u/BeingMani97

ever been the person handling the design system in your team and had to manually document the anatomy of every single component?

i create documentation for each component we build breaking down every element, labelling parts, noting sizes, colours, spacing , literally everything my developer team needs. it’s honestly one of the most time consuming parts of maintaining a design system. doing it manually for every component was getting really hectic and i always wanted to automate it.

so i built autospec - a plugin that generates the full anatomy of any component with a single click. i've been using this plugin internally and its been helping us a lot and wanted to get feedback from people who are using it, so i can make it bigger and improve it based on the feedback i get.

These are just intial versions and i've been cooking a lot in the background with many features.

Here is what it can do for now :

• select any component and hit generate anatomy
• automatically detects and annotates every element inside the component
• labels each element with numbered markers (1, 2, 3…)
• generates a detailed table on the left panel mapping each number to the element name, size, colour, and other design specs
• gives developers a clear visual breakdown of how the component is structured and what design tokens are being used.

i’m a designer who builds figma plugins to automate parts of the design workflow. would love to hear your thoughts on this one.

Link : https://figmaplugins.co/autospec

Community link : https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1617583429485136783/autospec-design-system-documentation

so i’ve been publishing figma plugins for a while now and the approval timeline has gotten noticeably longer recently. like it used to take a few days, maybe a week tops, and now i’m sitting here waiting 4 weeks sometimes just to get a review.

i get that figma probably has more plugins to review now because people can vibe code easily and submit it for reveiw and they want to maintain quality, but some kind of estimated timeline or priority lane for updates vs new submissions would go a long way.

does anyone published plugins recently and got it approved?

Edit : Plugin got approved - https://figmaplugins.co/autospec

ever had to explain your design decisions to devs but didn’t want to pay for dev mode annotations for your whole team? i ran into this with ~30 devs and it just didn’t make sense financially. so i built annomate - a free plugin that does the same thing.

here’s what it can do now:

• add annotations with title + description linked to any design node
• edit existing annotations - select one and the plugin loads the content for easy editing
• save presets so your settings persist between sessions
• support for markdown (formatting, lists, links, etc.)
• link jira tickets or external docs directly to annotations
• tagging system for filtering and organizing notes
• theme customization - pick from presets or create your own style
• author tracking so it’s clear who left each note
• annotations stay outside the frame edges automatically

it’s basically dev mode annotations without the paywall. been using it with my own team daily and it’s been solid.

would love to hear what you think

link: https://figmaplugins.co/annomate