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Google Labs Code DESIGN.md

PropertyValue
descriptionFormat specification for describing a visual identity to coding agents.
rating
relatedDesign System, Design Token, Markdown, AI/ML
urlsGitHub, Specification

Overview

Google Labs Code DESIGN.md is a format specification for describing a visual identity to coding agents.

It combines machine-readable design tokens in YAML frontmatter with human-readable Markdown rationale, so an agent can preserve both exact design values and the reasoning behind them.

Why It Matters

This resource is useful when a project needs a portable design-system summary that coding agents can read before implementing or revising UI.

It is especially relevant for keeping visual direction, tokens, and component guidance close to a repository without requiring every task to re-explain the same design intent.