Hi everyone,
First off — Figma AI (Agent) has been an incredible addition to our workflow. Really impressed with how well it understands and interacts with design systems. Huge kudos to the team behind it!
I've read through the articleÂ
https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/38978644498199-AI-workflows-collection-Best-practices-to-help-Figma-AI-understand-your-design-system#h_01KKFV30GE7M7PH1YPBCNXG07WÂ
, and while it provides great foundational guidance, I'm finding it hard to translate those principles into a concrete restructuring plan for our own design system. The "what" is clear, but the "how it should actually look in practice" is still a bit ambiguous.
We'd love to restructure our design system to fully align with Figma AI best practices, but we're missing a tangible reference to work from. So my question is twofold:
Could Figma publish an official example design system file that demonstrates these best practices end-to-end? Something the community could open, inspect, and use as a gold standard for how variables, components, descriptions, and structure should be set up for optimal AI comprehension.
Alternatively, is there an existing community design system that already closely follows these guidelines? For instance, would something like the Apple iOS 26 design kit or Material 3 serve as a good reference, or are there others that better exemplify AI-ready structuring?
Having a real-world benchmark would save a lot of guesswork and help teams like ours move in the right direction with confidence.
Thanks in advance for any pointers!