Zeplin 6.0 automates design tokens and CI/CD sync with Git

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Zeplin 6.0 adds an automated design-token extractor that identifies color, spacing, type, and shadow tokens from shared components and synthesizes a single source of truth. The extractor supports multiple token formats including JSON, CSS custom properties, and platform-specific maps like Android XML and iOS plist.

Crucially for engineering teams, Zeplin now integrates with Git to push token updates into a configurable CI/CD pipeline. Teams can choose to open pull requests automatically when tokens change, or gate merges behind token review workflows. The integration also checks for breaking changes, suggesting migration helpers when tokens are renamed or removed.

The combination of extraction and Git sync reduces manual copy-paste and the stale-token problem many product teams face. Smaller teams can adopt automated sync to speed feature development, while larger organizations benefit from the PR-based review process that brings product design and platform engineers into the same change loop.