Figma Code Connect doesn't work.

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
figma, html, typescript
Domain
developer-experience, tooling

Research direction

Start by tracing how figma connect publish discovers files from figma.config.json, then inspect the HTML template parser path that handles placeholders in Code Connect mappings. Reproduce the reported monorepo glob and conditional-expression error against the supplied mapping; done means confirming the cause and documenting or fixing discovery and parser behavior for this Vue/HTML setup.

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Description

API question

Title: Code Connect (Vue/HTML, monorepo) — “No Code Connect files found” + template ParserError

CLI: figma -V → 1.3.5
OS: Windows 11 Home Single Language — 10.0.26100 (Build 26100)

Project: Vue 3 (HTML parser), monorepo (packages/**/src/**)

Config (repo root figma.config.json):

{
  "codeConnect": {
    "parser": "html",
    "include": ["packages/**/src/**/*.figma.ts"],
    "exclude": ["**/dist/**", "**/node_modules/**"],
    "label": "Vue 3"
  }
}

Mapping file path:
packages/components/src/figma/default-button.figma.ts

Figma node URL (main component):
https://www.figma.com/design/E1fhIWXU1sQRP4ZItKgQu4/GDS-v3.16.1-----Zeta-Hacks-?node-id=27-5765

Mapping (minimal repro):

import figma, { html, text } from '@figma/code-connect/html';

figma.connect("https://www.figma.com/design/E1fhIWXU1sQRP4ZItKgQu4/GDS-v3.16.1-----Zeta-Hacks-?node-id=27-5765", {
  props: {
    text: figma.string("Text"),
    leftIconInstance: figma.instance("Left Icon instance"),
    rightIconInstance: figma.instance("Right Icon instance"),
    iconOnlyInstance: figma.instance("Icon only instance"),
  },
  example: (p) => html`<gds-button>${text(p.text)}</gds-button>`,
  imports: ["import { GdsButton } from '@your-scope/button'"]
});

Steps (CMD):

  1. cd "C:\Users\mayan\OneDrive\Desktop\Figma Code\galaxy-design-system-main"
  2. set FIGMA_ACCESS_TOKEN=figd_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  3. npx figma connect publish
    (Also tried: npx figma connect create "<node-url>" then publish.)

Actual result:

  • Often: “No Code Connect files found …” (even with file present & glob above).
  • When using conditionals inside html\...`: **ParserError** — *Expected a call expression as a placeholder in the template, got ConditionalExpression*. Replaced with text(...)` calls to avoid conditionals.

Questions:

  1. Are ?:/&& conditionals unsupported inside ${ ... } for HTML templates?
  2. For HTML/Vue projects, should we avoid the interactive wizard and use only create/manual files?
  3. Is my monorepo include glob correct, or is there a better recommended pattern?

Thanks!

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