How to document design system components

If you’re building a product, you’ll no doubt be familiar with the concept of design systems and component libraries. Using a predefined “set” of components allows users to more easily and more efficiently develop user interface (UI) features that are on brand and meet accessibility requirements.

Components are often the most important part of any design system. Without them, your product may end up looking like an engineer designed it — and no one wants that!

Component documentation often lives online alongside higher level brand guidelines but component documentation dives a little deeper into how to configure and use components