The five checkpoints of Springspot

Springspot breaks down into five checkpoints. Each one is a foundation. Together they’re what lets a small team run the whole business with AI doing the specialist work in between.

1. Design system

A design system, component library and every page template, in Figma.

This comes first because everything visual downstream depends on it. Without a system, AI produces one-off designs that drift off-brand. With one, it produces pages and assets that already fit.

2. AI ↔ design

Claude connected to Figma, producing on-system pages and assets.

Once the system exists, connecting AI to it turns “can you mock this up?” from a week-long request into a working session.

3. Platform MCP

Your store platform and full catalog connected to Claude. Proven on Shopify so far.

This is where a lot of day-to-day operating time goes: product data, collections, merchandising, reporting. Connected, those become conversations instead of tickets.

4. Marketing MCP

Klaviyo connected for campaigns, flows and segments.

Marketing is where small teams feel the squeeze most. Connecting it means the person with the idea can carry it through to a drafted campaign or a working segment.

5. Processes

Core workflows mapped, run through MCPs, and repeatable by any operator.

This is the checkpoint that turns the other four into a business that runs without heroics. If a workflow only works when one specific person does it, you haven’t reached Springspot yet.

Order matters, mostly

You can work on these in parallel, but the design system usually comes first, because the AI ↔ design checkpoint depends on it. Processes come last, because you can’t map a workflow through tools that aren’t connected yet.

Each checkpoint has its own track in the Path, with a free overview, requirements and checklist. To see which checkpoint is your biggest gap, take the Score.