What is the Joshu Zeplin connection?

Joshu connects to Zeplin through official OAuth and inspects the design workspaces, projects, and styleguides you authorize. It extracts screen specifications, pulls styleguide tokens, tracks developer handoff changes, and ties design revisions back to your engineering tickets. You work with an assistant who has a desk, a computer, and persistent memory, not another design portal you have to search manually.

Is my Zeplin data secure?

Yes. Every Joshu runs in its own isolated, sandboxed cloud computer. Screen designs, assets, and project notes Joshu reads stay in that private sandbox. Joshu only accesses projects you authorize, and your data is never used to train public AI models.

Will Joshu alter Zeplin screens without asking?

Joshu operates in read-only and note-drafting mode by default. It inspects specifications and version logs without altering designs, and any comments Joshu prepares wait for your review.

What can Joshu access in Zeplin?

Only the Zeplin organizations, projects, and styleguides authorized during OAuth sign-in. Joshu cannot view confidential projects or client workspaces you do not connect.

What is the difference between Zeplin plugins and Joshu?

Zeplin plugins help export assets from design tools into Zeplin. Joshu is a dedicated teammate with memory across Zeplin, Jira, GitHub, Slack, and email. It bridges design handoffs with engineering issues and keeps your team aligned across different platforms.

Do I need a paid plan?

Joshu is $95 a month with a simple flat rate. That includes your sandboxed cloud computer, a dedicated US phone number, an @joshu.me email address, eight-level cortex memory, and all tool connectors, including Zeplin. There are no surprise usage tiers or seat markups.

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Connect Joshu to Zeplin

Connect Zeplin so Joshu can check screen specifications, inspect developer styleguides, and track design handoff updates for your team.

Zeplin

“Find the latest screen specs for the checkout redesign in Zeplin.”

Joshu inspects the project screen versions, retrieves dimensions and component notes, and quotes the exact specifications.

“What color variables and typography styles are defined in our styleguide?”

Joshu reads the global styleguide in Zeplin, extracts the token definitions, and stages the reference table on your desk.

“List all updated mobile screens published to Zeplin this week.”

Joshu checks the project activity log, summarizes recently uploaded screens, and links the design changes in your morning brief.

Screen handoffs, styleguide tokens, and design specifications in Zeplin connect directly to your engineering and project workflow.

What Joshu does

Joshu inspects Zeplin projects to surface recent screen updates, read developer notes, and verify styleguide tokens without making engineers open heavy design files. When new screen revisions land in Zeplin, Joshu summarizes the changes, flags modified components, and links the updated screens to corresponding development tickets.

What you do

Connect your Zeplin account with OAuth and select which organizations or projects Joshu may inspect. Choose whether screen update notifications appear in your daily brief or stay on call for specific project queries.

Why it sticks

Design-to-code handoffs often stall when developers have to hunt down specific screen versions or token names. Joshu looks up exact CSS values, dimensions, and screen states directly from Zeplin so your development work moves forward.

Permissions and limits

Joshu accesses Zeplin through official OAuth scopes. It reads screen data, project activity logs, and styleguide assets within authorized workspaces. It cannot view projects outside the permissions of your connected Zeplin user.

Frequently asked questions

: Joshu connects to Zeplin through official OAuth and inspects the design workspaces, projects, and styleguides you authorize. It extracts screen specifications, pulls styleguide tokens, tracks developer handoff changes, and ties design revisions back to your engineering tickets. You work with an assistant who has a desk, a computer, and persistent memory, not another design portal you have to search manually.
: Yes. Every Joshu runs in its own isolated, sandboxed cloud computer. Screen designs, assets, and project notes Joshu reads stay in that private sandbox. Joshu only accesses projects you authorize, and your data is never used to train public AI models.
: Joshu operates in read-only and note-drafting mode by default. It inspects specifications and version logs without altering designs, and any comments Joshu prepares wait for your review.
: Only the Zeplin organizations, projects, and styleguides authorized during OAuth sign-in. Joshu cannot view confidential projects or client workspaces you do not connect.
: Zeplin plugins help export assets from design tools into Zeplin. Joshu is a dedicated teammate with memory across Zeplin, Jira, GitHub, Slack, and email. It bridges design handoffs with engineering issues and keeps your team aligned across different platforms.
: Joshu is $95 a month with a simple flat rate. That includes your sandboxed cloud computer, a dedicated US phone number, an @joshu.me email address, eight-level cortex memory, and all tool connectors, including Zeplin. There are no surprise usage tiers or seat markups.