Design System for AI

AI-built interfaces, fully aligned with your design system

Bring your brand, components, accessibility and rules into one versioned library. Every team, vendor and AI agent builds from it, across every platform, so you deliver faster and at scale with full control.

Built by people who have done it at scale

12 yearsbuilding design systems
60,000+applications built on them
  • Brand Guidelinescolors · typography · logos
  • Componentsfull responsive
  • Sample Screensforms · dashboards
  • Utilitiesmargins · aligns · colors
  • UX Guidelinesdos and don'ts
  • AccessibilityWCAG 2.2 AA
  • Assetsimages · fonts · icons
  • AI Contextguidelines for AI agents
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01 / The problem

AI ships UI fast.
It also ships inconsistency fast.

AI agents generate a screen in seconds. Without your design system as context, they guess. Across several teams, vendors and platforms, those guesses multiply into design debt, rework and higher delivery costs.

A different experience in every application

Agents invent colors, spacing and styles, so every screen looks slightly different.

4 reds, 0 tokens

Duplicate components

Every prompt rebuilds buttons, forms and tables from scratch, and your maintenance cost grows with each one.

Button.tsx · Btn.tsx · PrimaryButton.tsx · CTA.tsx

Compliance risk
found late

Contrast, focus states and labels get missed and surface in audits, when fixes cost the most.

contrast 2.8:1 · no label · no focus ring

Senior time spent on corrections.

Your most experienced people review and fix AI output when they could be delivering new value.

PR #482 · 37 comments · "please use our tokens"

Same prompt
Different result

Generating an application is easy today. The real challenge is keeping the same experience across every screen and every application.

Prompt to your AI agent"Build a monthly revenue card"

Monthly revenue

Oct 2026

$184,320

▲ 12.4% vs September

View details
Before · no design system After · Design System for AI

02 / The solution

A high-quality, centralized library,
shared by every application.
Ready for every AI agent.

Design System for AI turns your brand, components, assets and rules into one versioned library. Internal teams, vendors and AI agents build with it, and every application can adopt each improvement as a controlled release. It is also a solid foundation for modernizing legacy interfaces.

Governed and future-proof

Versioned rules and automated checks keep AI output on spec as your products and your design system evolve.

Isolated UI, scalable architecture

The UI layer lives in its own library, decoupled from business logic. Many applications share one foundation, and a change made once reaches all of them.

Ready for AI agents

Components and rules documented for machines as well as people, so agents build with your system instead of around it.

No expert skills needed

Developers, low-code teams and product people describe what they need, and the agent assembles it from approved components.

Accessibility built in

Components are validated against WCAG 2.2 AA, so every generated screen starts from an accessible foundation. A head start on your accessibility obligations.

Consistency at scale

One visual language and one experience across every application, team, vendor and channel.

03 / How it works

From prompt to
on-brand UI in four steps.

  1. Install and connect

    Your projects install the library, and your AI agent connects to it through an MCP server (Model Context Protocol), inside the tools your teams already use, such as Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Codex, etc.

    .mcp.json
    {
      "mcpServers": {
        "design-system": {
          "url": "Design System MCP server URL"
        }
      }
    }
  2. Follow the rules

    The agent reads your brand, components, sample screens and guidelines, so it knows exactly what to use and when.

    components/button.md
    ## Button
    Use Button/Primary for the one
    main action in a view.
    Colors and spacing: utility
    classes only.
    
    Don't style links as buttons.
    Don't remove the focus ring.
  3. Build on spec

    It implements the interface by reusing approved components by reference, never copying them. Everything stays centralized, nothing is duplicated, and the result is fully aligned with your design system.

    OnboardingForm.tsx
    <Stack gap="24">
      <Input label="Full name" />
      <Select label="Country" />
      <Button variant="primary">
        Continue
      </Button>
    </Stack>
  4. Update once

    The library is versioned like any other dependency. Change a token or a component once, publish a release, and every application that references it gets the update. One place to maintain, nothing to keep in sync by hand.

    CHANGELOG.md
    ## 2.4.0
    - Updated --color-primary
    - Button: clearer focus ring
    
    Released once, picked up by
    every application that uses
    the library.

04 / What you get

Not a design file.
A living library.

You get five deliverables, built from the same source and kept in sync with every release: one library for your projects, one documentation site for your teams, and the context and connection your AI agents need.

01

UI library

An installable library with your tokens, CSS utilities, accessible components, assets and sample screens, built for open-source web frameworks and for OutSystems.

React · Angular · Vue · OutSystems

terminal
~/acme-portal $ npm install @acme/ui
added 1 package · v2.4.0

design-system/
├─ assets/        images · fonts · icons
├─ components/    buttons · forms · tables
├─ styles/        tokens · utilities · themes
├─ ai-context/    CONTEXT.md · rules
└─ CHANGELOG.md
02

Live documentation

A documentation site for your design system, generated from the same source as the code, so it never goes out of date.

Deployed in your environment with access managed.

docs.acme.designLive documentation · v2.4.0

Docs / Welcome

Welcome to the Acme Design System

Everything your teams, vendors and AI agents need to build consistent, accessible interfaces: guidelines, tokens, utilities and components, all documented from the same source as the code.

