Automating Design Token and Asset Delivery

As your design system matures, keeping design and development in sync becomes increasingly complex. Manual handoffs, outdated files, and inconsistent implementation can slow teams down and introduce risk. Supernova solves this by enabling you to automate the delivery of design tokens and assets directly into your codebases—helping you scale faster and more reliably.

How Design Data Flows into Code

Supernova connects directly to your design tools, like Figma, to import variables, styles, and assets. Once inside Supernova, this design data is structured into tokens, components, and assets that are ready to be exported to your codebase using automation pipelines.

The flow looks like this:

1. Import your design data → from Figma using either Tokens Studio or the Figma Variables Sync plugin.
2. Map and organize tokens → structure your tokens using groups, assign them to Brands (if enabled), and define themes where necessary.
3. Set up export pipelines → configure how and where your tokens should be delivered in your codebase.
4. Automate delivery → export tokens in your preferred formats (JSON, SCSS, XML, etc.) directly to your Git repo—automatically or on-demand.

What Can Be Automated

With Supernova, you can automate the export of:

• Design tokens (colors, typography, spacing, etc.)
• Themes and brand-specific tokens
• Design assets (icons, logos, images)

Each of these can be configured to export into different platforms (e.g., Web, iOS, Android) with specific formatting rules and folder structures that align with your dev environments.

Export Pipelines: The Engine of Automation

Pipelines in Supernova are how your design tokens and assets reach your codebase. These pipelines can:

• Be set up per Brand or platform (e.g., Android vs Web)
• Connect to GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, or Azure DevOps
• Define trigger conditions (manual, scheduled, or on token update)
• Push to specific branches and folders with precise control

💡 Pro tip: 

Brands are especially powerful here. Each Brand can have its own pipeline with unique formatting, target paths, and Git integrations.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Supernova enables fully automated delivery of design tokens and assets to your codebase.
• Export pipelines connect your design system to your development workflow.
• You can configure different pipelines for each brand, platform, or team.
• Format your output to match exactly what your developers need.

➡ What’s Next?

Now that you understand Supernova’s automation flow, in the next chapter we’ll look at how to configure these pipelines to support scaling across brands, platforms, and products with confidence.