How to use Pulse

Editor's note: Sympli Pulse is currently in beta. Please refer all questions and feedback through the chat at the bottom right corner or to support@sympli.io

After installing the Sympli Pulse plugin, open the file you want to track, run the Pulse plugin (Plugins > Sympli Pulse), and copy-paste the Figma file link into the corresponding field in the plugin window. To get the link, click on the Share button and click on Copy link.

Once the file is processed, you can select a frame or component to see the history of its changes.

When you're done with some changes, save to Version History (File > Save to version history), give your changes a meaningful name and description —it will be much easier to find after—, save, and click on the Sync button in the Pulse plugin.

After the plugin syncs the changes, you'll be able to see them in the web app. If you click on the element, frame, or component that was changed, you will see the history of its changes in the Pulse plugin. If you then click the specific change's commit name in the plugin you'll be taken to the visual difference screen of the web app, where you can click through the history to see what the previous versions looked like.

We recommend using manual saving in Figma when you're done with a slice of your work, naming the version, and giving it a detailed description, our surveys show it's the most useful if the commit conveys the what, the how, and the why.

You can track not only a file but your whole Figma Team in your Pulse Workspace. To do this, open Figma in the browser, navigate to the Team and copy the URL. Then, click on the Track File or Team button in the Pulse web app. Then paste your team URL in the field and all the files that your team has will be pulled into Cloud Pulse and the tracking will start.

All your files and teams will be visible in the left sidebar, where you can quickly see if there has been any activity in the file. If you click on the file in the sidebar, you will see who in your team was committing to the file, and what they changed.

You can also filter the feed and keep only commits, only comments left in the file, or show both.

In case you don't have a team or want to invite other people to check your project monitoring out, you can click on the plus button near your name and enter the e-mail of the person you want to invite. They will be added to your workspace and will see all the projects and progress you see.