Hey everyone — doing genuine research before building anything.
Honest answers appreciated, including "this isn't a problem for me."
As token sets grow in Figma Variables, I keep hearing about a few recurring pain points:
- Naming inconsistencies across teams (color.brand.primary vs brand-primary vs brandPrimary)
- Broken or circular aliases that are hard to spot manually
- The same token name having different values across collections with no clear audit trail
- No easy way to produce a health report you can share with your team or stakeholders
I'm exploring whether a Figma plugin focused purely on local governance and auditing
would solve a real problem — or whether teams have already figured this out.
A few specific questions:
1. How do you currently catch naming violations or broken aliases in your token set?
2. Do you use Tokens Studio for governance specifically, or mainly for sync/export?
3. Has a messy token set ever caused a real problem in your workflow — broken designs,
misaligned handoff, team confusion?
4. Would a plugin that produces a shareable audit report change anything for you?
Not pitching anything. Just trying to understand the real shape of the problem
before deciding whether it's worth solving.
(Disclosing: this question was drafted with AI assistance as part of market research)