What's new in DesignMD

Everything we've shipped, organized by date. Newest first.

September 14, 2026

Major releaseNew feature

Compare two design systems side by side

Put two sites next to each other and see where they actually differ — colours, type, corners, spacing, depth and components, all measured from the live pages.

Start from Discover. Pick any two sites from Discover and compare them. No account needed, and it's free.

Or use your own. Signed in, you can compare two of your own generations, or one of yours against a site from Discover.

Read it visually, or read the file. Switch between the side-by-side view and the two raw DESIGN.md files.

Find it under Compare in the menu.

August 24, 2026

Major releaseImprovement

Cleaner, more accurate DESIGN.md files

We reworked how we read a website's design.

Better names. Colours, fonts and spacing are now named for what they do, so your file is easier to read and reuse.

More complete. We pick up the full range of font sizes a site uses, and the real set of buttons instead of one generic one.

Tidier output. The token list at the top of each file now displays as a neat, collapsible section.

Better previews. Previews show only the theme a site really has, and every colour swatch and example is now readable.

August 7, 2026

Major releaseNew feature

Bookmarks, a fresh Discover, and an easier profile

A big update across Discover, your profile, and more.

Bookmark and like Discover sites. Save the design systems you love and like the ones you find useful. Everything you bookmark shows up in your profile so you can get back to it anytime.

A fresh Discover page. We rebuilt Discover with a cleaner look, category filters, and richer detail pages so it is easier to browse real design systems.

An easier profile. The profile page got a revamp, so reaching your account, generations, and bookmarks is quick and simple.

Private share links. Make any DESIGN.md share link private so only you can see it, and switch it back to public whenever you want.

Request account deletion. You can now ask us to delete your account and all of your data right from your profile.

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July 20, 2026

Major releaseNew feature

Import your design system straight into Figma

The new DesignMD Figma plugin turns any generation into a real, usable foundation in your file — no more eyeballing tokens from a screenshot.

One click brings in Variables (colors, spacing, radii, border widths, opacity), Styles (paint, text, and effect/shadow styles), and a ready-made design-system board laid out as real layers. Connect your account from the plugin, pick a generation, and import.

Each import costs 12 credits, charged once per generation — re-importing the same design is free.

July 13, 2026

Major releaseImprovement

Faster, smarter processing

🚀 No more waiting on the page. Once a generation starts, it keeps running securely in the background. Close the tab, grab a coffee, come back later — your finished DESIGN.md will be waiting for you, and we'll email you when it's done.

📄 It now reads the whole site. DesignMD understands multiple pages of a website instead of just one, so your results are richer, more complete, and more accurate — with more of the real colors, type, and components captured.

June 16, 2026

New feature

An Agent Skill for the DesignMD CLI

DesignMD now ships an Agent Skill for the designmdme CLI. Drop it into Claude Code, Cursor, or any skills-compatible agent, and your assistant learns to extract a real design system before it writes UI code — so "build a page like stripe.com" pulls the actual colors, fonts, and spacing instead of guessing.

The skill covers install, auth, generating a DESIGN.md from any URL, the --html preview, and exact credit costs.

npx skills add crowdlinker/skills --skill designmdme-cli --agent claude-code -g -y

May 26, 2026

New feature

CLI now generates HTML previews

Add --html to any generation and the CLI will write a DESIGN-<domain>.html alongside your DESIGN.md — a self-contained visual design system page with live color swatches, typography specimens, and component examples.

designmdme --website stripe.com --html

May 21, 2026

Major releaseNew feature

Credits and HTML Preview are here

Two big features, shipped together.

Credits — buy a pack once, no subscription. Your balance never expires and every generation costs a fixed amount. Top up anytime from your profile.

HTML Preview — turn any DESIGN.md into a visual design system page with live color swatches, type specimens, and component previews.

May 11, 2026

New feature

DesignMD is now a CLI — run it anywhere, ship faster

DesignMD is now available as a CLI tool. Run npx designmdme --website stripe.com from any project directory and get a DESIGN.md dropped right in — no browser needed.

Install once, use everywhere. Authenticate with your existing DesignMD account and your generations sync to your profile just like the web app.

May 8, 2026

April 24, 2026

New feature

Share your DESIGN.md with a public link

Every generation you create now has its own public link. Post it on X, LinkedIn, or Slack and viewers get a rich preview with your site's extracted color palette.

Already generated a DESIGN.md in the past? Open Recent Generations — each one has a new Copy share link button. Your whole history is shareable.

April 22, 2026

Improvement

Generations are now ~2.5× faster

We've made significant improvements to how DesignMD processes your requests. Most DESIGN.md files now stream in under a minute instead of two-plus — same structure, same level of detail.

Complex sites that need a little more reasoning still fall back to our higher-quality path automatically. You don't need to think about it.

April 21, 2026

Improvement

Repeat generations for the same website are near-instant

If anyone has generated a DESIGN.md for the site you're trying recently, we serve it back to you instantly — no waiting for a fresh analysis.

The output still streams in like a normal generation; it just arrives much, much faster.

April 16, 2026

Fix

More reliable URL analysis

Fixed intermittent errors that were affecting some URL generations, especially on popular sites during busy periods. Analysis is now noticeably more stable.

If a URL failed for you in the last few weeks, it's worth trying again.

April 15, 2026

Improvement

Better handling of large, complex sites

Sites with lots of components, rich typography, and deeply nested design tokens now generate cleanly without getting cut off.

If a generation ended abruptly in the past, give it another shot.