What I Do Before Letting Claude Code Touch Web App Design
A developer outlines a structured approach for using Anthropic's Claude Code to design web applications, emphasizing a pre-coding phase to define specifications and component trees. This method involves creating a Markdown file with machine-readable design tokens and rationale, which Claude Code can reference. The process prioritizes establishing a design system with consistent colors, typography, and spacing before any code is written, and explicitly defining all interaction states for components. AI
IMPACT Provides a practical workflow for developers to leverage AI code assistants more effectively in web design.