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id: spec-extraction
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title: "Deterministic spec extraction"
atlas_url: https://designsystems.fly.dev/nodes/spec-extraction.md
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# Deterministic spec extraction

Pulling a machine-readable spec out of a design file by rule rather than by asking a model what it sees.

## Edges

- <- about <- Analysis of Variants, Beyond Design Tokens: Building an AI-Ready Figma Handoff, Component Contracts and Schemas, Component Examples as Data, Components as Data, I’m making a spec for design system documentation, Machine-readable specs for code generation (SmashingConf Amsterdam), SmashingConf Amsterdam 2026, Use AI to Need Less AI
- <- focus <- Dei, Nathan Curtis, PJ Onori, TJ Pitre

## Sources

- https://southleft.substack.com/p/use-ai-to-need-less-ai