Google Open-Sources DESIGN.md Spec with Tokens, Components & CLI
Google released a draft DESIGN.md spec on GitHub with tokens, early components, and a CLI validator—enabling cross-platform use and WCAG-aware agents.
Google have open-sourced their draft specification for DESIGN.md on
Now it can be used in any tool and on any platform
They also added several new capabilities to DESIGN.md: a tokens section, the beginnings of a components section, and a CLI validator to check the file. Agents can now understand design semantics and validate solutions against WCAG.
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