Code to Canvas

You've built the component. It looks right in the browser. Now you need a designer to review it — and "send them a URL" usually means feedback arriving as Slack messages two days later saying "make the button a bit bigger" and "the spacing feels off on the right side."

There's a better handoff. Figma's Claude Code to Figma lets you push the rendered UI directly into Figma as an editable frame. The designer sees it exactly as it renders, can annotate it, adjust it, and you can pull those changes back into the coding loop via the Figma MCP.

No manual re-export. No interpreting vague Slack feedback.

How it works

You can capture multiple screens in a single session, preserving sequence and context — so multi-step flows make sense when reviewed together rather than as isolated screenshots.

The workflow:

1. Implement the UI in code
2. Push to a preview URL (or use localhost)
3. Capture the rendered UI via Claude Code to Figma — it imports as an editable Figma frame
4. Designer reviews and iterates in Figma
5. Pull the updated design context back into the coding loop via the Figma MCP

The bidirectional loop

For the full bidirectional loop, see Figma MCP Workflows.

• Code → Figma: implementation becomes the source of truth for the current state
• Figma → Code: designer changes become the spec for the next iteration

When this is most useful

The Code to Canvas flow is most valuable when:

• You're building something new and want designer input before finalizing
• The implementation has diverged from the original design and you need to reconcile
• You're doing a design review and want to capture the current state accurately
• You're working with a designer who prefers to iterate in Figma rather than in the browser

Practical notes

The captured frames are static — they capture the visual appearance, not the interactive behavior. For interactive review, sharing a URL is still better. The Figma frame is for visual and layout review.

The quality of the capture depends on the rendering environment. Complex CSS (especially animations and transitions) may not capture perfectly. Static layouts capture very accurately.