Getting it into your agent
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npx skills add sunhome243/figma-mcp-express --skill figma-design-patternsgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sunhome243/figma-mcp-expressWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/sunhome243/figma-mcp-express/figma-design-patterns)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/sunhome243/figma-mcp-express/figma-design-patterns"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/sunhome243/figma-mcp-express/figma-design-patterns/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/sunhome243/figma-mcp-express/figma-design-patterns"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/sunhome243/figma-mcp-express/figma-design-patterns.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00038 | $0.00835 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00019 | $0.00417 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00008 | $0.00167 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00084 |
Grade A, and why
figma-design-patterns scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 9d ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 50 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
Figma Design Patterns
SCOPE. Owns design craft (detail in
references/); execution via figma-mcp-expressbatch, not raw Plugin API. Tool-mechanics →figma-mcp-express; workflow →figma-product-build.
Core Rules
- Structural frames use dynamic auto layout, not fixed-position piles.
- Spacing, padding, radius, fills, strokes, effects, and text come from library tokens/styles.
- Use Figma-native production features: variables/modes, styles, components, variants/properties, auto layout/grid, constraints, prototypes, and annotations/dev resources when relevant.
- Component priority: library
INSTANCE→ local component → raw structural frame only when none exists. - Configure every placed instance with real content, variants, and dimensions before done.
- Layer names must be semantic; generated or cryptic names are unfinished — name as you create.
- Repeating raw structures become components and reused instances; shared chrome is ONE component instanced identically across states.
- Children fit the parent's padded box (
FILL, or width ≤ inner width); overflow/clip is a layout bug. - Empty/loading/error states are designed (icon + heading + body; skeleton mirrors real content); icons/status use semantic color plus a text/icon cue.
- Every element earns its place; cut decorative noise. Squint test: screen, PRIMARY action, and STATE read without copy.
- Size for input: TOUCH meets ≥44×44pt / 48dp; POINTER may be denser. Control and label share one vertical center (
counterAxisAlignItems = CENTER). - Registered components live tidy on the component page — grouped, named, never loose on a screen (
references/component-reuse.md). - Build mobile screens scroll-ready: content in ONE frame, chrome pinned via
pin_child, scroll prototype (references/composition-patterns.md).
Reference Router
| Topic | File |
|---|---|
| FILL/HUG/FIXED, WRAP grids, resize test | references/auto-layout.md |
| Padding ownership, gap vs padding, spacing tokens | references/padding-strategy.md |
| Library-first selection, component search, tidy component page | references/component-reuse.md |
| Instance properties, slots, variants, reset behavior | references/component-usage.md |
| Navigation, forms, data display, modals, scroll-ready frames | references/composition-patterns.md |
| Color/status encoding, icons, empty/loading states | references/states-and-feedback.md |
| Depth, effects, type ladder, imagery, vector | references/visual-craft.md |
| Final PASS/FAIL gates, redundant-element check | references/handoff-checklist.md |
What ships with it
8 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
- references/auto-layout.md 4.8 KB
- references/component-reuse.md 6.0 KB
- references/component-usage.md 3.5 KB
- references/composition-patterns.md 5.1 KB
- references/handoff-checklist.md 5.0 KB
- references/padding-strategy.md 2.9 KB
- references/states-and-feedback.md 3.7 KB
- references/visual-craft.md 6.6 KB
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 9d ago First seen · 50 lines · 38 tokens per session scan A 93a592a33e91
figma-design-patterns is a skill published in the GitHub repository sunhome243/figma-mcp-express (7 stars, last pushed 29d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 38 tokens to every session and 835 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.
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