From Figma to Storybook: Build Components AI Can Actually Use
10.7K views · 2026-10-22
UI Design
Turn your Figma components into code AI knows how to use.
📖 Get the free Figma to Storybook guide + prompts:
https://designproject.io/figma-to-storybook-guide/?utm_source=youtube_figma_to_storybook&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=figma_to_storybook&utm_content=description
💬 Join the TDP Community:
https://designproject.io/community/?utm_source=youtube_figma_to_storybook&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=figma_to_storybook&utm_content=description
🚀 Explore a Product Sprint with TDP:
https://tally.so/r/WOPNPP?utm_source=youtube_figma_to_storybook&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=figma_to_storybook&utm_content=description
WATCH MORE LIKE THIS
🎥 Design Systems for Beginners (Claude Code + Figma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrHKvTWECtY
🎥 How I Build a Component Library in 2 days (Figma to Claude Code to Storybook)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiEATeNyWnk
🎥 I Built My Entire Design System in 4 Hours With AI. Full Tutorial (Claude + Cursor + Figma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nafNPuElCtY
Your team already has a Figma component library, but parts are outdated, tokens are inconsistent, and things don’t quite match the codebase. In this walkthrough, I’m using AI to audit those gaps, clean up the foundations, and bring a button component into Storybook.
We’ll work through the context AI needs to use that component correctly: what it does, when to use it, which variants are supported, and what to avoid. Along the way, we’ll check existing code and documentation, flag disagreements, and define the missing rules before building.
This is how I’m approaching a component library that gives designers, engineers, and AI a shared starting point for building new features.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- Audit and clean up Figma design tokens with AI.
- Set up Storybook in your existing codebase.
- Compare Figma components with existing code and flag gaps.
- Define component variants, usage rules, and guardrails for AI.
- Build and document a component in Storybook with practical examples.
The more clearly we document how our components work, the more useful they become for the whole product team. I’m exploring how that shared context can help AI build on what we already have, with more consistent design and less rebuilding during implementation.
RESOURCES
Figma Console MCP: https://github.com/southleft/figma-console-mcp
GitHub setup video: https://youtu.be/Jcs8LLmQX80?si=PE79L44ahW6EDpU2
CONNECT WITH ME
🌐 Website: https://designproject.io/?utm_source=youtube_figma_to_storybook&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=figma_to_storybook&utm_content=connect_website
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diannealter/
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 From Figma to Storybook with AI
02:10 Audit and clean up your Figma variables
07:40 Document color tokens and usage rules
11:51 Organize components and set up Storybook
15:23 Audit your button component and define missing rules
25:31 Build the component and documentation with AI
28:39 Explore the finished Storybook component
We at The Design Project help B2B SaaS product teams ship faster by combining AI tools with strategic design expertise. We've worked with 50+ teams, including companies acquired by Slack, Nvidia, and MrBeast, to cut product cycles in half using battle-tested AI workflows and design systems.
📖 Get the free Figma to Storybook guide + prompts:
https://designproject.io/figma-to-storybook-guide/?utm_source=youtube_figma_to_storybook&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=figma_to_storybook&utm_content=description
💬 Join the TDP Community:
https://designproject.io/community/?utm_source=youtube_figma_to_storybook&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=figma_to_storybook&utm_content=description
🚀 Explore a Product Sprint with TDP:
https://tally.so/r/WOPNPP?utm_source=youtube_figma_to_storybook&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=figma_to_storybook&utm_content=description
WATCH MORE LIKE THIS
🎥 Design Systems for Beginners (Claude Code + Figma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrHKvTWECtY
🎥 How I Build a Component Library in 2 days (Figma to Claude Code to Storybook)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiEATeNyWnk
🎥 I Built My Entire Design System in 4 Hours With AI. Full Tutorial (Claude + Cursor + Figma)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nafNPuElCtY
Your team already has a Figma component library, but parts are outdated, tokens are inconsistent, and things don’t quite match the codebase. In this walkthrough, I’m using AI to audit those gaps, clean up the foundations, and bring a button component into Storybook.
We’ll work through the context AI needs to use that component correctly: what it does, when to use it, which variants are supported, and what to avoid. Along the way, we’ll check existing code and documentation, flag disagreements, and define the missing rules before building.
This is how I’m approaching a component library that gives designers, engineers, and AI a shared starting point for building new features.
WHAT YOU’LL LEARN
- Audit and clean up Figma design tokens with AI.
- Set up Storybook in your existing codebase.
- Compare Figma components with existing code and flag gaps.
- Define component variants, usage rules, and guardrails for AI.
- Build and document a component in Storybook with practical examples.
The more clearly we document how our components work, the more useful they become for the whole product team. I’m exploring how that shared context can help AI build on what we already have, with more consistent design and less rebuilding during implementation.
RESOURCES
Figma Console MCP: https://github.com/southleft/figma-console-mcp
GitHub setup video: https://youtu.be/Jcs8LLmQX80?si=PE79L44ahW6EDpU2
CONNECT WITH ME
🌐 Website: https://designproject.io/?utm_source=youtube_figma_to_storybook&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=figma_to_storybook&utm_content=connect_website
💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diannealter/
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 From Figma to Storybook with AI
02:10 Audit and clean up your Figma variables
07:40 Document color tokens and usage rules
11:51 Organize components and set up Storybook
15:23 Audit your button component and define missing rules
25:31 Build the component and documentation with AI
28:39 Explore the finished Storybook component
We at The Design Project help B2B SaaS product teams ship faster by combining AI tools with strategic design expertise. We've worked with 50+ teams, including companies acquired by Slack, Nvidia, and MrBeast, to cut product cycles in half using battle-tested AI workflows and design systems.