Prerequisite: Third-party connectors are available only on the Sana Enterprise tier, with one exception: the Workday connector is included for both Sana Core and Sana Enterprise.

Introduction

Connect Figma to Sana to review the feedback on a design file, catch up on what is still unresolved, and post replies and new comments without opening Figma.

In summary, the connector has the following key characteristics:

Category: Design
Connector type: Real-time
Auth type: OAuth
Hosting type: Managed

Tools

Tools are the operations the agent can use when you ask Sana about Figma. In practice, the agent may call more than one to complete a single request.

Tool

Delete a comment

List comments

Triggers

While tools are the actions an agent takes on your behalf, triggers are the events that can start an agent automatically. When you build an agent, you can choose one of the triggers below as its starting point. For example, having the agent run every time something new happens in Figma.

Trigger

New Comment (Instant)

Scope and permissions

This connector uses OAuth. When you connect your account, you will need to sign into your account and grant the required permissions.

Set up instructions

Prerequisites:

You are a Sana Enterprise user – all third-party connectors except the Workday connector are available only for users on the Sana Enterprise tier.
Your Sana workspace owner has enabled this connector – if the workspace owner has disabled the connector it won't appear in the list of available connectors.

Step 1: Go to the connectors page in Sana

In Sana, click on your profile icon and name in the bottom left corner and select Connectors.

Step 2: Find Figma in the list of available connectors

Scroll to the Available connectors section and locate Figma.

Note: If you can't find a connector in this list, it means one of the following:

You've already connected it — check the ”Active connectors” section at the top of the connectors page, or
Your workspace owner has disabled this connector for your workspace — reach out to them for more information or to request that it be enabled.

Step 3: Hover the connector card and click the connect button

Hover the Figma card and click the Connect button.

Tip: If you click the card itself instead of the Connect button, you'll open a connector detail page with more information about its capabilities.

Step 4: Initialize the Pipedream connection

When clicking Connect in the previous step, a pop-up will appear powered by Pipedream. Click the Continue button in the pop-up to initialize the set up.

Note: Sana uses Pipedream to connect your account. Pipedream is a Workday product, trusted by millions of people to keep their data secure.

Step 5: Sign in to Figma and approve the requested scopes

You'll be redirected to Figma to go through their OAuth flow. Sign in and approve the scopes Sana needs to operate the connector.

Step 6: Complete the set up

You've successfully connected your Figma account. Click Continue to complete the setup and start using the connector.

Known limitations

Comments only: The connector reads and writes the comments on a file. It cannot open a design, read its frames, layers or text, or export an image.
No file browsing: There is no way to list a team's projects or files. Every request needs both a file ID and a project ID, and they live in two different Figma URLs — the file ID in the file's own URL, the project ID in the project's URL in Figma's file browser.
Deleting: Figma only lets a comment's own author delete it, so Sana cannot remove a comment posted by someone else.