Cogwheel

Cognitive tokens for conversational AI

Author colour, type, timing, prompts, voice, and guardrails in one Figma plugin — named, typed, and reviewable.

CogWheel plugin interface

Why CogWheel

Design systems already own colour. Conversational AI needs more.

Latency, escalation, persona, barge-in, and confidence thresholds usually live in Notion docs or private prompt files. CogWheel treats all of them as tokens.

  • One authoring surfaceEleven categories from Foundation to Telemetry, with typed forms and status workflow.
  • Native where it helpsFoundation and Semantic sync to Figma Variables. Everything else stays as structured plugin data.
  • Built for handoffSeed a full demo set, then export local JSON for engineering and ML.
CogWheel home view showing all token categories

Authoring

Edit every token like a product decision

Subcategory, type, name, value, description, consumers, modes, and version — the same schema whether you are tuning accent.500 or a PII guardrail.

  • Consumed byTag UI, orchestration, TTS, STT, avatar, analytics, or moderation.
  • ModesScope tokens to chat, voice, and avatar experiences.
  • VersionedPatch bumps automatically on save so reviews stay auditable.
CogWheel plugin — Edit token form for borderWidth.hairline

Categories

Eleven chapters of cognitive tokens

From pure visual ramps to governance and telemetry — browse the plugin screens, then dive into configuration details in the docs.

Explore documentation

Export

Ship tokens as JSON

Select categories, generate a preview, then copy or download. v0.1 is local-first — wire the package into your repo when you are ready.

Export screen with category chips

Brand system

Tokens about tokens

CogWheel is the authoring layer for the decisions that make an AI product feel intentional — not just another variables panel.

Illustrated floating cognitive token chips around a purple cog

Install CogWheel in Figma

Open the plugin from Figma Community, then seed the full token set and start authoring cognitive tokens.