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While there is already a handful of such probes available, each of them went through laborious cycles of <jats:italic>in vitro<\/jats:italic> screening and selection. Computational modeling approaches are evolving incredibly fast right now and are demonstrating great results in many applications, including <jats:italic>de novo<\/jats:italic> protein design. It suggests that the easier task of fine-tuning the fluorogen-binding properties of an already functional protein <jats:italic>in silico<\/jats:italic> should be readily achievable. To test this hypothesis, we used Rosetta for computational ligand docking followed by protein binding pocket redesign to further improve the previously described FAP DiB1 that is capable of binding to a BODIPY-like dye M739. Despite an inaccurate initial docking of the chromophore, the incorporated mutations nevertheless improved multiple photophysical parameters as well as the overall performance of the tag. The designed protein, DiB-RM, shows higher brightness, localization precision, and apparent photostability in protein-PAINT super-resolution imaging compared to its parental variant DiB1. Moreover, DiB-RM can be cleaved to obtain an efficient split system with enhanced performance compared to a parental DiB-split system. 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