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Getting UI design out of design tools and into coding agents — what each handoff route actually carries, and what you have to supply yourself.
Design to code
How to export a UI design to a coding agent
There are only three ways a design reaches a coding agent: a live MCP connection, a file export, or a handoff bundle. Each carries a different amount of your intent. Here is how to pick, wire up and sanity-check the route for your tools.
· 11 min read
Design to code
Figma to a coding agent: what the MCP server actually sends
Figma sends a selection, not a file. Here are the commands for each agent, what actually arrives on the other end, and the specific reason well-built files still produce off-system code.
· 9 min read
Design to code
Canva to a coding agent: the export path, not the MCP server
The Canva MCP server is for building Canva apps, not reading your designs. The real route is an asynchronous Connect API export — and the format you choose decides how much structure survives.
· 8 min read
Design to code
Claude Design to Claude Code: the handoff bundle explained
A bundle is assembled by the thing that made the design, while the reasoning is still in context. That makes it the highest-fidelity handoff available — and it still will not keep two screens built weeks apart consistent.
· 7 min read
AI coding agents
Which coding agent handles design context best
The interesting difference between these five is not model quality. It is whether the design route you set up survives a git clone, and none of them carries your design decisions between sessions.
· 8 min read
Design to code
Your agent is not ignoring your design — it never got the rules
Every handoff route sends what a design contains. None of them sends why. That missing half is small, writable in an afternoon, and the reason generated screens keep drifting off-brand.
· 7 min read
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