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Discussion on: So I built a Figma Design Agent for an Agentic AI Hackathon #kiro #figma #agents #geminicli

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Aniket Dhakane

Hi Varsha, really appreciate your perspective. The agent in this article is actually just a lightweight prototype of a more advanced internal agent my team and I built at work. The production version is powered by Claude Opus with custom steering/skill files tailored to our workflow.

What we’ve noticed is that it doesn’t replace product thinking or UX decisions — it removes repetitive implementation overhead. Design-to-code iterations have become significantly faster, which lets developers focus more on functionality, edge cases, and overall product quality instead of rebuilding UI patterns repeatedly.

And you’re absolutely right about intentional UX decisions — keeping Product Owners and designers in the loop is what makes these systems genuinely useful rather than just “AI generating screens.”