Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent on Making Design Systems Useful to AI

What does it take to make a design system useful to AI agents? Kaelig Deloumeau-Prigent joins me to talk through his State of AI in Design Systems report and try its audit tools on Eddie, the design system Ian and I are building.

We explore how MCP servers, documentation, and agent skills connect AI tools to design systems, then get into the practical work of keeping those foundations useful. We also talk about the design engineer job hunt and the pressure AI-generated contributions put on open source maintainers.

In this conversation:
- Making a design system available to AI-assisted workflows
- Auditing Eddie and exploring what to improve
- Keeping documentation current through feedback
- Working at the intersection of design and engineering

Music pick: bassist Kinga Głyk.

Resources
Kaelig: https://www.kaelig.fr/
State of AI in Design Systems: https://state-of-ai-in-design-systems.netlify.app/
Kinga Głyk: https://kingaglyk.com/

Prefer to see the live audit? Watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKSAsRqb6LE

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Recorded August 14, 2026. Job-search and event references reflect that conversation.