Kalpana Docs

The Kalpana plugin for Figma reads a selected frame, its layers, fonts and images, and sends it to a workspace as a template. Text and image layers become variables automatically.

Install it from Get Started → Install Figma plugin, or search for Kalpana in the Figma Community.

Prepare the frame

Select the frame, component or instance that is the complete creative. If you select several things, only the first is exported.
Name text and image layers by what they hold: Title, Price, Product Image, Brand Logo. These names become the variable and column names in Kalpana.
Make sure Figma can load every font used. Custom fonts must also be uploaded to the workspace's Fonts.
Keep every image at 5 MB or smaller. The plugin can compress larger ones for you.
Try long and short copy in Figma so you see wrapping and overflow early.

Connect and export

Connect your account

The first time you run the plugin it shows three steps: approve the connection in your browser, pick the workspaces the plugin may use, and paste the code the browser gives you back into the plugin.

Choose a workspace

The plugin lists the workspaces you shared. Pick the one that should own the template.

Select the frame

With the frame selected, the plugin reads the design, its fonts and its image assets.

Create a template or add a page

Choose New template and give it a name and description, then Create Template. Or choose Add as a page, search for an existing template and choose Add page. Adding pages is how you build one template with several sizes, such as a post, a story and a link ad.

Check it in Kalpana

Open the template under Templates → My Templates and compare it with Figma: fonts, spacing, effects and images.

Blocking checks

Missing fonts

If Figma cannot load a font used in the frame, the plugin lists each missing family and style and disables export with Fix missing fonts to continue. Install or replace the font in Figma and export again. If the font is custom, upload it on the workspace Fonts page as well.

If any image is larger than 5 MB, choose Compress all to 5 MB or Reduce images over 5 MB before creating the template.

Disconnect

The plugin appears under Settings → Connected assistants as Kalpana for Figma. Choose Disconnect there to revoke its access, or Disconnect account inside the plugin. See Connected assistants.

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