How UX and Visual Designers Should Use AI Agents Today
- Awesh Shrivastava
- May 26
- 3 min read
AI agents are powerful tools that can help UX and visual designers work faster and smarter. Right now, they’re best for specific tasks that take about an hour or less.
Here’s how you can use AI agents in your design work today, while keeping the future in mind.
1. Use AI for Quick, Specific Design Tasks
AI agents shine at handling short, focused tasks. Stick to what they can do well right now instead of expecting them to tackle huge projects.
How to Do It:
Use AI agents to create assets like wireframes, logos, color palettes, or typography suggestions. For example, ask an AI to “Generate a minimalist wireframe for a mobile app.”
Input clear, simple instructions to get the best results. Avoid vague requests like “Design a website” and instead say, “Create a homepage layout for an e-commerce site.”
Review AI outputs quickly to refine them manually, ensuring they fit your project’s needs.
2. Build Designs That Can Grow with AI
AI is improving fast. The agent you use today might handle more tasks next year. Plan your workflow to adapt to these upgrades.
How to Do It:
Save AI-generated assets (e.g., wireframes or style guides) in formats that are easy to edit later, like Figma or Adobe XD files.
Create modular designs, such as reusable UI components, so you can plug in better AI outputs as capabilities improve.
Keep your design systems flexible. For example, use scalable color schemes or fonts that can adjust when AI starts offering advanced features.
3. Break Big Projects into Small AI-Friendly Tasks
Complex design projects are too big for today’s AI agents to handle in one go. Split them into smaller pieces.
How to Do It:
Divide your project into steps. For a website, you might use an AI agent to:
Create detailed requirement document.
Define IA.
Suggest content.
Sketch a wireframe.
Suggest a color scheme.
Generate icons or images.
Use AI for one step at a time, reviewing each output before moving to the next.
Organize your workflow with tools like Trello or Notion to track which tasks the AI has completed.
4. Prepare for AI Agents to Work Together
In the future, AI agents will team up to handle bigger tasks. Start experimenting with ways to use multiple agents now to get ready.
How to Do It:
Try using different AI tools for different tasks. For example, use one AI to create a layout and another to refine visuals.
Combine outputs from multiple agents. For instance, take a wireframe from one AI and use another to apply a visual style.
Provide feedback to each agent’s output to guide their collaboration. For example, if one AI creates a logo, tell the next AI to match its style for icons.
Practical Tips for Designers
Test AI Tools: Experiment with AI platforms like MidJourney, DALL·E, or Figma plugins to find ones that fit your workflow.
Keep It Simple: Use AI for repetitive or time-consuming tasks so you can focus on creative work.
Stay in Control: Always review and tweak AI outputs to ensure they meet your project’s quality.
Learn as You Go: As AI improves, test new features to see how they can enhance your designs.
Example: Using an AI Agent Today
Let’s say you’re designing a landing page for a fitness app. Here’s how you could use an AI agent:
Use AI to created detailed understanding document.
You can also use AI to create a detailed prompts for AI Tools.
Ask the AI to “Create a wireframe for a fitness app landing page”
Review the wireframe and ask the AI to “Suggest a bold color palette”
Use another AI to “Generate three fitness-themed icons”
Combine these outputs in Figma, tweaking them to fit your vision.
Why This Works
By using AI agents for small, specific tasks, planning for future improvements, breaking projects into chunks, and exploring multi-agent workflows, you can save time and boost creativity. AI is like a design assistant—use it to handle the heavy lifting while you focus on the big picture.
Start small, experiment with AI agents today, and watch how they transform your design process!
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