checklist

Spot the cracks in your
Design System

This quick checklist helps you spot the quiet failures that slow teams down: components no one uses, docs no one reads, tokens no one trusts.

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What you’ll get

A clear, actionable snapshot of what’s working and what isn’t

25 common red flags

A simple checklist of silent failures that make systems unreliable, inconsistent, or ignored.

25 common red flags

A simple checklist of silent failures that make systems unreliable, inconsistent, or ignored.

25 common red flags

A simple checklist of silent failures that make systems unreliable, inconsistent, or ignored.

25 common red flags

A simple checklist of silent failures that make systems unreliable, inconsistent, or ignored.

Organized into 5 key areas

See how issues map across components, tokens, documentation, dev handoff, and maintenance.

Organized into 5 key areas

See how issues map across components, tokens, documentation, dev handoff, and maintenance.

Organized into 5 key areas

See how issues map across components, tokens, documentation, dev handoff, and maintenance.

Organized into 5 key areas

See how issues map across components, tokens, documentation, dev handoff, and maintenance.

Quick interpretation guide

Understand what your results mean and how much trouble your system might actually be in.

Quick interpretation guide

Understand what your results mean and how much trouble your system might actually be in.

Quick interpretation guide

Understand what your results mean and how much trouble your system might actually be in.

Quick interpretation guide

Understand what your results mean and how much trouble your system might actually be in.

Steps to start fixing

Practical suggestions to start improving weak spots right away without a full redesign.

Steps to start fixing

Practical suggestions to start improving weak spots right away without a full redesign.

Steps to start fixing

Practical suggestions to start improving weak spots right away without a full redesign.

Steps to start fixing

Practical suggestions to start improving weak spots right away without a full redesign.

Clear snapshot of how your Design System is really doing

Clear snapshot of how your Design System is really doing

Clear snapshot of how your Design System is really doing

Weak spots across Components, Tokens, Docs, and Process

Weak spots across Components, Tokens, Docs, and Process

Weak spots across Components, Tokens, Docs, and Process

Awareness of the silent issues that usually go unnoticed

Awareness of the silent issues that usually go unnoticed

Awareness of the silent issues that usually go unnoticed

The first step toward building a system that actually works

The first step toward building a system that actually works

The first step toward building a system that actually works

Get the Design System red flags checklist

Quick and honest way to see what’s breaking, what’s missing, and what’s holding your Design System back.

Get the Design System red flags checklist

Quick and honest way to see what’s breaking, what’s missing, and what’s holding your Design System back.

Get the Design System red flags checklist

Quick and honest way to see what’s breaking, what’s missing, and what’s holding your Design System back.

Who it’s for

Not just for teams building full design systems from scratch. This is for anyone who wants to spot problems early, before they spread

Designers

Catch red flags that slow you down: components no one trusts, tokens no one uses, docs no one follows. See the patterns and where they break.

Managers

Get a quick pulse-check on the system’s health without digging into design files. Spot risk areas and start real conversations with the team

Questions

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Get the Design System red flags checklist

Quick and honest way to see what’s breaking, what’s missing, and what’s holding your Design System back.

Get the Design System red flags checklist

Quick and honest way to see what’s breaking, what’s missing, and what’s holding your Design System back.

Get the Design System red flags checklist

Quick and honest way to see what’s breaking, what’s missing, and what’s holding your Design System back.

Get the Design System red flags checklist

Quick and honest way to see what’s breaking, what’s missing, and what’s holding your Design System back.

Get the Design System red flags checklist

Quick and honest way to see what’s breaking, what’s missing, and what’s holding your Design System back.