---
id: carbon-design-system
kind: project
title: "Carbon"
org_label: "IBM"
maturity: "ai-native"
project_kind: "design-system"
url: "https://carbondesignsystem.com/"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/carbon-design-system.md
---

# Carbon

~86 Code Connect files auto-published from main. A 24KB SKILL.md routing to 12 reference files. AGENTS.md opens by telling maintainers to keep it short.

## Edges

- holds -> Publish first-party Figma-to-code mappings., The machine interface is infrastructure and stays free., Write the rules well enough and name the exact hallucination.
- maintained_by -> IBM
- ships -> Agent skills, Figma Code Connect, MCP servers, llms.txt and markdown twins

## Sources

- https://state-of-ai-in-design-systems.netlify.app/insights