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AI coding: turning a design spec into a component
Describe states, props, and interaction model — not visual styling — and AI produces components that fit your system instead of fighting it.
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- 1The premise
- 2component design
- 3props/state model
- 4interaction spec
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Section 1
The premise
Pixel-perfect prompts produce throwaway code. Behavior-and-states prompts produce components that integrate with your design system, where styling is the cheap last step.
What AI does well here
- Enumerate visual states from a list (loading, empty, error, success)
- Wire props and event handlers to a stated contract
- Match accessibility patterns when explicitly named
What AI cannot do
- Infer your design tokens from a screenshot alone
- Decide which interactions need keyboard support
- Match brand voice in microcopy without examples
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