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The Agentic Designer

How AI Agents, Claude Design, Open Design, and the New Design Tool Ecosystem Are Transforming Product Design

This book was written with the assistance of AI tools. The author directed, reviewed, and approved all content. AI tools were used for drafting, research, and editing. All opinions and analyses are the author's own.

All tool references and code examples reflect capabilities as of May 2026. The agentic design tool ecosystem evolves rapidly; check official documentation for the latest features and integrations.

Product names, logos, and brands mentioned in this book are the property of their respective owners. Use in this book is for identification and educational purposes only and does not imply endorsement.

Claude Code and Claude Design are products of Anthropic. OpenAI, Codex, and ChatGPT are products of OpenAI. Gemini is a product of Google. Figma is a product of Figma, Inc. Miro is a product of Miro. GitHub Copilot is a product of GitHub, Inc. Vercel and v0 are products of Vercel, Inc. Bolt.new and WebContainers are products of StackBlitz. Lovable is a product of Lovable AB. Remotion is a product of Remotion GmbH. shadcn/ui is a product of shadcn. Supabase is a product of Supabase Inc. tldraw is a product of tldraw GmbH. Paper is a product of Paper Design Inc. Pencil is a product of Pencil.dev. Kiro is a product of Amazon Web Services. Hyperframes is a product of HeyGen. OpenCode is a product of OpenCode AI. ElevenLabs is a product of ElevenLabs Inc. Playwright is a project of the Microsoft team.

This book is provided for informational and educational purposes only. Nothing in this book constitutes legal, financial, tax, or professional advice. The author makes no warranties about the accuracy or completeness of the information.

Tool capabilities, pricing, API availability, and feature sets described in this book may have changed since publication. Always consult the official documentation for each tool or platform for current information.

Code examples are provided for educational purposes and should be tested in your own environment before use in production.

Published by the author
Sydney, Australia

Edition: First Edition, May 2026
Version: 1.0

Author: Mehran Mozaffari
Editorial review: Multi-model AI review pipeline
Technical reviewers: Claude Opus 4.6, Gemini 3.1 Pro
Design and production: Agentic publishing pipeline (OpenCode)

This book references and describes the following open-source and source-available projects. The author gratefully acknowledges the contributions of their maintainers and communities:

  • Open Design (nexu-io) — MIT License
  • OpenPencil (ZSeven-W) — MIT License
  • Huashu Design (alchaincyf) — MIT License
  • Remotion (remotion-dev) — Remotion License
  • tldraw — Apache License 2.0
  • ComfyUI — GPL-3.0 License
  • CLI-Anything (HKUDS) — MIT License
  • OpenCode (anomalyco) — MIT License

This book does not distribute source code from any of these projects. References are descriptive and educational.

Blog: https://piazr.github.io/applied-ai/
GitHub: https://github.com/imehr

For corrections, errata, or licensing inquiries, please open an issue on the book's repository or contact the author through the channels above.

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