Let a coding agent lay out frames in Figma, without overwriting existing pages
The scene
You already have a design system or components. You want an agent to create new frames in Figma from a brief, leave existing pages untouched, and leave a designer the final pass.
Tools involved
What they did
- Grant only the Figma access needed, point it at a new file or page, and forbid edits to existing pages.
- Give it the brief and the design-system or component notes, and have it say which frames it plans to create.
- A designer should check spacing, hierarchy, and copy before anything is merged.
- Do not ship an unreviewed generated layout as a finished design.
Copyable prompt
In Figma, create new frames for [brief] using the components I have pointed you to. Work only in [new file or page]. Do not edit or overwrite existing pages. First outline the frames you will create, then build them, and stop so I can review spacing, hierarchy, and copy.
Rewritten here for you to try; not a verbatim excerpt from elsewhere. What it asks：Name the brief and a new workspace, forbid edits to existing pages, and stop for a human review.
Things to watch
Public discussion presented this as a way for an agent to write layout; it was not retested here. Figma access is required. Spacing and hierarchy usually need a designer’s pass. Do not overwrite existing pages. Generally reproducible in China if Figma and a coding agent are available.
Claude Code or a similar coding agent, plus usable Figma access.