A quick guide to Automated Design Tokens/Variables Management in Airtable

Step 1: Create the Airtable database

Step 2: Create a list of values.

Step 3: Create a table for Variables/Tokens 

Step: 4: Create a table for Components

Step 5: Connecting components + variables/tokens

Step 6: Set up automations

Below, I'll explore each step.

Step 1: Open the Airtable database.

Go to airtable.com, register or sign in and create your database.

Step: 2: Create your first table

For example, a table with Light values.

• Add names

• Add values
  
  

If you want to learn more, visit my advanced guide for setting up the flow. Find more about the guide here ->

There is also an interactive playground for naming design tokens. Click here ->

Voila, you are done. 🙌

Congrats, your workflow is way more optimized now.

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Additional Automation Ideas:

* Jira issue creation based on Airtable updates.

* Scheduled updates and reminders.

* Google Calendar integration for events based on specific triggers.

* Twilio for instant SMS notifications.

* GitHub repository connection.

* Deadline approaching emails.