Find reusable components without a library detour
Help the team reuse existing work by looking up published components in the relevant Figma library when a Slack question comes up.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
Get file components
Retrieves published components from a figma file, which must be a main file (not a branch) acting as a library.
Why this helps
Without an easy lookup, people can rebuild an existing component or interrupt someone to ask where it lives.
- Makes existing reusable components easier to discover.
- Helps prevent avoidable design duplication.
- Keeps component questions from becoming a manual search task.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Figma to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation and explain in plain language which component questions should prompt a lookup and how to identify the relevant main library file.
- 3Select the Slack Channel Message Received trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 4Test with one real component question and confirm the results come from the correct library.
Questions about this workflow
Can it search a branch file?
The action retrieves published components from a main file, not a branch.
Can it return component variants?
For detailed set metadata, a separate component-set lookup may be useful when the set key is known.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Figma. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Figma actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add a comment to a file
Posts a new comment to a figma file or branch, optionally replying to an existing root comment (replies cannot be nested); `region height` and `region width` in `client meta` must be positive if defining a comment region.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add a reaction to a comment
Posts a specified emoji reaction to an existing comment in a figma file or branch, requiring valid file key and comment id.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Create a webhook
Creates a figma webhook for a `team id` to send post notifications for an `event type` to a publicly accessible https `endpoint`; an initial ping is sent unless `status` is `paused`.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Create dev resources
Creates and attaches multiple uniquely-urled development resources to specified figma nodes, up to 10 per node.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Create, modify, or delete variables
Manages variables, collections, modes, and their values in a figma file via batch create/update/delete operations; use temporary ids to link new related items in one request and ensure `variablemodevalues` match the target variable's `resolvedtype`.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete a comment
Deletes a specific comment from a figma file or branch, provided the authenticated user is the original author of the comment.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Delete a reaction
Deletes a specific emoji reaction from a comment in a figma file; the user must have originally created the reaction.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Delete a webhook
Permanently deletes an existing webhook, identified by its unique `webhook id`; this operation is irreversible.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Figma, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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