CLI & Config
In this guide you’ll learn how to transform design data coming from Figma Variables, Figma Styles and/or Tokens Studio into CSS Custom Properties using the Specify CLI.
1. Install the CLI
Install the @specifyapp/cli
via npm or Yarn.
npm install @specifyapp/cli
2. Create your Specify configuration file
To create your Specify config file, you need to follow these steps:
Create an empty file named
.specifyrc.json
Add the following content
{
"version": "2",
"repository": "@organization/repository",
"personalAccessToken": "<your-personal-access-token>",
"rules": [
{
"name": "CSS Styles",
"parsers": [
{
"name": "to-css-custom-properties",
"output": {
"type":"file",
"filePath": "style.css"
}
}
]
},
{
"name": "Raw SDTF",
"parsers": [
{
"name": "to-sdtf",
"output": {
"type":"file",
"filePath": "raw.json"
}
}
]
}
]
}
3. Properties to update in the configuration file before using it:
A property
version
is shown which refers to the new Advanced Repository from which we are extracting tokens. Use theversion: "2"
.Add your organization and repository name under the
repository
property.Get a personal access token here ↗︎.
Run the command
specify pull
to fetch your design tokens.
4. CSS output example
Specify exports your Figma Variables Modes as CSS data-attributes:
:root[data-Colors="Dark"] {
--Core-Label-blue-base: rgb(96, 168, 250);
--Aliases-Icon-info: var(--Core-Label-blue-base);
--Core-Label-red-base: rgb(221, 72, 64);
--Aliases-Icon-error: var(--Core-Label-red-base);
--Core-Neutral-neutral-6: rgb(174, 178, 183);
--Aliases-Icon-default: var(--Core-Neutral-neutral-6);
--Core-Label-green-base: rgb(125, 216, 121);
--Aliases-Icon-success: var(--Core-Label-green-base);
--Core-Label-orange-base: rgb(255, 158, 41);
--Aliases-Icon-warning: var(--Core-Label-orange-base);
--Core-Neutral-neutral-3: rgb(68, 71, 75);
--Aliases-Icon-disabled: var(--Core-Neutral-neutral-3);
--Core-Primary-app-base: rgb(98, 77, 227);
--Aliases-Icon-selected: var(--Core-Primary-app-base);
}
:root[data-Dimensions="Mobile"] {
--Base-dimension-02: 2px;
--Radii-radius-01: var(--Base-dimension-02);
--Base-dimension-08: 8px;
--Radii-radius-02: var(--Base-dimension-08);
--Base-dimension-04: 4px;
--Base-dimension-12: 12px;
--Base-dimension-16: 16px;
--Base-dimension-24: 24px;
--Base-dimension-32: 32px;
--Spacings-spacing-01: var(--Base-dimension-02);
--Spacings-spacing-02: var(--Base-dimension-04);
--Spacings-spacing-03: var(--Base-dimension-12);
--Spacings-spacing-04: var(--Base-dimension-16);
}
:root[data-Dimensions="Desktop"] {
--Base-dimension-02: 2px;
--Radii-radius-01: var(--Base-dimension-02);
--Base-dimension-08: 8px;
--Radii-radius-02: var(--Base-dimension-08);
--Base-dimension-04: 4px;
--Base-dimension-12: 12px;
--Base-dimension-16: 16px;
--Base-dimension-24: 24px;
--Base-dimension-32: 32px;
--Spacings-spacing-01: var(--Base-dimension-04);
--Spacings-spacing-02: var(--Base-dimension-08);
--Spacings-spacing-03: var(--Base-dimension-12);
--Spacings-spacing-04: var(--Base-dimension-16);
}
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