Figma Use Slides

Gives Claude the context it needs to build and edit Figma Slides decks through the use_figma MCP tool. The skill is opinionated about design thinking: it distinguishes between quick content edits (skip the design process), structural additions to existing decks (inherit the visual language already there), and new deck creation (make real design decisions upfront). The technical guidance is precise about Slides-specific gotchas, like the appendChild-before-position rule that causes intermittent layout bugs, and the fact that SLIDE_GRID nodes are opaque. Pair it with figma-use for foundational plugin API context. If your environment also has a generate_deck tool, the skill explains when to use which approach and why you shouldn't mix them on the same deck.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add figma/mcp-server-guide --skill figma-use-slides --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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use_figma — Figma Plugin API Skill for Slides

This skill contains Slides-specific context for the use_figma MCP tool. The figma-use skill provides foundational context for plugin API execution via MCP as well as the full Figma plugin API for more advanced use-cases that are not described here.

Always include figma-use-slides in the comma-separated skillNames parameter when calling use_figma for Slides operations. If this skill was loaded via an MCP resource, you MUST prefix the name with resource: (e.g. resource:figma-use-slides). This is a logging parameter used to track skill usage — it does not affect execution.

Choosing How to Build a Slides Deck

If your environment also provides a generate_deck tool, choose one approach per deck request — do not call both for the same deck.

When to use which

use_figma + this skill (default): Handles any Slides task — new decks, edits to existing decks, brand-matched designs, reference-file styling, iterative refinement, speaker notes, and full creative control over layout, color, and typography. Use this for most requests.

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