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April 22, 2026
Figma's Make Now Pulls From Your Actual Design System
Published: April 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Updated: April 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
100-word summary
Figma just closed the gap between AI-generated mockups and what your engineers actually ship. The company's new Make kits let you feed the tool your real components (via npm packages or Figma libraries) plus brand guidelines, datasets, and compliance docs. Instead of starting with generic buttons and forms that need cleanup before handoff, designers now get prototypes built from the same 12,000-component libraries engineers use in production. Engineers stop asking "Is this custom or did we already build it?" because Make is working from the same source of truth. The shift matters most for teams tired of AI tools that speed up the wrong part of the job, generating fast...
What happened
Figma just closed the gap between AI-generated mockups and what your engineers actually ship. The company's new Make kits let you feed the tool your real components (via npm packages or Figma libraries) plus brand guidelines, datasets, and compliance docs. Instead of starting with generic buttons and forms that need cleanup before handoff, designers now get prototypes built from the same 12,000-component libraries engineers use in production. Engineers stop asking "Is this custom or did we already build it?" because Make is working from the same source of truth.
Why it matters
The shift matters most for teams tired of AI tools that speed up the wrong part of the job, generating fast drafts that still require slow translation into actual product patterns.