#systems
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C.R.A.P., translated for agents: two principles compile, two only approximate
A computability audit of Williams' four principles: contrast compiles to an exact check, repetition compiles once a token file exists, alignment degrades to a proxy, and proximity does not survive translation at all.
Can an AI Agent Verify Material Design 3 Compliance From Token Files Alone?
Material Design 3 publishes its design rules as open-source constants — state opacities, elevation levels, shape radii, and a color algorithm. A test of how much M3 an agent can verify as arithmetic, and where the 2026 Expressive shift ends the constant tables.
Can an AI Agent Perceive Atomic Design?
Which layers of Atomic Design can an AI agent detect from DOM signals, and where does machine perception end and human interpretation begin?
Your Design System Is Unreadable to AI — Tokens Fix That
Design tokens encode design decisions as structured, machine-readable data — making token coverage a computable proxy for how readable your design system is to an AI agent.
Which Design Frameworks Survive Contact with an Agent?
A review of design frameworks graded on one axis: can an AI agent encode them as deterministic checks? Nielsen's heuristics are the case study; most of the canon fails the translation.