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How to Sync a Design System with Claude Design
Syncing a design system with Claude Design creates a mirror: a compiled, self-rendering copy of the component library, so Claude designs with the real components. The sync runs with /design-sync from Claude Code and checks and fixes its own work before uploading, and the mirror is a one-way snapshot. With shadcn and Tailwind v4, the key steps are an entry file with type definitions, a compiled stylesheet with safelisted layout utilities, fonts listed in extraFonts, and a conventions file. Storybook is optional, but it provides the reference that makes the sync verifiable.
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