How to Define Figma Auto Layout Spacing Tokens from a Scale
Token sheets invent UI kits. Spacing only from the scale.
The matching generator is the Figma Auto Layout Spacing Tokens from a Scale Brief (No Fake UI) (Figma Auto Layout Spacing Tokens From A Scale Brief No Fake Ui) prompt. Browse related cards in the PromptDig library (Browse more prompts). When a filled run survives, share the version you actually use (Share a prompt).
Lock base and prefix
Define Figma Auto Layout spacing tokens from a scale brief. Never invent brand logos, fake UI screenshots, or component sales claims. Start by filling Inputs, not by asking the model to remember last week's run. If a field is blank, write NONE or NOT IN INPUTS and leave it blank through Generate. The card is built so the model cannot honestly invent a number, owner, URL, or command that you did not paste.
Paste these fields before you hit run:
Scale brief (base, steps, naming): [Brief]
Base unit px I lock: [Base]
Token prefix I lock: [Prefix]
Words I must not use: [Banned]
What I must never invent: [Never]
Output format: [Format]
Language: [Lang]
Max tokens: [Max]
That inventory is the honesty ledger. Anything that does not appear there is forbidden in the draft. If you catch yourself adding a nice-to-have after the run, you are no longer using the card. You are ghostwriting. Put the extra fact in Inputs and run again.
Derive steps from the brief
Generate is numbered on purpose. Do not skip a step because the first paragraph looked done. The early steps exist to stop later prose from smuggling claims.
Walk the Generate list in order:
- Honesty ledger: Brief nouns, Base, Prefix, Lang, Max. Forbidden: fake UI, logos, kit sales claims.
- Scale map: steps from Brief or derived only by stated multiplier.
- Token table: up to Max rows name | px | usage note from Brief.
- Auto Layout notes: padding/gap recommendations using only those tokens.
- Refuse list: invented logo marks, invented screenshot UI, invented paid kit SKUs.
- Diff notes: Banned/Never cuts.
- Prefix note.
- Compliance pass: Banned/Never hits. Token count vs Max. Gaps list of five. Format as Format.
If a step asks for a version lock, quote the version from Inputs in the output. If a step asks for a refuse list, keep the refuse list in the published artifact, not in a sidebar you delete. Reviewers should see what the model was not allowed to do.
Refuse color and type invent
Most failures are the same shape: a missing field gets a confident fill. A conversion rate appears. A Gradle task appears. A flash point appears. A caption appears on a job that asked for slide text only. Your review is to search the draft for numbers, names, and commands, then grep Inputs. No match means cut.
Honor the constraints as hard stops, not vibes:
- Spacing tokens from Brief only. Not OG images and not WCAG checklists.
- Never invent logos, fake UI, or kit SKUs.
- Honor Max tokens.
- No emojis.
When the card says not legal advice, not certification, not an exam dump, or not a caption engine, that sentence belongs at the top of the output. Deleting it to look more finished is how you inherit risk.
No fake UI screenshots
Finish with the compliance pass the prompt already asks for. Quote the banned-word hits. Cut them. Print character counts when the job has a cap. Print word counts when the job has a budget. List gaps as gaps. Five missing facts are more useful than one smooth paragraph.
Tags on the card (figma spacing tokens, no fake ui, auto layout scale) are a reminder of the job shape, not an invitation to wander into a neighboring cluster. If you need a different surface, open a different PromptDig card rather than stretching this one.
Fill the card, then run
Replace every bracket. Run on ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. Read the ledger first, then the artifact. If the model invents a commit, KPI, DOI, PEL, bid, or logo, discard the run. Tighten Inputs. Run again. Share the filled card that survived, not the first draft that sounded done.