Can AI Actually Understand Design Systems, or Is It Just Guessing the Tokens?

We use AI daily to scaffold code, write copy, and debug layouts, but when it comes to maintaining a strict design system, things get blurry. You can feed an LLM your component library rules, spacing scales, and color tokens, but it still loves to hallucinate random padding values or invent arbitrary classes if you aren't paying close attention. It's great for writing boilerplate, but bridging the gap between a strict visual token structure and AI-generated code often feels like managing a junior dev who ignores the style guide. How are you integrating AI into your workflow without letting it compromise your design tokens and codebase consistency? Do you use it mainly for initial scaffolding, or have you found a reliable way to keep it strictly aligned with your system? If you're into clean design systems, frontend code, and bridging the visual-to-code gap, check out my work at Joemetry.