> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.benchcanvas.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Export to Figma

> Import a BenchCanvas project into Figma Design as frames, stickies, comments, and connectors.

Use **Export to Figma** to bring a captured flow into your Figma file. BenchCanvas generates a link with your frame and annotation choices; the [BenchCanvas Import](https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1664042421119551550) Figma plugin reads that link and builds the layout on a new page.

## Install the Figma plugin

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the plugin on Figma Community">
    Install [BenchCanvas Import](https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/1664042421119551550) from Figma Community.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Run it in a Design file">
    Open a Figma Design file, then run **Plugins → BenchCanvas Import**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Export from BenchCanvas

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Export to Figma">
    From the project top bar, click the Figma icon next to Export.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose what to import">
    Select the [frames](/canvas/flows-and-frames) to include, and toggle comments, sticky notes, and connector lines.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Copy the link">
    BenchCanvas prepares a public share link with your options. Copy **Link for the Figma plugin**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Paste in Figma">
    Paste the link into the BenchCanvas Import plugin and click **Import**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

The plugin creates a new page named `BenchCanvas · {project title}` with:

* Screenshot frames for each screen
* Flow groups as Figma sections
* [Sticky notes](/collaborate/sticky-notes)
* [Comment](/collaborate/comments) pins and callouts (visual markers, not native Figma comments)
* Curved connectors between screens

## Requirements

* The project must be **public** (Export to Figma enables sharing automatically if needed).
* You need the BenchCanvas Import plugin installed in Figma.

<Tip>
  Export to Figma is ideal when discovery work lives in BenchCanvas but you want screens, notes, and flows next to your design work in Figma.
</Tip>

<Note>
  Private projects cannot be imported. If you turn a project back to private later, the link stops working until sharing is enabled again.
</Note>