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# Modeinspect
> The production-grade AI design tool that runs in your codebase. Canvas + code, one loop, high-fidelity by default, no handoff required.
## Page Links
- [Home](https://modeinspect.com/): The production-grade AI design tool that runs in your codebase. Canvas + code, one loop, high-fidelity by default, no handoff required.
- [About the company and team](https://modeinspect.com/about): Modeinspect is ending the gap between design and code. Meet the designers and engineers behind it, backed by Partech, Credo Ventures and AngelInvest.
- [AI prototyping tool for your real codebase](https://modeinspect.com/ai-prototyping): An AI prototyping tool that builds on your real product. Prototype features with your codebase, design system and live data instead of mockups.
- [Blog: notes on design engineering and AI prototyping](https://modeinspect.com/blog): Notes from the Modeinspect team on design workflows, AI prototyping, design QA, and shipping production-grade UI from the canvas.
- [Prelude customer story: idea to merged PR in 13 days](https://modeinspect.com/customers/prelude): How Prelude's design team replaced static Figma mockups with high-fidelity prototypes on their own codebase and real data, going from idea to merged PR in 13 days.
- [Ship production PRs from design in week one](https://modeinspect.com/demo): Book a 30-minute walkthrough on your own stack. Your designers build on your real codebase and design system and open the PR themselves, ready to review.
- [How to become a design engineer: the guide](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer)
- [Design QA tool: fix UI in the pull request](https://modeinspect.com/design-qa): Design QA in days, not weeks. Open any pull request in Modeinspect, fix and polish the real build with native design controls, and hand over only once.
- [Design to code: from Figma, a screenshot, or the canvas](https://modeinspect.com/design-to-code): Design to code on your real codebase. Start from a Figma file, a screenshot, a prompt, or design directly on the canvas, and ship the result as a pull request.
- [Design to code your engineers want to merge](https://modeinspect.com/developer-experience): AI design to code for existing codebases. Modeinspect follows your conventions, reuses your design system components and opens PRs engineers want to merge.
- [Enterprise AI design tool: SOC 2, SSO, SCIM](https://modeinspect.com/enterprise): Designers prototype, QA and ship production-grade PRs in your own codebase. Design QA 7× faster, 80% less engineering time. SOC 2 Type II, SSO/SAML, SCIM.
- [Gallery: interfaces built with Modeinspect](https://modeinspect.com/gallery): Interfaces the community built with Modeinspect, each with a screenshot, the story of the build and a live preview you can click through.
- [The craft is coming back](https://modeinspect.com/manifesto): Our manifesto. Designers used to build. AI won't replace the craft, it will kill the handoff and make designers design engineers again.
- [Cursor for designers: when a code editor is enough](https://modeinspect.com/modeinspect-vs-cursor): Cursor for designers, compared with a design-first tool: what Design Mode does, where designers hit its limits, pricing and which fits your team.
- [Pricing](https://modeinspect.com/pricing): Three plans, no tokens and no surprise bills. Start free on Hobby, go Pro at $20/month per person, and teams & enterprises get custom pricing.
- [Security](https://modeinspect.com/security): How Modeinspect secures your code: SOC 2 Type II, sandboxed E2B runtimes on GCP, no training on your code, and how code indexing works.
## Guide: Becoming a Design Engineer
- [What does a design engineer do? The software role, explained](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/what-does-a-design-engineer-do.md): What does a design engineer do? The definition of the software role, a day in the life, and how it differs from UX engineer and front-end developer.
- [Is design engineer a real job? Why the role exists now, and why some say it should not](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/why-design-engineers-now.md): Is design engineer a real job? Yes. Why the title appeared now (AI made building cheap, handoff did not) and four objections answered with evidence.
- [From product designer to design engineer: the three rungs](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/the-three-rungs.md): The path from product designer to design engineer has three rungs: Figma, AI-native prototyping, and designing in code. Only the third one ships. Find yours.
- [Do design engineers need to code? What to learn, and what to skip](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/do-design-engineers-need-to-code.md): Do design engineers need to code? No CS curriculum and no bootcamp. Five concepts learned inside your team's codebase, a skip list, and a realistic timeline.
- [Design engineer tools: the 2026 stack, and where each tool stops](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/design-engineer-tools.md): Design engineer tools compared: Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Figma MCP, Onlook, Paper, v0 and more, with where each stops and what you can skip.
- [Your first pull request as a designer: a walkthrough](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/your-first-pull-request.md): How to open your first pull request as a designer, step by step: pick one small change, branch, read the diff, write the description, get reviewed, and merge.
- [Design QA in code: fixing what you see in the pull request](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/design-qa-in-code.md): Design QA for designers who work in code: review an engineer's pull request on its preview and in its diff, fix drift in the PR, and own visual tests.
- [Design engineer career path: portfolio, interviews, and pay](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/design-engineer-career.md): The software design engineer career path: read the posting, build a portfolio of shipped work, prepare for a work-sample interview, and know the salary.
- [How to build a design engineering team: a guide for design leads](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/building-a-design-engineering-team.md): How to build a design engineering team: decide who owns production, hire or grow one design engineer, copy a job description, and protect the design system.
- [Design engineering glossary: the terms, and where to read further](https://modeinspect.com/design-engineer/design-engineering-glossary.md): A design engineering glossary in plain words, from design in code and design handoff to tokens and pull requests, plus a reading list on the field.
