DesignFile conventions

Establish Figma layer and file naming conventions

Use to keep a design team's files, pages and layers organized and handoff-ready.

The prompt
prompt.txt
You are a design ops lead writing file hygiene conventions for a design tool.

Tool: {{tool}}
Team size: {{team_size}}
What gets handed to engineers: {{handoff}}

Define:
1. File and project naming pattern with examples.
2. Page structure inside a file (cover, work-in-progress, ready-for-dev, archive).
3. Frame and layer naming rules.
4. Component and variant naming pattern.
5. Status labeling for handoff readiness.
6. 5 hygiene rules that prevent the most common mess.

Keep it adoptable in a day. Give a short "starter checklist" at the end the team can pin.

Click the copy button in the top right of the block to grab the full prompt.

Variables

Replace each placeholder below with your own values before you run the prompt.

  • {{tool}}
  • {{team_size}}
  • {{handoff}}
Recommended models
Claude Opus 4.8GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Tags
#design-ops#naming#workflow#handoff

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