---
id: inverse-code-first-design-systems
kind: work
title: "Design Systems Without Figma: Our AI-Powered Code-First Approach"
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-07-16"
url: "https://inversestudio.io/work/design-systems-without-figma-our-ai-powered-code-first-approach"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/inverse-code-first-design-systems.md
---

# Design Systems Without Figma: Our AI-Powered Code-First Approach

## Edges

- about -> Agentic governance, Component contracts, Design tokens and DTCG, Designers shipping code, Prohibition rules, Validation loops
- <- authored <- Michael Schultz
- <- published <- Inverse Digital Design Studio