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id: cristian-morales-achiardi-design-systems-are-contracts-not-libraries
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title: "Design systems are contracts, not libraries"
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-05-22"
url: "https://www.designsystemscollective.com/design-systems-are-contracts-not-libraries-4876d8e1d401?source=rss-ae5b2b4ccf7e------2"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/cristian-morales-achiardi-design-systems-are-contracts-not-libraries.md
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# Design systems are contracts, not libraries

## Edges

- about -> Agentic governance, Component contracts, Documentation schema
- <- authored <- Cristian Morales Achiardi