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Install Elf Bridge from Figma

  1. Open Elf Bridge on Figma Community.
  2. Open the official Elf Bridge listing from the Elf maintainer and choose Open in… or Run, as shown by Figma.
  3. Choose the file you want to connect and run the plugin. You can reopen it from Figma’s Plugins menu.
If the official listing is still awaiting approval, it will not appear publicly yet. Do not install an unrelated plugin with a similar name. You do not need to clone the repository or import a development manifest to use the published plugin.

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Pair and approve

Run npx elf-tokens@beta start, open the intended Figma file, and open Elf Bridge. Enter the current terminal pairing code. If it expires, request a new code in Elf and use it once. The Figma file key must match the configured target. The file name may be anything, including Untitled. For a new design system, choose a blank file explicitly; for an existing system, inspect before proposing edits. Connecting the bridge and approving a document are separate steps. Strict verification checks account access. Plugin-only approval trusts the currently open plugin document without independent REST verification. Reconnection can require fresh approval even when pairing is saved.

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Keep it connected

The plugin must remain open to execute operations. Saved pairing does not make a closed Figma plugin run in the background. The MCP status row indicates initialized coding-assistant sessions; it does not authorize writes.