On a schedule

Email PNGs of your Figma frames every Friday

At the end of the week you get image links for the top-level frames on your page, ready to share.

Runs: On a schedule
Apps: Figma
AI: Not needed
Access: file_content:read

Send this to your assistant

Create a ClickRuntime automation: every Friday at 5pm, export the top-level frames of my Figma file 'Marketing site' as PNGs, up to 30 frames, and email me each frame name with its image 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

Designers send screenshots all the time: exporting each frame as a PNG, naming it, uploading it somewhere and pasting links into an email for a client or developer. For a page with twelve frames, that is a lot of clicks, and a Friday review needs the latest versions, not last week's. People skip it and send a link to the live file, which clients are reluctant to open. The result is slow approvals and delayed feedback.

Every Friday, ClickRuntime reads the Figma file at shallow depth to find the frames on your page, asks Figma to render images for those frame IDs, and emails you a list with each frame's name and image URL. The email is ready before the weekly review.

It fits agencies sending weekly progress updates and teams that archive visuals for sign-off.

What you get out of it

Send clients something they can open
PNG links open in any browser without a Figma account. Clients who hesitate to open design files can review the frames immediately, and approvals come back faster. Faster approvals shorten the whole review cycle noticeably. Consistency also looks more professional to clients receiving the files.
Cut the weekly export chore
Selecting frames, choosing export settings and renaming files takes time every Friday. A scheduled email with frame names and image links removes that routine and avoids inconsistent file names. That protects you in disputes about what was shown.
Keep each week's visuals on record
Emails collect into a dated history of how the design looked each Friday. When a client claims they never saw a version, you can point to the exact email. Dated emails settle those arguments quickly.
Catch frames that look wrong
Looking at the rendered images at the end of the week, you may notice a broken layer or missing font. It is easier to spot problems when you see the output as a viewer would. Documentation stays accurate without anyone chasing screenshots.
Support handoff and documentation
Writers and developers can pull screenshots from the email for specs and docs. They always use the latest rendered frames, not an old attachment forwarded months ago. Handoff notes stay accurate.

How it works

What happens, step by step

Every Friday at 5pm, ClickRuntime opens your Figma file and finds its top-level frames.
It asks Figma to render each frame as a PNG image.
You get one email listing each frame's name with a link to its image.

Before it runs live

Connect Figma

What you get

RunsOn a schedule

Email PNGs of your Figma frames every Fridaytoday, 9:00Succeeded

Email · Marketing site frames (12)Home - desktop https://figma-alpha-api.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/images/...

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

Run it at a different time, more or less often, or only on weekdays
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.

weekly_frame_export.pyexample

from clickruntime import on_trigger, notify, http, credentials

FILE_KEY = "c9D0e1F2g3H4i5"  # your 'Marketing site' file

@on_trigger
def run(event):
    headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer " + credentials.connection("figma", "main")}
    doc = http.get(f"https://api.figma.com/v1/files/{FILE_KEY}", headers=headers, params={"depth": 2}).json()["document"]
    frames = [n for page in doc["children"] for n in page.get("children", []) if n["type"] == "FRAME"][:30]
    if not frames:
        return {"frames": 0}
    images = http.get(f"https://api.figma.com/v1/images/{FILE_KEY}", headers=headers, params={
        "ids": ",".join(f["id"] for f in frames), "format": "png",
    }).json()["images"]
    lines = [f"{f['name']}\n{images.get(f['id'])}" for f in frames if images.get(f["id"])]
    notify.email_me(f"Marketing site frames ({len(lines)})", "\n\n".join(lines))
    return {"frames": len(lines)}

FAQ

Common questions

Which frames are exported?

The frames on the page you point to, found by reading the file's structure to the frame level. If the page includes frames you do not want exported, a name filter can include only frames with a certain prefix.

How long do the image links last?

Figma renders images on demand and the links are temporary, valid for a limited time after they are created. For a permanent archive, the flow can be changed to save the images in storage you control. Settings can be changed per page.

Can I choose the image size and format?

Yes. PNG is the default, but you can ask for JPG, SVG or PDF, and for a scale such as 2x for sharper images. Different settings can be used for different pages or files. Each page can use its own settings.

What permissions does it need?

file_content: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 runs (on a schedule). Checks that find nothing to do 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.

On a schedule