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Future live-selection bridge

The current Figma extension is REST/API-based and read-only. It operates on explicit fileKey and nodeId values and does not receive live selection events from the Figma app.

A future live-selection workflow should be implemented as a separate bridge/plugin layer:

  1. A Figma plugin reads the current page and selected node IDs.
  2. A local bridge exposes that selection through localhost or Pi extension IPC.
  3. A Pi tool such as figma_get_current_selection returns file key, page, selected node IDs, and optional render metadata.
  4. Existing processed tools (figma_get_node_summary, figma_get_implementation_context, search, and asset extraction) run against those selected node IDs.

Non-goals for the REST baseline:

  • no Figma file edits,
  • no private APIs,
  • no claim of live selection support until a plugin/bridge exists.