How To Make Your Design System AI-Ready

Better AI-generated design prototypes require well-documented design decisions treated as infrastructure, not just assumptions.

• •Design decisions must be captured in spec files (structured Markdown with guidelines, priorities, and accessibility rules) that AI systems consume for guidance
• •FigmaLint plugin audits design system quality by detecting inconsistencies like hard-coded values, detached instances, missing states, and undocumented accessibility issues
• •Three-layer architecture ensures quality: spec files provide detailed guidelines, token layer maintains a closed set of named variables, and audit scripts catch AI-generated errors
• •Automated sync routines update spec files when design systems change, preventing AI from working with outdated specifications

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