The design system is now part of the prompt
Coinbase’s Code Connect experiment shows that better component context can make agent-built interfaces faster, cheaper, and more faithful.
The Story
Coinbase tested Figma Code Connect with coding agents and reported lower token use, faster implementation, and stronger design-system adherence. The useful part is not the headline percentage; it is the underlying principle: agents perform better when they receive the same structural context a good designer or engineer would.
For Studio Wensday, this points toward treating the design system as an operational asset, not a static library. Components, naming, tokens, states, and usage guidance are becoming part of the creative brief that machines can actually understand.
The practical move is to document the decisions behind your system as carefully as the components themselves. A well-explained system can become a bridge between visual direction, product design, and production code. ([figma.com](https://www.figma.com/blog/how-coinbase-used-code-connect-to-shrink-token-costs/))
Studio Wensday Angle
Design-system documentation is becoming creative infrastructure.