---
id: christine-vallaure-what-are-hypertokens-the-layer-between-token
kind: work
title: "What are hypertokens? The layer between tokens and components, rebuilt for agents."
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-06-28"
url: "https://christinevallaure.substack.com/p/what-are-hypertokens-the-layer-between"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/christine-vallaure-what-are-hypertokens-the-layer-between-token.md
---

# What are hypertokens? The layer between tokens and components, rebuilt for agents.

## Edges

- about -> Compiled, not written, context, Component contracts, Design tokens and DTCG
- <- authored <- Christine Vallaure