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How Uber Built an Agentic System to Automate Design Specs in Minutes | Uber Blog

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The Uber Base design system serves thousands of engineers, and every component they ship depends on specs that are accurate, complete, and current. When those specs fall behind, engineering builds from assumptions instead of definitions, which causes inconsistencies and tech debt. At that scale, documentation becomes a dedicated workstream that still struggles to keep pace. This blog describes how Uber’s design systems team uses AI agents and Figma Console MCP to generate up-to-date component specs in minutes instead of weeks. uSpec is an agentic system that connects an AI agent in Cursor® to Figma® through the open-source Figma Console MCP. The agent crawls your actual component and sub-component structure, compiles that data with any additional context you provide, and generates finished spec pages directly in your Figma file in minutes. The entire pipeline runs locally, so no proprietary design data ever leaves your network—a requirement for an organization like Uber. I’ve spent yea

How Uber Built an Agentic System to Automate Design Specs in Minutes Skip to main content × Browser not supported This probably isn't the experience you were expecting. Internet Explorer isn't supported on Uber.com. Try switching to a different browser to view our site. March 11, 2026 How Uber Built an Agentic System to Automate Design Specs in Minutes IG Ian Guisard Share this article Introduction The Uber Base design system serves thousands of engineers, and every component they ship depends on specs that are accurate, complete, and current. When those specs fall behind, engineering builds f

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