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Make AI fluent in your design system.
The design governance layer. preset AI teaches AI coding tools to follow your tokens, components, and patterns. Start with the Quickstart, or pick a path below that matches what you're trying to do.
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# preset AI Documentation > Documentation for preset AI, the > design governance layer for AI > coding tools. - [What is preset AI](/index.md): Overview and core concepts. - [Why governance needs memory](/memory-layer.md): Why longitudinal beats snapshot. - [Scan your repo](/scan.md): Run the scanner; review the output. - [Set up enforcement](/enforce.md): Install MCP; watch the first reject. - [Agent resources](/agent-resources.md): Every surface AI tools can read.
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Choose where to start
Four paths into preset AI. Pick the one that matches what you're trying to do; they connect.
Guide · 8 min
Scan your repo
Point the scanner at an existing codebase. Get a first pass at your design system in one command, no config.
Guide · 5 min
Set up enforcement
Install the MCP server. Connect your AI tool. Watch the first generation get redirected to a real preset.
For AI tools
Plug an AI tool in
MCP server, llms.txt, per-page markdown, copy-to-AI: every surface for making an agent fluent in your system.
Concept · 6 min
Why governance needs memory
Why longitudinal beats snapshot for design systems in the AI age, and what that unlocks.
Last reviewed by @jschuyler