Universal Design (beta)

About this plugin

UDML Exporter for Figma (beta)

Transform your Figma designs into AI-ready UDML (Universal Design Markup Language) documents. UDML Exporter creates structured, semantic descriptions of your designs specifically optimized for AI interpretation and code generation.

AI-First Design Documentation

UDML is built from the ground up to be understood by AI. Instead of trying to directly convert designs to code (which often produces messy, unmaintainable results), UDML provides AI agents with:

1. Semantic Structure: Clear representation of layout hierarchies and relationships
2. Design Context: Comprehensive documentation of components and their usage
3. Style System: Organized design tokens and variables
4. Asset Catalog: Structured references to exported graphics and icons
5. Rich Metadata: Layer names, descriptions, and relationships that AI can interpret

Why AI + UDML?

Traditional Figma-to-code tools try to guess what components you meant to create. UDML takes a different approach:

1. Let AI Do the Heavy Lifting: Instead of making assumptions, provide AI with rich context
2. Semantic Understanding: AI can interpret layer names and relationships to generate appropriate components
3. Design System Integration: AI can map your design tokens to existing system variables
4. Framework Flexibility: Generate code for any framework or library
5. Open and Extensible: No locked-in formats or proprietary solutions

How It Works

1. Design in Figma using Auto Layout and components
2. Export to UDML (optimized for AI consumption)
3. Provide the UDML to an AI agent (like Claude or Cursor)
4. Get clean, semantic code that matches your design system

Example AI Interpretation

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Perfect For

1. Designers who want AI to understand their work
2. Developers who need intelligent code generation
3. Teams building or maintaining design systems
4. Anyone looking for an alternative to traditional Figma-to-code tools

Getting Started

1. Install the plugin
2. Design with AI interpretation in mind
3. Export to UDML
4. Let AI generate your code

Design for AI

To get the best results:

1. Use clear, descriptive layer names
2. Leverage Auto Layout for clear structure
3. Create consistent component patterns
4. Document your design system tokens

Join the AI-First Design Movement

UDML is an open specification for AI-friendly design documentation. Help shape the future of AI-assisted design-to-code workflows.

docs.universaldesign.ai