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Fork a proven design system.
Helix Design is the source-of-truth Figma library: tokens, atoms, molecules, and organisms. Change a variable and the brand update propagates automatically across every component.
01 · The argument
Helix is the 80% you should never rebuild.
Helix is a white-label design system and code library your team forks for every project, then brands and adjusts according to client need. You stop redoing the standard 80%. You spend your time on the 20% that actually makes a difference.
Build once. Brand many times.
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Fork the matching code.
Helix Code is the one-to-one implementation, visualised in Storybook and framework-agnostic, so it drops into whatever stack the project runs on.
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Let Helix Agents keep it in sync.
Design changes move into code without a manual rebuild. Today (V1.0) that runs through the Figma MCP. Future Helix versions will hand more of the sync to AI agents.
The result scales with fit: the closer your project sits to the Helix baseline, the more of the work is already done before you start. Projects with existing libraries or non-standard tooling can still use Helix, but expect reduced savings and additional scoping.
02 · Where it compounds
Where Helix delivers the most value.
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New website or digital platform builds
Standard design-to-development delivery, done faster.
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Migration projects
When a design system or component library must be built as part of the move.
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Rebrands and redesigns
Apply a new brand’s tokens onto a structure that needs rebuilding anyway.
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Multi-site or multi-brand programmes
Reuse one baseline across several sites — this is where savings compound most.
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Design system as the deliverable
When the client’s ask is the component library itself, not only a single website.
03 · What’s live today
V1.0 is already a working library.
Not a slide. Not a vision deck. Design, code, and an agent path you can run on a real engagement.
Helix Design
13Organisms, plus every atom, most planned molecules, and the full token set in Figma.
Helix Code
1:1Matching Storybook library. Framework-agnostic. Same inventory as Design.
Helix Agents
MCPBrand changes move from Figma into code via the Figma MCP, applied by your developers.
The method
80/20Stop rebuilding the standard. Spend the engagement on what is actually unique.
04 · Fit
Is your project a fit?
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A greenfield start
No existing design system or component library to inherit.
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Token-literate designers
Comfortable working with Figma tokens and variables.
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A senior-leaning team
At least one experienced designer on tokens, one senior FE developer on AI-assisted coding and the Figma MCP.
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A client open to a shared baseline
Brand-adapted white-label — not a fully bespoke build from scratch.
05 · Orient first
Have questions? Ask the Helix Assistant.
Not ready to run the numbers yet? The Helix Assistant lives in Claude — trained on how Helix works, what a project needs, and whether your use case fits. Open it anytime you get stuck.
- How Helix Design, Code, and Agents fit together
- Whether your engagement is a strong V1.0 fit
- What the Fit-Check is scoring — and why
Cloud Assistant
Open the Helix Assistant in ClaudeTrained project · Ask before you commit · Opens in a new tab
Launch assistant →06 · Two minutes
Find out where your project stands.
Run the Fit-Check to see realistic Design and Code savings, the use-case flag, and how to start with Helix.