5 Tips for Using AI That Designers Can Agree On
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Designers are increasingly using AI as a context engine rather than a generation engine. Five practical tips cover using AI to surface real-world design patterns: asking to see existing solutions before building, naming specific reference apps (Linear, Stripe, Duolingo) instead of vague vibes, searching by industry to get domain-specific patterns, using real screens to back up design decisions in reviews, and feeding AI real screens as context to improve generated output quality. The post also introduces Mobbin's MCP server, which connects AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT to a library of 600,000+ real app design references, letting AI pull actual screens mid-conversation instead of guessing.
