Design System Linter Pro

About this plugin

🎯 What it does

Design System Linter Pro is a professional auditing tool that automatically scans your Figma files to identify design system violations and inconsistencies. Save hours of manual review time and ensure your design system remains consistent across all projects.

✨ Key Features

🎨 Unlinked Color Detection

1. Detects colors not connected to your design system styles
2. Distinguishes between library styles, local styles, and variables
3. Suggests matching color styles from your design system
4. Supports both fill and stroke color analysis

📝 Text Style Auditing

1. Identifies text layers without proper text style assignments
2. Comprehensive font family and style checking
3. Ensures typography consistency across designs

🧩 Detached Component Detection

1. Advanced algorithm detects components disconnected from main components
2. Finds both obvious instances and hidden detached frames
3. Uses pattern recognition to identify likely component candidates
4. Confidence scoring for detection accuracy

🗑️ Unused Asset Cleanup

1. Scans entire files for unused color and text styles
2. Safe deletion with 3-stage verification process
3. Protects library styles from accidental deletion
4. Excludes hidden layers from usage calculations

👁️ Smart Hidden Layer Filtering

1. Automatically excludes hidden layers from audits
2. Hierarchical visibility detection
3. Provides visibility statistics in console logs
4. Ensures accurate usage reporting

🤖 AI-Powered Suggestions ⭐ NEW

1. Intelligent Color Matching: Uses HSL color space analysis to find similar colors in your design system
2. Smart Text Style Recommendations: Matches fonts based on family, size, and weight similarity
3. Confidence Scoring: High/Medium/Low confidence levels for all suggestions
4. One-Click Application: Apply suggested styles instantly with a single click
5. Library vs Local Detection: Clearly distinguishes between shared library and local styles

⚡ Professional Features

1. One-click navigation to problematic layers
2. Category-based filtering (Colors, Text, Components, Unused Assets)
3. Real-time progress tracking
4. Comprehensive error details with fix suggestions
5. Memory-efficient processing for large files
6. Auto-Error Removal: Problems automatically disappear from the list after being fixed ⭐ NEW

🔄 Enhanced User Experience ⭐ NEW

1. Skip AI Suggestions: Option to skip AI recommendations for manual resolution
2. Real-time UI Updates: Interface updates automatically after applying fixes
3. Progressive Enhancement: Works with or without AI suggestions
4. Plugin State Management: Maintains consistency across multiple sessions

🚀 Perfect for

1. Design System Teams managing component libraries
2. UI/UX Designers ensuring design consistency
3. Design Leads conducting quality audits
4. Product Teams maintaining design standards
5. Agencies delivering pixel-perfect client work

💡 How to Use

1. Select a frame or component to audit
2. Click "Start Linting" to begin analysis
3. Review detected issues in categorized lists
4. Apply AI Suggestions or manually fix issues ⭐ NEW
5. Navigate to problems with one-click focusing
6. Clean up unused assets safely with built-in protection

🛡️ Safety Features

1. Library Style Protection: Prevents deletion of shared library styles
2. Usage Verification: Triple-checks asset usage before deletion
3. Hidden Layer Awareness: Excludes invisible content from audits
4. Error Handling: Graceful handling of edge cases and API limitations
5. Non-Destructive AI: AI suggestions never modify your designs without explicit user approval ⭐ NEW

📊 Technical Specifications

1. Memory Efficient: Optimized for large files within Figma's 2GB browser limit
2. Dynamic Page Loading: Supports files with multiple pages
3. Async Processing: Non-blocking operations for smooth performance
4. Type Safe: Built with TypeScript for reliability
5. ES2018 Compatible: Ensures compatibility across all Figma environments ⭐ NEW

🎁 What You Get

✅ Instant design system compliance checking

✅ Automated inconsistency detection

✅ AI-powered style suggestions ⭐ NEW

✅ Safe unused asset cleanup

✅ Professional-grade reporting

✅ Time-saving automation

✅ Improved design quality

✅ Enhanced user experience with smart recommendations ⭐ NEW

🔄 Version History

v2.0 - AI-Enhanced Professional Edition ⭐ NEW

1. AI-powered color and text style suggestions
2. HSL color space similarity matching
3. Font-based text style recommendations
4. One-click style application
5. Skip AI suggestions option
6. Auto-error removal after fixes
7. Enhanced UI with confidence scoring
8. Real-time interface updates

v1.0 - Initial release with core auditing features

1. Unlinked color/text detection
2. Detached component analysis
3. Unused asset cleanup
4. Hidden layer filtering

🚀 Getting Started

1. Install the plugin from the Figma Community
2. Select any frame or component in your design
3. Run "Design System Linter Pro" from the plugins menu
4. Let AI suggest the best fixes, or handle them manually
5. Apply suggestions with one click or skip for manual resolution
6. Enjoy consistent, clean design files!

💻 For Developers

This plugin is built with modern TypeScript and supports:

1. ES2018 compatibility for maximum browser support
2. Type-safe development with Figma Plugin API typings
3. Memory-efficient algorithms for large file processing
4. Extensible architecture for future AI enhancements

1. Transform your design workflow with intelligent automation and maintain perfect design system consistency effortlessly.