01
The problem
AI design tools generate from nothing. Every prompt starts cold, so the output drifts away from whatever design system you already have — and you spend more time correcting house style than you saved generating.
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Clayface
An AI design workspace that starts from your references, not a blank slate.
02
The decision
Make references the primary input rather than an afterthought. Pull Figma context in directly, and give each project persistent memory so the workspace accumulates an understanding of your system instead of forgetting it between prompts.
03
The tradeoff
It needs setup before it's useful. You have to connect Figma and seed context, which makes the first run slower than typing into an empty prompt box. Every run after that is better — but it's a real cost, and it means the tool is wrong for one-off exploration.
04
What shipped
A workspace for building interfaces, pages, and design systems with project memory and authenticated account management, so context survives across sessions.
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