Design System2026-03-125 min
What an AI product design system should codify
From waiting states and confidence to citations and recovery, AI design systems go beyond components.
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Beyond components
An AI design system should not only codify buttons, inputs, and cards. It also needs product behaviors around waiting, generation, confidence, sources, failure, and retry.
States are core assets
AI experiences often fail when state is invisible. The system should define feedback and available actions for preparing, running, confirming, failing, and completed generation tasks.
Team value
When these patterns are systemized, product and engineering can reuse reliable experiences, while design reviews move from visual consistency to behavioral consistency.