How to take over a design built in Figma Make and develop it with Claude Code
From February to April 2026, I launched four web apps, each starting from a code bundle that Figma Make (Figma's AI feature that generates a working front-end code bundle from a design) had spat out: a beauty-curation site, a gift-record app, a plush-toy album, and a UI mock for an AI development tool. Every one of them starts its repository in a state where "the look is already finished." In…
From February to April 2026, the author launched four web apps, each beginning with a code bundle generated by Figma Make, an AI feature that creates a working front-end code bundle from a design. Each repository started with a finished look and a fixed version of dependencies, such as Next.js 15.3.4, React 19.1.0, and Tailwind CSS 3.2.0.
The repositories varied in their progress toward development. The beauty-curation site went the furthest, being transformed into a static site hosted on AWS Amplify. The gift-record app and plush-toy album stalled at the data layer, missing key features such as data persistence, authentication, and notifications. The UI mock for an AI development tool remained a mock, as its purpose was to create a look for reviewing the UI.
The author unified these repositories onto a single self-hosted security CI system to improve consistency and governance across all projects.
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