diff-all

Bulk Diff All Frames Against Stored Snapshots

1. Parse the URL and flags

Extract fileKey from the Figma URL (https://www.figma.com/design/<fileKey>/...). Parse flags: --notify (post to Slack after), --top N (default 10, how many detailed entries).

2. Check prerequisites

• Verify a Figma token is loadable: bash scripts/auth.sh status (if it fails, tell the user to run bash scripts/auth.sh set and stop)
• Check index exists at ~/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/index.json
• Check at least one snapshot exists (look for any node.json under ~/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/)
• If no index or no snapshots: tell user to run /figma-differ:snapshot-all <url> first

Orchestration

Create tasks per phase. Use haiku subagents for mechanical steps (fetch, structural diff). Reserve main model for vision analysis and report synthesis.

TaskCreate("Fetch current state",     activeForm: "Fetching latest frames from Figma API...")
TaskCreate("Detect structural changes", activeForm: "Comparing node trees against baselines...")
TaskCreate("Detect visual changes",   activeForm: "Comparing screenshots via Claude vision...")
TaskCreate("Check comment changes",   activeForm: "Comparing comment threads since last snapshot...")
TaskCreate("Generate change report",  activeForm: "Ranking changes by severity...")

Task lifecycle:

1. Create ALL tasks upfront (pending)
2. Before each phase: TaskUpdate(taskId, status: "in_progress")
3. Dispatch Agent(model: "haiku") for mechanical work (fetch, structural diff, comments). Vision analysis uses the main model (needs image understanding).
4. After each phase returns: TaskUpdate(taskId, status: "completed")
5. After ALL phases: verify no tasks left in_progress — every task must be completed or deleted before the final summary

Data discipline

• NEVER keep raw API responses, JSON trees, or large frame content in the conversation context
• ALWAYS write intermediate data to disk (temp files or ~/.figma-differ/)
• Subagent prompts MUST include: "Write results to . Report only counts and file paths."
• Final summary to user: counts, paths, and actionable next steps only

3. Fetch current file tree (1 API call)

Pipe directly to a temp file (do NOT store in shell variable — file trees can be 10-30MB):

TREE_FILE="/tmp/figma-tree-<fileKey>-$$.json"
bash $CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/figma-api.sh fetch_file_tree <fileKey> > "$TREE_FILE"

Split into per-frame JSONs in a temp directory using jq. For each frame in the index:

IMPORTANT: Do NOT use jq recursive descent (..) — it hangs on large trees.

jq --arg id "<nodeId>" '
  [.document.children[].children[]? | recurse(.children[]?) | select(.id == $id)] | first
' "$TREE_FILE" > "/tmp/figma-current/<nodeId_safe>.json"

4. Bash pre-filter — identify changed frames (0 LLM cost)

For each frame in the index:

1. Find latest stored snapshot: sort ~/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/<nodeId_safe>/ directories by name (dirname IS the timestamp — do NOT use ls -t which sorts by filesystem mtime)
2. Compare: diff -q /tmp/figma-current/<nodeId_safe>.json ~/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/<nodeId_safe>/<latest_timestamp>/node.json
3. If identical: skip entirely (0 cost)
4. Only frames with JSON differences proceed to step 5

This is instant — bash file comparison, no API calls, no LLM calls. Typically 80-90% of frames are unchanged and get skipped here.

5. Agent structural diff — changed frames only (LLM cost)

For frames that differ (from step 4):

1. Dispatch structural-differ agent with baseline and current paths
2. Collect result: severity + changes

LLM cost is proportional to actual changes, not total frames.

6. Vision analysis — structurally changed frames only

For frames where structural diff found changes (severity > "none"):

1. Batch fetch current PNGs: use fetch_batch_images for all changed frame IDs (chunked at 10)
2. Load stored PNGs from latest snapshots
3. Dispatch vision-analyzer agent with reference and current images
4. Collect fidelity scores and action items

7. Comment delta

Pipe directly to file (do NOT store in shell variable — 3000+ comments will exceed argument limits):

COMMENT_DIR="$HOME/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/comments"
mkdir -p "$COMMENT_DIR"
bash $CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT/scripts/figma-api.sh fetch_comments <fileKey> > "/tmp/figma-comments-current.json"

Find latest stored comments: sort ~/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/comments/ by filename.

Compute delta:

• New comments: IDs in current but not in stored
• Resolved: comments where resolved_at was null in stored but non-null in current
• New replies: comments with parent_id that exist in current but not in stored

Group by client_meta.node_id to link comments to frames.

8. Tiered report

Format output with --top N most significant changes:

File Diff Report — <fileName>
<timestamp> vs baseline <baseline_timestamp>

Summary: X/Y frames changed | Z new comments | W resolved

--- Top N by severity ---

1. [CRITICAL] Frame "Login Screen" (2895:40497)
   Structural: 3 nodes added, 1 removed, 5 changed
   Visual fidelity: 3/5
   Comments: 2 new unresolved
   Action items:
   - Fix heading font-weight: 400 -> 600
   - New button component not in previous design

2. [HIGH] Frame "Recovery Flow" (2895:40501)
   Structural: 2 nodes changed (text content, fill color)
   Visual fidelity: 4/5
   ...

--- N more frames changed (one-line summaries) ---

- [MEDIUM] "Settings" — 1 property change (fill color)
- [LOW] "Profile Header" — spacing adjustment (4px)
...

--- Comment Activity ---

New unresolved (12):
  - [Designer Name] on "Login Screen": "Button needs to be primary variant" (2h ago)
  - ...

Resolved (5):
  - "Icon alignment issue" on "Recovery Flow" — resolved by Designer Name
  - ...

9. Save results

JSON — Save the raw structured output from bulk-diff.js (the JSON that scripts/diff-all.sh produces) to ~/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/latest-diff-all.json. This is the primary data file used by the notify skill.

Enrich the JSON before saving: add a comments key with the comment delta computed in step 7:

{
  "total": ...,
  "unchanged": ...,
  "top": [...],
  "rest": [...],
  "comments": {
    "new": [
      { "id": "comment-id", "author": "Author Name", "text": "comment text", "nodeId": "2895:40497", "createdAt": "..." }
    ],
    "resolved": [
      { "id": "comment-id", "text": "comment text", "resolvedBy": "Author Name", "nodeId": "2895:40501", "resolvedAt": "..." }
    ]
  }
}

Markdown — Also write the human-readable report to ~/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/latest-diff-all.md.

10. Notify (if --notify)

If --notify flag was passed, run the notify workflow. Otherwise: Run /figma-differ:notify to post this to Slack.

11. Advance baseline

Store the current tree split as new snapshots (per-frame node.json files) and current comments as ~/.figma-differ/<fileKey>/comments/<timestamp>.json. This ensures the next diff-all run only reports NEW changes — prevents scheduled polling from re-reporting the same changes.

Important: Advance the baseline AFTER notify completes. If notify fails, do not advance — the next run will re-report the same changes and retry delivery.

12. Cleanup

Remove temp files: rm -rf "$TREE_FILE" /tmp/figma-current/ /tmp/figma-comments-current.json