Google Stitch adds live canvas, DESIGN.md sync

The "vibe design" era has arrived—Google is successfully bridging the gap between Figma sketches and production repos using a single version-controlled Markdown file.

• –**DESIGN.md is the breakthrough:** By standardizing design tokens and rationale in a machine-readable spec, Google is giving AI agents a "design contract" for any codebase.
• –**Streaming canvas:** Real-time visual collaboration reduces the friction of prompting; developers can now see the AI’s thought process and intervene with surgical in-place edits.
• –**End-to-end sync:** The ability to sync UI designs to a repo and deploy via Netlify turns design into a first-class citizen of the CI/CD pipeline.
• –**Ecosystem play:** By open-sourcing the DESIGN.md standard, Google is positioning Stitch as the canonical head for an emerging "design-as-code" ecosystem that competitors like Cursor and Claude will likely adopt.