Create a new design system

[hendi-valentino]

Hi guys, are we able to create a new design system like id Claude Design? like adding an URL and it will grab the client branding design template?

[lefarcen]

Thanks for the request. Short answer: not as a one-click URL import yet.

Current state: Open Design already reads design systems from design-systems/<slug>/DESIGN.md, and design-systems/README.md documents that dropping in a folder with a DESIGN.md makes it show up in the picker. There is also a design-brief skill that can generate a DESIGN.md from a text brief. What is not shipped yet is the Claude Design-like flow where you paste a client URL and Open Design extracts brand colors/type/components, saves a reusable design system, and lets you edit/preview it in the app.

This overlaps with #580, which tracks custom/reusable design systems and import sources. It also fits the broader #210 direction for user-owned design systems. The maintainer-scoped first MVP in #210 is smaller: fork an existing built-in design system into local storage, edit/save it as a user-owned DESIGN.md, and make it selectable. URL/Figma/screenshot/brand-guide import would be a follow-up source once that storage/editor loop exists.

I'd treat this issue as useful validation for the URL-import slice: "public URL → brand extraction → generated reusable DESIGN.md." If you have a specific example URL or expected output in mind, please share it so we can use it as a target case when that importer is designed.

[hendi-valentino]

thank you!