Brand GuidelinesLogo, colour, typography and imagery.
Design TokensColours, spacing, radius and type scale.
Custom ComponentsAccessible components with usage rules.
Sample ScreensReady-made forms, dashboards and flows.
03

AI agent context

A plain-language brief your agents read before they build: what to use, what to avoid and how screens should feel. Drop it into any repository and every prompt starts on spec.

  • Useapproved components, tokens and patterns, by name.
  • Avoidhard-coded colours, one-off styles and copied markup.
  • Followlayout, tone and accessibility rules on every screen.

Only needed without the MCP server. With MCP, agents fetch this context live. Without it, these files give them the same rules offline.

ai-context/CONTEXT.md
# Acme Design System · context for AI agents

## Always
- Import UI from @acme/ui, never rebuild it
- Use tokens: --color-primary, --space-4
- One primary <Button> per view
- Every input has a visible <Label>

## Never
- Hex colours or inline styles
- Links styled as buttons
- Removing the focus ring

## Patterns
- Forms → samples/form-wizard
- Lists → samples/data-table
04

MCP server

The Model Context Protocol is an open standard that lets AI tools call external services. Think of it as a USB port for AI: plug your design system in once, and every agent your teams use can look things up in it while it works.

  • Findthe right component, token or sample screen for the task.
  • Readits props, usage rules and accessibility notes before writing code.
  • Checkthe result against your guidelines and fix what is off.

Claude Code · Cursor · Copilot · Codex

agent session · design-system MCP
You

Add a filter bar to the orders table.

→ MCPsearch_components("filter")
← MCPFilterBar · SearchInput · Chip
→ MCPget_usage("FilterBar")
← MCPprops · do and don't · keyboard rules
Agent

Built with <FilterBar> from @acme/ui, tokens only, focus ring kept. ✓ on spec

05

Source files

You own every source file. With the full source in your repository, your team can extend the UI library and publish new versions on its own, with no dependency on us.

  • assets/images · fonts · icons
  • components/buttons · forms · tables
  • styles/tokens · utilities · themes
  • ai-context/CONTEXT.md · rules

05 / Benefits

Built for everyone
who owns the outcome

CIO and IT leaders

One standard across teams, vendors and platforms.

Set the rules once and keep control as AI scales. Every team and vendor builds from the same governed library, with traceable changes and lower maintenance costs.

Development and applications

Faster delivery, less rework, one UI foundation to maintain.

Pay for each button once. One UI library, shared by all your applications, and agents that build with it from the first prompt. Your senior people get their time back.

Transformation, product and AI

Scale AI delivery with confidence.

Move from AI pilots to production interfaces. Business teams see consistent, accessible products sooner, and your brand stays intact in every release.

Anyone can build, on brand.

Product owners, designers and business teams describe the screen they need and get production-grade UI that already follows your brand, accessibility and code standards.

2Xmore people able to build interfaces

Fewer iterations, faster reviews.

Agents build with approved components and rules, so reviews focus on the product, not on fixing colors, spacing or accessibility.

70%fewer review rounds per screen

Faster to production.

Screens are built on tested, versioned components, so they are ready to ship from the first version. From idea to production in days, not sprints.

50%faster time to market

06 / How we work with you

A clear path
from assessment to adoption

  1. Assess

    We review your UI, your design system maturity, your AI tools and how your teams and vendors deliver today.

    Readiness report and roadmap

  2. Structure

    We build or evolve your design system, with brand, utilities, components, documentation and rules written for agents.

    Your design system, v1

  3. Connect

    We plug it into your agents, repositories and delivery pipeline, and bring your vendors on board.

    Agents, repos and vendors connected

  4. Evolve

    Governance, versioned releases that reach every application, adoption support and continuous improvement as you grow.

    Versioned releases, on a cadence

07 / Why Hi Interactive

Built by people
who have done it at scale

building design systems
applications built on them
  • 0112 years building design systems used in more than 60,000 applications.
  • 02Interface and AI engineering specialists, focused on performance, scale and user experience.
  • 03Certified OutSystems partner, delivering across web and mobile platforms.
  • 04Verifiable accessibility: validated at component level and tested with real users.
  • 05Experience in regulated sectors: banking, insurance, healthcare, government, retail, utilities and transport.

Design system work for organizations such as

OutSystems
Hoist
City of Oakland
Vopak
Colliers

08 / FAQ

Questions
we often hear

Something else on your mind?

Book a discovery call

You can start from where you are. We evolve the one you have or build a new one with you.

Every vendor builds from the same library and the same rules, and their AI agents use the same context. You set one standard and keep control of it, whoever delivers the work.

In 30 minutes, a senior UI architect looks at your current applications, delivery model and AI tools with you. You leave with a clear readiness view and your next three priorities.

Any coding agent that supports MCP, including Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot and Codex.

The library installs as an npm package or as an OutSystems library. We adapt it to your stack during the assessment.

You own your design system. It lives in your repositories, in standard code, and your teams can evolve it freely.

The library and its rules run within your environment and your access policies, and your AI tools keep their existing security setup.

It gives them more time for high value work. Designers and developers define the system and AI applies it at scale.

Most organizations have a first version connected to their agents in 3 weeks. The assessment defines your exact plan.

Make every AI-built screen
part of one system.

Find out how ready your organization is to build interfaces with AI at scale.

Book your AI-readiness review

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In 30 minutes, a senior UI architect reviews your applications, delivery model and AI tools with you. Leave your details and we will get back to you to schedule it.