Code-Native UI Design Engine & Figma Alternative Available · NPM Package v1.3.8

7 Stages · 24 Commands · brand.json v2

Design in real code directly
and eliminate Figma-to-code drift forever.

A code-native UI design lifecycle engine instructing AI agents across all 7 stages and 24 commands to build design systems, interactive prototypes, and production UI with zero build step.

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palette brand.json

DS Centralized Token Contract

brand.json v2

Tokens: [Colors, Typography, Spacing, Elevation, Motion]

Foundations: Native CSS / Tailwind / daisyUI

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Stages

Commands

Build Lag

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Code-Native Prototyping

Design directly in production-ready code. No static rectangle drawing, no lost-in-translation handover friction.

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Single Source of Design Truth

Centralized tokens schema governing palettes, type scales, shadows, and spacing across the entire codebase.

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Full 7-Stage Lifecycle & 24 Commands

End-to-end command suite covering Discovery, Foundation, Architecture, Components, Motion, Quality Bar, and Handoff.

THE FIGMA-TO-CODE DRIFT TRAP

WHY DO INTERFACES BREAK WHEN TRANSLATED FROM FIGMA TO CODE?

Static design tools create painful handoff drift. Static artboards ignore responsive edge cases, dynamic state changes, and bidirectional Arabic text flow. Code-native design eliminates drift entirely.

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Figma Handoff Drift & Friction

✕ Re-implementing every component from scratch in CSS after drawing in Figma.
✕ Static mockups unable to demonstrate real dynamic states (hover, active, loading).
✕ Broken Arabic RTL layouts caused by direction-unaware visual tools.
✕ Desynchronized hex colors and font sizes drifting between design and code.

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The TidyFactor Code-Native Standard

✓ Direct code prototyping: what you design is already production-ready code.
✓ Fully responsive, interactive prototypes testing real click events and animations.
✓ Native bilingual RTL architecture using standard logical CSS properties.
✓ Unified brand.json v2 contract guaranteeing 100% design consistency.

7 LIFECYCLE STAGES

7 STAGES GUIDING UI FROM DISCOVERY TO DELIVERY

A cohesive command architecture managing discovery, tokens, layouts, components, and delivery.

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Discovery & Visual DNA

Extracting design DNA from references and establishing razor-sharp 3-question design briefs.

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Design Tokens & brand.json v2

Scaffolding color tokens, typographic scales, spacing matrices, and elevation tokens.

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Layout Archetypes & Shells

Composing multi-column layout archetypes, responsive app shells, and dashboard grids.

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Component Anatomy & States

Crafting resilient component libraries with comprehensive interaction state coverage.

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Motion Principles & Micro-UX

Physically natural easing curves, dynamic hover elevations, and polished micro-animations.

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Quality Bar & Bilingual RTL

Automated contrast auditing, direction-agnostic logical CSS, and typographic integrity checks.

CORE PILLARS

THE 4 PILLARS OF TIDYFACTOR DESIGN

Rigorous constraints delivering unified token contracts and direction-agnostic excellence.

Zero-Build Code Prototyping

Runs natively in the browser on pure HTML/CSS/JS without build lag or complex bundling chains.

Pluggable CSS Foundations

Compatible across Native CSS tokens, Tailwind CSS utility layers, daisyUI components, and hybrid stacks.

Centralized Tokens Governance

JSON schema acting as the immutable contract between brand tokens and runtime UI implementations.

Bilingual & Logical CSS RTL Excellence

First-class bilingual support using modern logical CSS properties for effortless bidirectional interfaces.

TIDYFACTOR ECOSYSTEM INTEGRATION

DESIGN BUILDS THE SYSTEM. STYLER APPLIES IT IN-PLACE.

Harmonious ecosystem synergy: Prototype UI systems with TidyFactor Design, apply in-place styling with TidyFactor Styler, and run core logic with Next and PHP tracks.

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terminal Installation Options & AI Agent Slash Commands

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Installation command for the code-native UI design lifecycle engine. Recognized natively by AI coding agents (Antigravity, Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf).

$ npx skills add @alwkala/tidyfactor-design

Available Slash Commands in AI Agent IDEs:

/brand

brand.json v2 schema.

/components

Component anatomy & states.

/motion

Motion & micro-interactions.

/handoff

Developer handoff & export.

Read Full Documentation → Explore Repository on GitHub →

Design in real code directly and eliminate Figma-to-code drift forever.