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-# Temporary Holding Version
+# Figma Relay
 
-This version is a temporary placeholder for this package. An operational version to replace this has been submitted for review and is awaiting a staged release.
+[![npm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/figrelay?color=cb3837&logo=npm)](https://www.npmjs.com/package/figrelay)
+[![MCP](https://img.shields.io/badge/MCP-Compatible-blue)](https://modelcontextprotocol.io/)
+[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://github.com/quannh287/figma-mcp-console/blob/main/LICENSE)
+
+> **Let your AI assistant design in Figma — no API token, no rate limits.**
+> Works with Claude CLI · Claude Desktop · Codex · VS Code · Cursor · Antigravity · any MCP client.
+
+> **Fork of [figma-mcp-console](https://github.com/hoangann2000/figma-mcp-console)** by [@hoangann2000](https://github.com/hoangann2000), forked at v0.5.4. Same setup, published on npm as `figrelay`; the plugin now shows as **Figma Relay**.
+
+## 🆕 What's new since the fork
+
+- **Prototype tools** — `set_prototype_links`, `get_prototype_links` and `set_flow_starting_point` wire and check prototype flows.
+- **Safer `run_script`** — resending the same `token` returns the original run instead of running the script twice; timeout and disconnect errors say the script may still be writing.
+- **Batch edits, variants, text restyling, page targeting** — fewer calls for common edits, plus a scripting escape hatch.
+- **Many sessions, one plugin** — a timeout reports how many commands are queued, screenshots get 150s, and a busy plugin is no longer dropped as dead.
+- **Smaller tool list** — `create_frame`/`create_rectangle`/`create_ellipse` merged into `create_shape`; hide whole groups with `FIGMA_MCP_DISABLE`.
+- **Server version in the plugin panel**, so a stale binary is easy to spot.
+
+**Coming from `figma-mcp-console`?** Swap the package name to `figrelay@latest`, re-import the plugin from this release, and replace calls to `create_frame`/`create_rectangle`/`create_ellipse` with `create_shape`.
+
+## ✨ What can it do?
+
+- 🖥️ **Figma → Code** — paste a link to a Figma frame, and the AI implements that exact screen in your codebase, exporting the design's icons and images into your project instead of inventing its own
+- 🎨 **Requirement → Figma** — paste a requirement, and the AI draws the screen in Figma, then screenshots its own work and fixes what's off
+- 🔁 **Token sync** — pull design tokens into your theme config, or build a design system in Figma from your code
+- ✏️ **Bulk editing** — rename layers, replace text across a page, reorganize frames
+
+---
+
+## ⚡ Quick start
+
+**Prerequisites**
+
+- [ ] [Node.js](https://nodejs.org) 18+ — check with `node --version`
+- [ ] **Figma Desktop** app (the web app can't run development plugins)
+
+### Step 1 — Add the server to your AI tool
+
+No install needed — `npx` downloads and runs everything automatically.
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Claude CLI</b></summary>
+
+For one project — run inside that project (registers it there only):
+
+```sh
+claude mcp add figma-console -- npx -y figrelay@latest
+```
+
+For all your projects at once — add it globally instead:
+
+```sh
+claude mcp add --scope user figma-console -- npx -y figrelay@latest
+```
+
+Both work the same at runtime: each Claude session starts its own server instance in that project's directory (so exported assets land in the right project), and all instances share one local bridge to Figma automatically.
+
+Or add to the project's `.mcp.json`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "figma-console": {
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": ["-y", "figrelay@latest"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Claude Desktop</b></summary>
+
+**Settings → Developer → Edit Config** (`claude_desktop_config.json`):
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "figma-console": {
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": ["-y", "figrelay@latest"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Restart Claude Desktop. On Windows use `"command": "cmd"`, `"args": ["/c", "npx", "-y", "figrelay@latest"]`.
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Codex CLI</b></summary>
+
+```sh
+codex mcp add figma-console -- npx -y figrelay@latest
+```
+
+Or in `~/.codex/config.toml`:
+
+```toml
+[mcp_servers.figma-console]
+command = "npx"
+args = ["-y", "figrelay@latest"]
+```
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>VS Code (GitHub Copilot)</b></summary>
+
+Create `.vscode/mcp.json` (or **Command Palette → "MCP: Add Server"**):
+
+```json
+{
+  "servers": {
+    "figma-console": {
+      "type": "stdio",
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": ["-y", "figrelay@latest"],
+      "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}"
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Use it from Copilot Chat in **Agent** mode.
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Cursor</b></summary>
+
+Create `.cursor/mcp.json` (or **Settings → MCP → Add new MCP server**):
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "figma-console": {
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": ["-y", "figrelay@latest"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Antigravity</b></summary>
+
+Agent panel → **MCP Servers → Manage MCP servers → View raw config** (`mcp_config.json`):
+
+```json
+{
+  "mcpServers": {
+    "figma-console": {
+      "command": "npx",
+      "args": ["-y", "figrelay@latest"]
+    }
+  }
+}
+```
+
+Click **Refresh** after saving.
+
+</details>
+
+<details>
+<summary><b>Other MCP clients (opencode, Windsurf, Cline, Gemini CLI, Zed, …)</b></summary>
+
+Standard MCP stdio transport — any client works. Set the command to `npx` with args `["-y", "figrelay@latest"]`.
