The dsLint plugin will help you ensure that your designs are ready for code generation and will highlight common issues that can be fixed.

Link to Figma Plugin

Video Guide

https://www.loom.com/share/743156077d3149e499f9b44653160f7c

Written Guide

The linter will surface warnings and errors that impact the generation quality of your designs. For example, in the below screenshot there are warnings for colors that aren’t attached to your design system. These often deviate from the expected colors in your brand identity and can generate with hard coded values.

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The plugin also follows the designer effective usage guide, linked here:

Designer Effective Usage Guide

So if things aren’t followed, it will surface errors or warnings. For example, in the following screenshot a subnode doesn’t have autolayout so it throws an error.

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