Why you should connect your Figma account to Briefmatic
Connecting your Figma account to your Briefmatic account allows you to see, reply and resolve any comments mentioning you within any of your Figma files from within Briefmatic or within the file itself if you click on the option to “Go to Item.”
How to connect your Figma account to Briefmatic
To connect your Figma account to your Briefmatic account follow these steps;
Go to the Connections tab, click on the “Connect” button on the Figma card and follow the prompts to authorise the connection. Briefmatic requires this approval to be able to read and write to your files, to find files with comments and to allow you to comment and resolve items from within Briefmatic.
You will then be able to enter your Figma Team ID.
How to get your Figma Team ID
To get your Figma Team ID, you'll need to open Figma in your browser so you can see Figma's URLs:
Launch Figma in your browser.
On the left-hand navigation, click on your Team name
Once on your team's page, you'll need to highlight and copy the Team ID from the URL in the address bar, which shows after the /team/ segment.
https://www.figma.com/files/team/12345678901234567890/...
Paste just the numbers into the Team ID field in the Figma Connection settings in Briefmatic and hit Save.
How to connect multiple Figma accounts to your Briefmatic account
Go to the Connections tab, Scroll down to the Available connections section and click on the “Connect” button on the Figma card.
Click Allow Access, then add a comma after your existing team id and then add your additional Figma Team ID.
How does the Figma and Briefmatic connection work?
Action In Briefmatic | Result |
Moving a Figma task from To Do to Done | Moving a Figma task to Done marks the task as completed in Briefmatic and resolves the task in Figma. |
Moving a Figma task from Done to To Do or an In-Progress state | Moving a Figma task to To Do will mark the Figma task as unresolved in Figma. |
Marking a Figma task as completed | Marking a Figma task as completed will resolve the task and remove it from your Figma list and move the task to Done in Briefmatic |
Marking a Figma task as dismissed | Marking a Figma task as dismissed will move the task to the dismissed folder in Briefmatic but makes no change to the item in Figma |
Adding a comment in Briefmatic | Adds a reply to the comment chain in Briefmatic and in Figma |
Adding a due date to a FIgma task in Briefmatic | Displays the due date in the List View in Briefmatic but makes no changes to the Figma task |
Changing the Figma task title or description | Changes the task title and description in Briefmatic but makes no changes to the Figma task |