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Are Headless Auto-Start Figma Plugins Possible?


Justin_Taylor

According to the below articles, it appears that it’s not possible to build a plugin that auto-runs and runs headlessly (no visible UI) without showing a running progress bar spinner, is that correct?

Article Reference https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042532714-Use-plugins-in-files

 

Running message when trying to run operations after running figma.ui.hide()

If this isn’t possible today, I think it would be a really useful feature that would unlock a lot of new workflows interacting with other apps and hardware that doesn’t necessitate having a UI dialog up and running.

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dvaliao
Figmate
  • Community Support
  • 4644 replies
  • April 2, 2025

Hey ​@Justin_Taylor

Yes - you are correct. It currently is not possible to auto-run plugins. Plugins must be manually run and will show a toast notification.

I’ve updated your topic into a feature request, and I’ll pass this feedback onto our community team. 


Justin_Taylor
dvaliao wrote:

Hey ​@Justin_Taylor

Yes - you are correct. It currently is not possible to auto-run plugins. Plugins must be manually run and will show a toast notification.

I’ve updated your topic into a feature request, and I’ll pass this feedback onto our community team. 

Thanks for confirming and adding this as a feature request!


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