Short Answer
Make the right thing the easy thing: link the Figma components to a code library (shadcn, Radix, etc.), document variants with code snippets, and add design tokens to the codebase.
Detailed Answer
Design systems fail when the design and code drift apart. Engineers don't use the Figma library because the Figma component and the code component have diverged. The fix is to treat them as the same component, expressed in two mediums. Concretely: (1) every Figma component variant has a matching code component with the same props, (2) design tokens (colors, spacing, type) live in code first (Tailwind config, CSS variables) and Figma imports them, (3) the design system page in Figma embeds Storybook or a docs site so engineers don't have to context switch. The cultural part: name the components conversationally, not with marketing-friendly abstractions. `Button/Primary/Default` in code should be `Button → Primary → Default` in Figma.
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