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What AI tools are you using in your design workflow in 2026? 🤖
AI has become a regular part of many designers' workflows.
Today, it's hard to imagine the design process without AI tools — or even a designer who doesn't use them in some way.
I'm curious: what AI tools do you use most often in your work?
Do they help you with research, wireframing, prototyping, content creation, coding, or something else?
I'd love to discover new tools and learn how other designers are using AI to speed up their workflow and improve their process.
Share your favorite AI tools in the comments 👇
Your answer might help not only me but other designers discover something new as well.
ChatGPT for thinking, Claude for deep analysis, Gemini for exploration, Cursor for coding, Lovable and Replit for rapid prototyping. As a Product Designer, I'm increasingly shifting from designing interfaces to building and testing ideas directly with AI.
I stick to the classics: ChatGPT, Gemini, and Claude. They’re my go-to tools for text generation and UX writing. I also find them incredibly helpful for breaking down and analyzing complex user flows before jumping into Figma
Thanks for sharing👍
я використовую ChatGPT та Gemini 😊
а як саме в роботі? шукаєшь натхнення, аналіз конкурентів? чі ще якось?
I regularly use ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Manus and meigen.ai for inspiration.
They help me with research, idea generation, UX writing, competitor analysis, design critiques, and visual exploration. AI has become a great co-pilot in my workflow, helping me move faster...
For me, ChatGPT is probably the tool I use most often for research, UX ideas, content structure, and challenging my own assumptions. I also use Midjourney and Krea when I need visual inspiration or quick concept exploration. Curious to see what tools others can't work without 👀
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Love this!
This is one of tyhe best have seen so far today..... :)
Did you know a tornado formed the year you were born?
Not a real one. A data one.
Type your birth year. Watch the storm react - the speed, the color, the rage of it - all driven by the exact CO₂ levels recorded that year.
🌪️Live Site - https://thedatatornado.figma.site
💻GitHub Repo - https://github.com/isumenuka/Thedatatornado
🔬 The Problem
Climate change is the most documented crisis in human history. Scientists have been collecting data for over 65 years. But most people feel nothing when they see the numbers - because a wall of data doesn't make you care. That is a design problem. The Data Tornado is my answer.
⚙️ How It Was Built
I started in FigJam - mapping the full app structure, severity color system (Stable → Elevated → Critical → Extreme), and the 65-year climate timeline before touching any build tool.
In Figma Make, I loaded my complete design guidelines first - colors, fonts, spacing rules - so every generated output matched my vision from the first prompt. That one step eliminated hours of corrections.
The MCP connector was the most critical technical piece: a custom live pipeline to NOAA's servers, pulling real CO₂ and temperature readings automatically every time someone opens the app. No downloading. No pasting. Always live.
The hero background video was generated entirely in Figma Weave - I set a start frame and end frame, and Weave generated the full atmospheric storm footage between them. The Figma Agent handled precision edits throughout -clicking directly on individual elements, repositioning buttons, aligning sections, without touching anything else.
Supabase powers the share cards, news gallery, and live data caching. GitHub handles deployment.
🛠️ Tools Used
→ FigJam: full app structure, severity system & data flow diagrams
→ Figma Make: prompt-to-code app with custom NOAA MCP connector
→ Figma MCP: live pipeline direct to NOAA's climate API
→ Figma Weave: AI video generation for the hero storm background
→ Figma Agent: precision element-level UI edits throughout the build
→ Supabase: backend for share cards, news & data caching
→ GitHub: deployment and version control
✨ Key Feature - Birth Year Telemetry
Enter your birth year. The app instantly generates your personal climate log -the exact CO₂ concentration the year you arrived in the world, your temperature anomaly then vs. now, your severity level at birth vs. today. It stops being a global statistic. It becomes yours.
Most people go quiet when they see their own number.
What happened on the day you were born? Share your link in the comments!
THIS IS MINE - https://thedatatornado.figma.site/?share=d9844bb7-12d7-4c5a-94e8-ebd84ade9f8b
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