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Establishing visual direction involves setting a visual reference using Figma, screenshots, or existing design systems before implementation. This framework defines the target visual state upfront, ensuring your UI development process remains consistent and streamlined.

Extracting design tokens, typography, layout, components, states, and responsive rules is handled through design system integration. The framework captures these elements from your existing design system to maintain visual consistency during UI development.

You validate UI implementation against a Figma design system using visual QA tools like Playwright. This ensures your coded components strictly adhere to the established visual direction and design tokens defined earlier in the workflow.

Yes, this visual direction framework requires access to Figma, design systems, and visual testing tools like Playwright. These dependencies are necessary to extract design tokens and execute visual QA validation effectively.

You should set visual targets before starting UI development whenever consistency is critical, such as coding a new UI feature. Defining the visual direction beforehand prevents drift and streamlines the implementation workflow.