---
id: inverse-governance-in-code
kind: work
title: "Why Design System Governance Belongs in Code"
work_kind: "essay"
date: "2026-05-29"
url: "https://inversestudio.io/work/why-design-system-governance-belongs-in-code"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/inverse-governance-in-code.md
---

# Why Design System Governance Belongs in Code

## Edges

- about -> Agentic governance, Design tokens and DTCG, Designers shipping code, Figma files an agent can read, Validation loops
- <- authored <- Michael Schultz
- <- published <- Inverse Digital Design Studio