You can reduce Figma-to-code rework when the screen uses components and patterns that already exist in the product. Give the coding agent their real source and approved rules, compose the screen in the project, and refine the working experience. Figma remains useful for exploring new visual directions and missing patterns. Perture connects the approved system to the coding workflow rather than requiring every screen to be mocked up and recreated.
- Your systemComponents + rules
- Coding agentRetrieve + reuse
- Working screenRender + review
Choose the starting point based on what is already defined
The useful question is whether the system already answers the implementation decisions for this screen. When it does, building another complete mockup can duplicate work. When it does not, visual exploration and system design still have a role.
| Situation | Useful starting point | Decision still needed |
|---|---|---|
| Existing components and a known page pattern | Compose a working screen in code | Content, layout details, and interactions |
| New visual direction or new interaction pattern | Explore and compare design alternatives | Which direction becomes part of the system |
| Figma component with no runtime implementation | Map the design and implement the component | API, states, accessibility, and responsive behavior |
| Runtime component with undocumented variants | Inspect source and document actual support | Which variants are approved for the task |
Connect the Figma reference to the runtime component
A Figma component and a React component are different artifacts. The design reference communicates intended appearance and may include variants or interactions. The runtime component defines props, state, rendering, and integration with the application. Record how the two correspond instead of assuming that matching names establish parity.
For each reused family, identify the approved design, the source implementation, the supported variants, and the states that matter to the screen. If the source is missing, mark the mapping as incomplete. An image or SVG export should not be described as an executable component.†
- Component name and repository import path
- Variant-to-prop mapping
- Token references for typography, color, and spacing
- Default, focus, disabled, loading, and error states where relevant
- Responsive and content constraints
Refine the experience in the working screen
Ask the coding agent to compose the page from the approved components, then use the actual interface. Try long labels, an empty list, an invalid form, and a narrow viewport. These conditions make layout and interaction problems visible while the screen is still being shaped.
Review a change as both a design decision and an implementation decision. A new spacing value may improve one screen but introduce a token exception. A visual simplification may accidentally remove a state users need. Keep the system and the user's task visible during refinement.
Build this screen directly in the project from our existing components.
Use the connected Perture system and inspect the runtime source.
Keep approved tokens and supported variants.
Let us review the working loading, empty, and error states.
Report any design requirement that the current components cannot satisfy.Use Perture to keep the references available
Perture organizes the approved components and design rules for connected coding workflows. Its Figma integration can bring selected component references into the Brand Page; the agent still needs the actual implementation source to reuse a runtime component faithfully.
Start with one existing flow rather than an entirely new product direction. Compare the resulting screen with the system, exercise the interactions, and record the unresolved mappings. The goal is to remove repeated handoff work where the decisions are already made, while giving new decisions the review they need.*