**MANDATORY prerequisite** — you MUST invoke this skill BEFORE every `use_figma` tool call. NEVER call `use_figma` directly without loading this skill first. Skipping it causes common, hard-to-debug failures. Trigger whenever the user wants to perform a write action or a unique read action that requires JavaScript execution in the Figma file context — e.g.
Install
npx skills add figma/mcp-server-guide --skill figma-usenpx skills add figma/mcp-server-guide --skill figma-use -a claude-code -gnpx skills add figma/mcp-server-guide --skill figma-use -a codex -ggemini skills install https://github.com/figma/mcp-server-guide.git --path skills/figma-usegh skill install figma/mcp-server-guide figma-usegit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/figma/mcp-server-guide /tmp/figma__mcp-server-guide
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills ~/.agents/skills
cp -R /tmp/figma__mcp-server-guide/skills/figma-use ~/.claude/skills/figma-use # Claude Code
cp -R /tmp/figma__mcp-server-guide/skills/figma-use ~/.agents/skills/figma-use # Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Copilot, OpenCode