+
+</details>
+
+### Step 2 — Install the Figma plugin
+
+First, get the plugin folder onto your machine — **pick either option:**
+
+**📦 Option A — Download from GitHub (recommended)**
+
+> 1. Download **[plugin.zip](https://github.com/quannh287/figma-mcp-console/releases/latest)** → **unzip it**
+
+**⌨️ Option B — Get it via command** *(if the download doesn't work)*
+
+> 1. Run **`npx figrelay install-plugin`**
+> 2. It saves the plugin to a folder and **opens it automatically** so you can see `manifest.json`
+
+Then, in both cases:
+
+2. In **Figma Desktop**: **Plugins → Development → Import plugin from manifest…** → select `manifest.json` *(one-time step)*
+3. Run it: **Plugins → Development → Figma Relay** — and **keep the plugin window open** while you work. 🟢 Green dot = connected
+4. Working with several Figma files at once? Run the plugin in **each** file — every window connects to the same local bridge, and the AI picks the right file per call
+
+### Step 3 — Try it
+
+**Figma → code** — right-click a frame → **Copy link to selection**, then:
+
+```text
+Implement this Figma page in our project: <paste link>. Match layout, spacing,
+type and colors; export its icons/images into the project; screenshot the frame
+and compare when done.
+```
+
+**Requirement → Figma:**
+
+```text
+Design a SaaS landing page in Figma (desktop, 1440px): hero + CTA, three feature
+cards, pricing with three plans, footer. Light theme, use auto-layout, then
+screenshot and fix anything off.
+```
+
+> 🎯 Asking the AI to **screenshot and compare** at the end makes it check its own work instead of guessing.
+
+---
+
+## 🗂 Multiple files, multiple projects
+
+All AI sessions and all Figma files share **one local bridge** on port 2000 — the first MCP server to start owns it, later ones join it automatically, and if the owner exits another session takes over within a second. Nothing to configure.
+
+- **Several Figma files**: run the plugin in each file (its window shows *Connected · \<file name\>*). With more than one file connected, every tool accepts a `file` parameter (file name, case-insensitive), and `list_files` shows what's connected — so you can say things like *"copy the primary color from **Design System** into the CTA button in **Landing Page**"* in a single session. With one file connected, nothing changes.
+- **Several code projects**: each AI session (one per project) reaches every connected file through the shared bridge. State which file you mean in the prompt and each session works with the right one.
+
+## ✂️ Hide tools you don't use
+
+Every listed tool takes up room in the AI's context, even in sessions that never touch Figma. Hide whole groups with `FIGMA_MCP_DISABLE` (or `-disable`): `components`, `styles`, `variables`, `prototype`. Hiding all four cuts the tool list by about a third.
+
+```json
+"figma-console": {
+  "command": "npx",
+  "args": ["-y", "figrelay@latest"],
+  "env": { "FIGMA_MCP_DISABLE": "variables,prototype" }
+}
+```
+
+## 🧠 Teach your AI what to export, and where
+
+Exports follow the file extension the AI picks (`.svg` for vector, `.png`/`.jpg` for bitmap, with an optional 0.5–4x scale). It decides based on what you ask — so put your preferences in the project rules file once, and stop repeating yourself:
+
+| AI tool | Rules file |
+|---|---|
+| Claude CLI / Claude Desktop | `CLAUDE.md` |
+| Codex / opencode | `AGENTS.md` |
+| Cursor | `.cursorrules` |
+| VS Code Copilot | `.github/copilot-instructions.md` |
+| Windsurf | `.windsurfrules` |
+
+> **📋 Copy-paste rules** (adjust paths — this fits Next.js):
+
+```markdown
+## Figma asset rules
+- Icons: SVG into public/icons/. Images: PNG into public/images/.
+- File names: kebab-case English (arrow-left.svg, hero-banner.png).
+- Read design tokens with get_variable_defs; map them to our theme config.
+- After building a screen, screenshot and fix issues before finishing.
+```
+
+## 🔧 Troubleshooting
+
+| Problem | Fix |
+|---|---|
+| ❌ "no Figma plugin is connected" | Open the plugin in Figma Desktop (**Plugins → Development → Figma Relay**) and keep its window open — in every file you want the AI to touch |
+| 🕐 Plugin says "Searching for MCP server…" | Normal before your AI client connects — the server starts automatically with it. If it never connects, click the status line to retry, or restart your AI client |
+| 🗂 "N Figma files are connected; pass the file parameter" | More than one plugin window is open — tell the AI which file you mean (or close the extra plugin windows) |
+| 🚫 The MCP server doesn't appear in your AI tool | Check Node.js 18+ is installed (`node -v`) |
+| 📁 Exported files end up in the wrong folder | Exports are written relative to where the server runs. Register it in the project-level config, or tell the AI an explicit export path |
+| 🔤 Font errors when creating text | The Figma file uses a font not installed on your machine — the error message names it |
+
+## 🛠 Contributing
+
+Setup, how to add a tool, and the gotchas that cost time: **[CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)**. Why the non-obvious parts work the way they do: **[docs/design-notes.md](docs/design-notes.md)**.
+
+## 📄 License
+
+[MIT](https://github.com/quannh287/figma-mcp-console/blob/main/LICENSE) — © [Hoang Le Thien An](https://github.com/hoangann2000) (original project), fork maintained by [@quannh287](https://github.com/quannh287)
+
+> This is an independent community project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Figma, Inc. "Figma" is a trademark of Figma, Inc.