180 Days Building a Design API

Early 2022, we launched in public, raised a $4.6M Seed Round funding, and shipped some significant updates: Redesigned CLI, Configuration Templates, Raycast extension…

Teams like Pitch enjoy using Specify to build delightful products faster.

There’s more on the way.

We're beta-testing a design system documentation in Notion that syncs with Figma automatically.

Want to join us on this journey? Join the Beta Program 👉

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1. 180 Days Building a Design API
2. Since January, we launched in public, raised a $4.6M Seed Round funding, and shipped some significant updates. Here's a recap of the key highlights and a sneak peek of what's next at Specify.
3. Key Highlights
4. Hello, world We introduced our Design API to the world last February and launched on Product Hunt. READ THE FULL STORY ↗ In the meantime, we announced a €4M $4.6M Seed Round funding to build the world's first Design Data Platform. Our co-founder and CEO, Valentin Chrétien, shared our story and vision in TechCrunch.
5. Introducing Design Data Platforms 101 We launched Design Data Platforms 101, our most advanced and complete guide on design tokens and ops, resulting from 5 years of lessons learned in building a Design API. HAVE A READ ↗ It's full of insights and best practices to help you set up a design CI/CD workflow in minutes.
6. Supercharging your command-line experience We pushed the developer experience to the next level, introducing a new Command-Line Interface CLI . LEARN MORE ↗ New structure, new design, and a better error management system that software developers enjoy using!
7. Getting started with Configuration Templates In June, we introduced Configuration Templates for Tailwind, React, React Native and more. They're ready-to-use examples to help software developers sync design tokens from design to code in minutes. GET STARTED ↗
8. Introducing the Raycast Extension We recently released a Raycast extension. It's a blazingly fast way to search in your Figma files and copy/paste your design data — colors, icons, and images. INSTALL THE EXTENSION ↗
9. Recap
11. There’s a lot more on the way. We're experimenting with new apps, starting with Notion. We really want to ensure we do it right, so we're taking our time to nail it. LEARN MORE ↗ Join us on this journey by sharing feedback on early versions.
12. Join the Beta Program Shape the future of design systems We're currently prototyping a design system documentation in Notion. Join us on this journey by sharing feedback on early versions.