<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>designmd.app — Blog</title><description>Technical articles on DESIGN.md, design systems for AI agents and vibe coding.</description><link>https://designmd.app/</link><item><title>Real Brands: design systems from real companies your AI agent can read</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/real-brands-launch-en/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/real-brands-launch-en/</guid><description>22 Brazilian brands documented in the DESIGN.md format. No other catalog has them. Now designmd.app does.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DESIGN.md + AGENTS.md + RULES.md: which file does what</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/design-md-agents-md-rules-md/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/design-md-agents-md-rules-md/</guid><description>The definitive map of context files for AI agents — DESIGN.md, AGENTS.md, RULES.md, .cursorrules, CLAUDE.md. Know exactly where to put each piece of information.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DESIGN.md at scale: when tokens aren&apos;t enough (and what to add)</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/design-md-at-scale/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/design-md-at-scale/</guid><description>DESIGN.md solves visual tokens but AI agents still guess component behavior. Here are practical extensions to take your spec to the next level.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beyond tokens: teaching your component library to AI agents with DESIGN.md</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/design-md-component-library/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/design-md-component-library/</guid><description>Tokens are just the first step. Learn how to document components in DESIGN.md with slots, variants, and anti-patterns so AI agents actually use your library correctly.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cursor Rules vs DESIGN.md — What Goes Where?</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/cursor-rules-vs-design-md/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/cursor-rules-vs-design-md/</guid><description>Cursor rules control how your AI agent behaves. DESIGN.md defines what it designs. Here&apos;s the architectural split and how to use both together.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Design Tokens vs DESIGN.md — Complementary or Competing?</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/design-tokens-vs-design-md/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/design-tokens-vs-design-md/</guid><description>Figma design tokens and DESIGN.md solve different problems. One feeds build pipelines, the other feeds AI agents. Here&apos;s when you need both.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How AI Coding Agents Read Your Design System (And Why Most Get It Wrong)</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/how-ai-coding-agents-read-design-systems/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/how-ai-coding-agents-read-design-systems/</guid><description>AI coding agents can&apos;t extract design tokens from screenshots or raw CSS. Here&apos;s how DESIGN.md gives them parseable, persistent context that actually works.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Minimalism vs Maximalism in 2026 — Which Design System Wins?</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/minimalism-vs-maximalism-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/minimalism-vs-maximalism-2026/</guid><description>A practical comparison of minimalist and maximalist design approaches for AI-generated interfaces. When to use each, with DESIGN.md examples for both.</description><pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Glassmorphism vs Neumorphism vs Flat Design — Choosing a Visual Language for AI Agents</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/glassmorphism-vs-neumorphism-vs-flat-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/glassmorphism-vs-neumorphism-vs-flat-2026/</guid><description>Three dominant UI aesthetics compared through the lens of DESIGN.md. Which one produces the most consistent AI-generated components?</description><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>AI-First Design in 2026 — Why Your Agent Needs a Design System File</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/ai-first-design-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/ai-first-design-2026/</guid><description>AI agents generate UI faster than ever, but without a DESIGN.md they produce inconsistent results. How AI-first design workflows actually work in practice.</description><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dark Mode vs Light Mode — How to Handle Both in a Single DESIGN.md</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/dark-mode-vs-light-mode-design-md/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/dark-mode-vs-light-mode-design-md/</guid><description>Most design systems pick one mode and bolt on the other. Here&apos;s how to build a DESIGN.md that handles both without doubling your token count.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Anti-Design and Brutalism 2.0 — When Breaking Rules Is the Design System</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/brutalism-anti-design-2026/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/brutalism-anti-design-2026/</guid><description>Brutalist web design is back in 2026, but smarter. How to encode intentional chaos into a DESIGN.md without confusing your AI agent.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Use DESIGN.md with Cursor — Complete Setup Guide</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/design-md-with-cursor/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/design-md-with-cursor/</guid><description>Configure DESIGN.md in Cursor for consistent AI-generated UI. Step-by-step setup with .cursorrules integration and practical examples.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Create a DESIGN.md from Scratch</title><link>https://designmd.app/blog/how-to-create-design-md/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://designmd.app/blog/how-to-create-design-md/</guid><description>Step-by-step guide to writing a DESIGN.md file for your project. Define colors, typography, spacing and components in Markdown for AI agents.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>