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Supernova

Design system platform with token pipelines and documentation generation.

Definition

A platform connecting design sources to token exports and generated documentation, aimed at keeping design and code definitions synchronised.

Craft convention. True because the industry converged on it. Breaking it costs familiarity, not correctness.

Good for

  • Token pipelines
  • Multi-platform token export
  • Generated documentation

Watch out for

Pipeline tooling adds a dependency between design and build. Understand the failure modes before relying on it.

Each link says what the connection is, so you can tell a principle from an alternative from a thing people mix this up with.

Often used with

These usually appear in the same screen or the same decision.

Nearby in the Atlas

Adjacent territory, found through shared tags rather than a stated link.