Anima Local Dev Loop

What it does

When your agent uses it

• Rapidly iterating on Figma-to-code output
• Comparing framework outputs
• Building a local preview server for generated components
• With: anima local dev

Example prompts

• “anima local dev”
• “anima dev loop”
• “anima preview”
• “/anima-local-dev-loop”

Requirements

• Node.js
• A credential in ANIMA_TOKEN
• A credential in FIGMA_FILE_KEY
• Compatibility (from SKILL.md): Requires Node.js 20+, approved Anima API access, current Anima SDK documentation, and authorized Figma or website source access
• Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Grep

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

1. 1Project Setup
2. 2Generate and Preview Script
3. 3Development Scripts

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 80f86df. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

  • Read
  • Write
  • Edit
  • Bash(npm:*)
  • Grep

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • npm

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):

  • github.com
  • vitejs.dev

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names these keys or tokens, usually read from environment variables:

  • ANIMA_TOKEN
  • FIGMA_FILE_KEY
  • FIGMA_TOKEN

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

• Compatibility

  Requires Node.js 20+, approved Anima API access, current Anima SDK documentation, and authorized Figma or website source access

  From compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

Context cost

Anima Local Dev Loop loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs, and up to ~1.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 307 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~79

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~1.4k

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~1.6k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace at commit 80f86df, republished under its MIT licence (© jeremylongshore). 307 words, ~1,418 tokens.

name

anima-local-dev-loop

description

Set up iterative design-to-code development loop with Anima SDK. Use when rapidly iterating on Figma-to-code output, comparing framework outputs, or building a local preview server for generated components. Trigger with: "anima local dev", "anima dev loop", "anima preview", "anima iteration".

allowed-tools

Read, Write, Edit, Bash(npm:*), Grep

compatibility

Requires Node.js 20+, approved Anima API access, current Anima SDK documentation, and authorized Figma or website source access

version

2.0.0

argument-hint

[figma-file-key] [node-id]

model

inherit

effort

high

license

MIT

author

Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

tags

saas, design, figma, anima, development

mkdir anima-dev && cd anima-dev
npm init -y
npm install @animaapp/anima-sdk dotenv
npm install -D vite @vitejs/plugin-react typescript

// scripts/generate-preview.ts
import { Anima } from '@animaapp/anima-sdk';
import fs from 'fs';
import path from 'path';
import 'dotenv/config';

const anima = new Anima({ auth: { token: process.env.ANIMA_TOKEN! } });

const SETTINGS_PRESETS = {
  'react-tailwind': { language: 'typescript' as const, framework: 'react' as const, styling: 'tailwind' as const },
  'react-shadcn': { language: 'typescript' as const, framework: 'react' as const, styling: 'tailwind' as const, uiLibrary: 'shadcn' as const },
  'react-plain-css': { language: 'typescript' as const, framework: 'react' as const, styling: 'plain_css' as const },
  'html-plain-css': { language: 'javascript' as const, framework: 'html' as const, styling: 'plain_css' as const },
};

async function generateWithPreset(preset: keyof typeof SETTINGS_PRESETS, nodeId: string) {
  const settings = SETTINGS_PRESETS[preset];
  const outputDir = `./generated/${preset}`;
  fs.mkdirSync(outputDir, { recursive: true });

  const { files } = await anima.generateCode({
    fileKey: process.env.FIGMA_FILE_KEY!,
    figmaToken: process.env.FIGMA_TOKEN!,
    nodesId: [nodeId],
    settings,
  });

  for (const [fileName, file] of Object.entries(files)) {
    if (file.isBinary) throw new Error(`Handle binary output separately: ${fileName}`);
    const root = path.resolve(outputDir);
    const target = path.resolve(root, fileName);
    if (!target.startsWith(`${root}${path.sep}`)) throw new Error('Unsafe output path');
    fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(target), { recursive: true });
    fs.writeFileSync(target, file.content);
  }
  console.log(`${preset}: ${Object.keys(files).length} files generated`);
}

// Compare all presets
async function compareOutputs(nodeId: string) {
  for (const preset of Object.keys(SETTINGS_PRESETS) as Array<keyof typeof SETTINGS_PRESETS>) {
    await generateWithPreset(preset, nodeId);
    // Stop on provider/Figma rate limits; apply the bounded rate-limit workflow.
  }
  console.log('\nAll presets generated in ./generated/');
}

const nodeId = process.argv[2] || '1:2';
compareOutputs(nodeId).catch(() => {
  console.error({ failureClass: 'preview-generation-failed' });
  process.exitCode = 1;
});

{
  "scripts": {
    "generate": "tsx scripts/generate-preview.ts",
    "generate:node": "tsx scripts/generate-preview.ts",
    "preview": "vite",
    "dev": "npm run generate && npm run preview"
  }
}

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Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in skills/.curated/anima-local-dev-loop of jeremylongshore/tons-of-skills-marketplace.

• SKILL.md
• references/official-docs.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 80f86df