## Resources
- [Figma to HTML and CSS: what converters get right and what you fix by hand](https://modeinspect.com/blog/figma-to-html.md): Figma to HTML and CSS: what Dev Mode, converter plugins and the MCP server get right, and the hand fixes for semantics, states and tokens.
- [Figma MCP server: setup, what it can do, and where it stops](https://modeinspect.com/blog/figma-mcp.md): Figma MCP server setup for Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code, what its tools send to your agent, the seat and rate limits, and where the context runs out.
- [Figma and Cursor: the MCP workflow, and what designers hit after it works](https://modeinspect.com/blog/figma-to-code-with-cursor.md): Figma and Cursor, the AI code editor: connect the Figma MCP plugin, add a rules file, prompt a frame, then handle what designers hit after it works.
- [Design technologist: the role explained, and how it differs from a design engineer](https://modeinspect.com/blog/design-technologist.md): What is a design technologist? What the role does, who uses the title in 2026, where it came from, how it differs from a design engineer, and what AI changed.
- [Low fidelity vs high fidelity prototypes: which to build, and when to prototype in code](https://modeinspect.com/blog/low-fidelity-vs-high-fidelity-prototypes.md): Low fidelity vs high fidelity prototypes: what each one tests, what the research found, and when a prototype on your real codebase replaces the mockup.
- [React visual editor: editing real components visually, and what to look for](https://modeinspect.com/blog/react-visual-editor.md): A React visual editor can edit your repo, keep pages in its own CMS, or generate new code. Tools compared by what they see of your code, with a checklist.
- [Figma alternatives for product teams that ship code: what replaces the file, and what does not](https://modeinspect.com/blog/figma-alternatives-for-product-teams.md): Which Figma alternative removes the handoff? Penpot, Sketch and design-in-code tools compared for product teams, with September 2026 prices.
- [UX engineer vs design engineer: what each role actually does](https://modeinspect.com/blog/ux-engineer-vs-design-engineer.md): What is a UX engineer? Google's definition, who hires them, the skills, how it compares with design engineers and front-end developers, and what AI changed.
- [What is the best AI for designers? 2026 tools sorted by where the output lands](https://modeinspect.com/blog/best-ai-tools-for-designers.md): The best AI for designers depends on where the output lands: a canvas, a new app or your codebase. UI and UX tools compared, with prices and training defaults.
- [How to create a software prototype: from Figma click-through to a working build](https://modeinspect.com/blog/how-to-create-a-software-prototype.md): A step-by-step guide to creating a software prototype: a Figma click-through, a prototype in code on your real codebase, and the point where one stops and the other starts.
- [Design QA: the process, the checklist, and how to catch UI drift before it ships](https://modeinspect.com/blog/design-qa.md): What design QA is, a six-step process, an inline checklist, tooling as of September 2026, and how to fix drift in the pull request.
- [Design to code: four routes from a design to a pull request](https://modeinspect.com/blog/design-to-code.md): Design to code compared across four routes: a Figma file, a screenshot, a prompt, or designing in code on a canvas, and what each one can see of your codebase.
- [Prototyping tools in 2026: the best options for product teams, from Figma to code](https://modeinspect.com/blog/prototyping-tools.md): Prototyping tools for product teams in 2026: Figma click-throughs, AI app generators, and tools that work in your real codebase, with prices checked.
- [What is a design engineer? The new design ladder, and how to climb it](https://modeinspect.com/blog/the-new-design-ladder.md): What is a design engineer? A product designer who designs in code and ships through pull requests. What the title means, the design ladder, and how to climb it.
- [From Figma to code with AI: rethinking the workflow around working output](https://modeinspect.com/blog/rethinking-design-workflows.md): Discover how modern design teams are transforming their workflow from Figma to code using AI assistance, enabling faster iteration and better collaboration.
- [Strategy in Big Companies Does Not Die in the Deck. It Dies in the Handoff.](https://modeinspect.com/blog/strategic-product-management-in-big-corporations.md): A strategy can survive every planning cycle and still get lost on the way to the product. For design leaders in large companies, the handoff between design and engineering is the leak point closest to their control.
- [AI Prototyping and the Problems It's Actually Solving](https://modeinspect.com/blog/ai-prototyping-and-the-problems-its-actually-solving.md): Discover how AI prototyping tools like Modeinspect are transforming product development by bridging the gap between design and code, enabling faster iteration, and solving real team collaboration challenges.
- [Design workflows in 2026: how teams ship front-end changes faster with AI](https://modeinspect.com/blog/build-features-faster-with-ai.md): What a design workflow looks like in 2026, from framing a change to a merged pull request. Where AI changes each stage, why review became the bottleneck, and a worked example.
- [Design handoff: why UX breaks after it, and how designers can own what ships](https://modeinspect.com/blog/fixing-broken-ux-after-handoff.md): What design handoff is, what a good handoff process includes, where it breaks, and the alternative: designers fix the UI in the pull request.
- [The Benefits of Prototyping: Why to Prototype First When Requirements Are Fuzzy](https://modeinspect.com/blog/why-prototypes-should-be-your-first-move.md): Vague requests produce vague products. A prototype turns “make onboarding better” into something people can react to. The benefits of prototyping, what the research says, and which kind of prototype answers which question.
## Optional
- [Privacy Policy](https://modeinspect.com/privacy-policy): You own your data. How Modeinspect collects, uses, and protects personal information, and what we never do with your code.
- [Terms of Service](https://modeinspect.com/terms-and-conditions): Terms of Service for Modeinspect, operated by Acreom Inc.: accounts, acceptable use, billing, and liability.
