The Code Control Layer

Design tokens were step one.
Code Control is step two.

You built the design system. You defined the tokens. Now take control of how they're used in code.

You did everything right.

You built the design system. You documented every token. You created the components.

What you built
--color-primary: #00D4AA
--spacing-md: 16px
--radius-lg: 12px
<Button> component
What gets shipped
background: "#10B981"
padding: "14px"
borderRadius: "8px"
<div style=...

And the culprits?

🤖 AI that doesn't know your tokens exist
👨‍💻 Developers in a hurry
📦 Copy-pasted Stack Overflow code
The Power Shift

Insert design into the pipeline.

Every pull request. Every commit. Every line of AI-generated code.
Now it answers to you.

👨‍💻
Developer
+ AI Assistant
DESIGN IS HERE
🛟
Buoy
Design's Control Layer
🚀
Production
Clean & Consistent
⚠️
Hardcoded values
Caught & flagged
📦
Duplicate components
Identified & linked
🏷️
Naming violations
Detected & suggested

Zero config. Instant visibility.

No setup required. Run it, see results. Enforce when you're ready.

1

Check Status

$ npx @buoy-design/cli status

Run it in your codebase. In seconds, see every place your design system is being bypassed. Zero config needed.

2

Review

$ buoy drift check

Get a clear report: what's wrong, where it is, and exactly how to fix it. No guesswork.

3

Enforce

$ buoy ci --fail-on critical

Add to CI/CD. See what's drifting before it ships. Critical issues get flagged. You decide the threshold.

Your rules. Automatically detected.

Every decision you made in your design system? Now it's visible and measurable.

🎨

Color Tokens

No more #FF5733 when you defined --color-warning. Every color maps to your palette.

#FF5733var(--color-warning)
📏

Spacing Scale

14px padding? That's not in your 4px grid. Buoy catches it, suggests the fix.

14pxvar(--spacing-md)
🔤

Typography

font-size: 13px? You use a type scale. Buoy knows and enforces it.

13pxvar(--text-sm)
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Components

Someone built a new button? You already have <Button>. Buoy shows them.

<div className="btn"><Button>
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Naming

You use "primary". They wrote "main". Buoy catches naming drift instantly.

--main-color--color-primary
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Dark Mode

Hardcoded white backgrounds break dark mode. Buoy ensures tokens are used.

#FFFFFFvar(--bg-surface)
The Relief

Sleep well tonight.

Every PR is checked. Every commit is scanned. Every AI suggestion is validated.
Your design system is protected 24/7.

0
% of PRs checked
0
manual audits needed
0
/7 protection

"I used to dread code reviews. Now I just check the Buoy report. If it's green, I know my design system is safe."

The New You

Speak code. Stay designer.

You don't need to become a developer. But now you can see what they see, catch what they miss, and speak their language when it matters.

💬

Join the conversation

When developers discuss "technical debt," you can point to the Buoy report and say "here's exactly where it is."

📊

Prove your impact

"Design system adoption: 47% → 89%." Real metrics that show leadership the value of your work.

🤝

Bridge the gap

Developers respect you more when you understand their world. Buoy gives you that understanding without the learning curve.

🎯

Focus on what matters

Stop policing code manually. Let Buoy handle enforcement while you focus on designing the next great experience.

Start where you are.

Don't have a design system yet? Buoy can extract tokens from your existing code. Already have one? Start with visibility, add enforcement when ready.

🎯

Extract tokens from code

$ buoy tokens

No design tokens yet? Buoy scans your existing code and extracts colors, spacing, and typography into a starting token file.

📊

Visual coverage grid

$ buoy status

See a visual grid of your design system coverage across files. Track improvements over time.

Progressive enforcement ladder

Start informing, enforce when you're ready

👁️
Detect
See what's drifting
⚠️
Warn
Flag in PRs
Enforce
Fail on critical

Take control in 30 seconds.

Free. Open source. No signup required.
Just run the command and see what you've been missing.

npx @buoy-design/cli status

The Code Control layer that design has been missing.