Every 5–10 minutes

Post new Figma comments to Slack

Feedback left on your file shows up in a channel with the comment text and a link back to it.

Runs: Every 5–10 minutes
Apps: Figma
AI: Not needed
Access: file_comments:read

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: check my Figma file 'Checkout redesign' every 5 minutes and post each new comment to #design-feedback in Slack with who wrote it, the text and a link.

Paste it into your assistant. It tells you what it will send or change before it runs live.

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Why use it

Why teams use this automation

Figma comments are the quickest way to give design feedback, and also the easiest way to lose it. A developer asks about spacing at 3 p.m., the designer is in another file, and the question sits until the next time someone opens that frame. Meanwhile the sprint continues, the build uses a guess, and the answer arrives too late to prevent the rework. Waiting costs rework and missed sprint goals.

Every five to ten minutes, ClickRuntime fetches the comments on a file, compares them with the comment IDs it has stored, and posts anything new to Slack with the author, the comment text and a link back to the exact place on the canvas. Old comments are never repeated.

It is particularly useful for design teams working with developers or clients across time zones.

What you get out of it

Answer questions in minutes
A comment in Slack gets a reply while the person is still working on the task. Fast answers keep developers moving instead of waiting on a design decision. One quick answer can save a day of building the wrong thing. Chat becomes the one place where design feedback appears.
Stay in Slack instead of Figma
Designers who live in chat see feedback where they already work. They do not need email notifications or an open Figma tab to avoid missing something. Fewer missed notifications, and no extra tab to keep open.
Give clients visible responsiveness
When a client leaves a note on a prototype and gets an answer the same hour, trust in the process grows. Quick turnaround is often what clients remember about an agency. A single answer then serves several people at once, whoever happened to ask.
Share feedback with the whole team
A channel message lets teammates see comments about shared components. Duplicate questions are avoided because the answer is visible to everyone. That separation matters when notification volume is already high and important mail gets lost.
Avoid reading every email
Figma's own notification emails can pile up and get muted. A dedicated channel post per comment keeps the signal separate from the rest of your inbox. Your inbox stays calmer too.

How it works

What happens, step by step

Every 5 to 10 minutes, ClickRuntime checks your Figma file for comments.
It compares them with the ones it has already seen, so each comment is sent once.
Each new comment is posted to your Slack channel with who wrote it, what they said and a link straight to it.

Before it runs live

Connect Figma

What you get

RunsEvery 5–10 minutes

Post new Figma comments to Slacktoday, 9:00Succeeded

Slack · #design-feedbackPriya: Can the promo code field collapse by default on mobile? https://www.figma.com/design/a1B2c3D4e5F6g7?comment-id=1234567

Build your own

Need it to work differently?

This template is a starting point. Copy the prompt and change it, or describe a different automation from scratch, with your own conditions, more apps or an AI step. Your assistant writes it, tests it and runs it on ClickRuntime.

Your own rules
Conditions, thresholds, filters and exceptions, written the way you'd explain them to a colleague.
Any number of apps
One automation can read from one app and update several others. Over 248 apps are ready, and anything with an API works too.
AI where it helps
Summaries, classification, extraction and drafts use ClickRuntime's built-in AI, with no extra key.
On a schedule or on each event
Runs as often as every 5 minutes, or the moment an app sends an event, and keeps track of what it already handled.

Changes you can ask for

Act only on the items that match your own rules, and skip the rest
Add an AI step, for example to summarize, sort or draft a reply
Add another app, for example also send it to Slack
Combine it with other Figma steps into one automation

Under the hood

The code that runs this automation

This is the Python script that runs each time the automation starts. Your AI assistant writes it for you when you send the prompt, and you allow each step in your assistant. To change how the automation works, describe the change to your assistant and it updates the script for you. For every function it can use, see the script reference.

new_comment_alerts.pyexample

from clickruntime import on_trigger, report_fetched, state, notify, http, credentials

FILE_KEY = "a1B2c3D4e5F6g7"  # your 'Checkout redesign' file

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    comments = http.get(f"https://api.figma.com/v1/files/{FILE_KEY}/comments", headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer " + credentials.connection("figma", "main")}).json()["comments"]
    seen = set(state.get("seen") or [])
    new = [c for c in comments if c["id"] not in seen]
    report_fetched(len(new))
    if not new:
        return {"summary": "No new comments"}
    for c in sorted(new, key=lambda c: c["created_at"]):
        notify.slack(f"{c['user']['handle']}: {c['message']}\nhttps://www.figma.com/design/{FILE_KEY}?comment-id={c['id']}", channel="#design-feedback")
    state.set("seen", list(seen | {c["id"] for c in new}))
    return {"posted": len(new)}

FAQ

Common questions

Will it post replies as well as new threads?

Yes, new replies in a thread are new comments with their own IDs, so they are posted as well. Each message shows the thread's original text for context, helping readers who skipped the earlier discussion.

How does it avoid sending the same comment twice?

It stores the IDs of comments already posted and compares each new fetch against that list. Only comments whose IDs are not in the list are sent, so a restart or a late run never causes repeats. Muting is reversible at any time.

Can I mute a noisy file?

Yes. Remove the file from the list the flow watches, or ask for comments from specific people to be skipped. Either change keeps the other files active while silencing the one that generates the chatter.

What permissions does it need?

file_comments:read. Nothing else in your accounts is used.

Does it need AI?

No. It runs without AI, so it doesn't use your plan's AI allowance.

How many runs does it use?

One run each time it checks. Checks that find nothing new and stop right away aren't counted.

Can I change how it works?

Yes. Describe the change to your AI assistant, for example a different schedule, channel or filter. It updates the automation, tests it and tells you what changed.

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