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design teams have spent years trying to get people to actually read their design system documentation. agents can read them every single time they write code.
new article on design systems for agents:
lukew.com/ff/2164/design-sys…
new in Intent mobile today:
- attach files & images to agent answers
- browse files in workspaces
- type / for skill suggestions
- Mermaid diagrams rendering improvements
- script watch in chats
- cleaner message traces
- more iPhone Duo layout polish
- plus dark mode fixes & more in release notes: intentapp.dev/updates#latest…
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people buying the outcome (it drives me places) not the tool (a car) will impact lots more products esp. software.
at a high level, this is how AI upends existing companies.
agents do a lot (reasoning, tool use, delegation, monitoring, etc.). how much of that work do you show people in your app's UI?
made a tool to try out different designs, tweak details, and animate them: intentapp.dev/agentwork
you can also share any design you make. like:
intentapp.dev/agentwork#scen…
for those who want a robust working design system for agents example... we just updated:
intentapp.dev/design-system
design teams have spent years trying to get people to actually read their design system documentation. agents can read them every single time they write code.
new article on design systems for agents:
lukew.com/ff/2164/design-sys…
now with data: 75% of all new deliveries included full self driving subscriptions, up from 55% in Q2 2026
xitter.cf/SawyerMerritt/status/2…
all our AI-native companies are wrestling with these agentic software design/UI needs:
- tracking what's happening (many agents)
lukew.com/ff/2165/many-agent…
- showing what got done (by agents)
lukew.com/ff/2142/showing-th…
- keeping design coherent (agent instructions)
lukew.com/ff/2164/design-sys…
- multi-player & collaboration (people+
agents)
lukew.com/ff/2153/collaborat…
- asset creation tools (agent workflows)
lukew.com/ff/2146/consistent…
and as @Wattenberger reminded me... window management. everyone is searching for the best tabs, panels, canvas, sidebar approach.
aka re-thinking the SaaS shape.
