anima-reference-architecture

name	anima-reference-architecture
description	Implement reference architecture for Anima design-to-code automation. Use when designing a design system automation pipeline, structuring a Figma-to-React project, or planning team-scale design handoff. Trigger: "anima architecture", "design-to-code architecture", "anima project structure", "figma automation architecture".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit
version	1.0.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","design","figma","anima","architecture"]
compatible-with	claude-code

Anima Reference Architecture

System Architecture

┌────────────────┐     ┌──────────────┐     ┌─────────────────┐
│  Figma Design  │────▶│ Figma API    │────▶│ Anima SDK       │
│  (Components)  │     │ (Webhooks)   │     │ (Code Gen)      │
└────────────────┘     └──────────────┘     └────────┬────────┘
                                                      │
                                            ┌─────────▼────────┐
                                            │ Post-Processing   │
                                            │ - Token mapping   │
                                            │ - Normalization   │
                                            │ - Lint/format     │
                                            └─────────┬────────┘
                                                      │
                                            ┌─────────▼────────┐
                                            │ Output            │
                                            │ - React/Vue/HTML  │
                                            │ - PR creation     │
                                            │ - Storybook sync  │
                                            └──────────────────┘

Project Structure

design-to-code/
├── src/
│   ├── anima/
│   │   ├── client.ts              # Singleton SDK client
│   │   ├── cache.ts               # Generation cache
│   │   ├── retry.ts               # Error recovery
│   │   └── presets.ts             # Framework/styling presets
│   ├── pipeline/
│   │   ├── scanner.ts             # Figma component discovery
│   │   ├── generator.ts           # Batch code generation
│   │   ├── change-detector.ts     # Figma version tracking
│   │   └── runner.ts              # Pipeline orchestrator
│   ├── post-process/
│   │   ├── normalizer.ts          # Output normalization
│   │   ├── token-mapper.ts        # Design token mapping
│   │   └── organizer.ts           # File organization + barrel exports
│   ├── webhooks/
│   │   └── figma-handler.ts       # Figma webhook receiver
│   └── server.ts                  # Express API (optional)
├── scripts/
│   ├── generate-components.ts     # CLI generation script
│   └── compare-presets.ts         # Side-by-side preset comparison
├── fixtures/
│   └── component-map.json         # Figma node ID → component name mapping
├── generated/                     # Output directory (gitignored or committed)
├── .anima-cache/                  # Generation cache (gitignored)
└── package.json

Key Design Decisions

Decision	Choice	Rationale
SDK	@animaapp/anima-sdk	Official, server-side, typed
Change detection	Figma Webhooks v2	Event-driven, no polling waste