape shapeType values: SQUARE, ROUNDED_RECTANGLE, ELLIPSE, DIAMOND, TRIANGLE_UP,

TRIANGLE_DOWN, PARALLELOGRAM_RIGHT, PARALLELOGRAM_LEFT, etc.

• Connector magnets: AUTO, TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT, RIGHT.
• These tools require the Figma Desktop app (the Plugin API isn't available in the browser).

Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

• Author: southleft
• Source: southleft/skills-for-figma
• License: MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.