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id: christine-vallaure-design-system-contracts-the-component-lives
kind: work
title: "Design system contracts: the component lives in neither Figma nor code"
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-07-16"
url: "https://christinevallaure.substack.com/p/design-system-contracts-the-component"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/christine-vallaure-design-system-contracts-the-component-lives.md
---

# Design system contracts: the component lives in neither Figma nor code

## Edges

- about -> Component contracts, Figma Code Connect, Figma files an agent can read
- <- authored <- Christine Vallaure