Claude Design is INSANE

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00:00:00So the updates never stop.
00:00:02Anthropic just released Claude Design,
00:00:05which now gives us an interface to create web apps,
00:00:09websites, pretty much whatever we want
00:00:11via the Claude interface.
00:00:13This is their version of Google Stitch.
00:00:16And as you can see from this demo video,
00:00:18it's all about giving you the ability to tweak everything
00:00:21from the macro to the micro with these designs.
00:00:23And we're not talking about just web apps,
00:00:25we're also talking about mobile designs as well.
00:00:27And it's kind of funny because when we talk about
00:00:28Anthropic and Claude Code,
00:00:30one of its bigness weaknesses is front end design.
00:00:32So to see that they're now coming out
00:00:34with a full fledged application
00:00:36that handles this weakness is pretty cool.
00:00:39So in this video, I'm gonna show you how it works.
00:00:41We're gonna do a quick demo
00:00:42so you can jump in there yourself.
00:00:43Now, Claude Design was created with Opus 4.7 in mind
00:00:46and it's available if you're on anything
00:00:49from the Pro Max to Enterprise.
00:00:51And this does everything from prototypes to mockups
00:00:53to PowerPoint presentations.
00:00:54And it's something we can export into things
00:00:57like Microsoft PowerPoint or send it to Canva.
00:00:59Now, one of the cool things about this is brand design.
00:01:01So you can give this a code base,
00:01:03say the code base of your website,
00:01:05and it will pull all of the brand assets from the website
00:01:09so it can match things like colors and typography
00:01:11to the design you're working on.
00:01:12So to get started, you just need to head to claud.ai/design
00:01:15and it will take you to a webpage that looks like this.
00:01:18Now, right away on the left, we have a few different options,
00:01:20prototypes, slide deck, you can use a template or other.
00:01:23Down here on the bottom, like I was talking about,
00:01:25we have the ability to create a design system.
00:01:27So if I go to set up design system,
00:01:29I can give it something like my company name,
00:01:33and then I can provide examples of my design system.
00:01:36You don't have to do this,
00:01:38but this will help if you already have something
00:01:40you're trying to match it to.
00:01:41So you can give it the link to your GitHub.
00:01:43You can actually drag the folder.
00:01:45So if you have the code base on your actual computer,
00:01:48you can drag it here,
00:01:49or you can just add the fonts, logos, and assets,
00:01:51as well as any other notes.
00:01:52So what I did is I just selected the folder on my computer
00:01:55with assets to my website,
00:01:57and then I just hit continue to generation.
00:01:59When you do this, especially if it's a larger code base,
00:02:01first of all, it's not going to upload the entire code base.
00:02:03It's gonna figure out which files actually make sense.
00:02:05And secondly, you'll get a pop-up window that says,
00:02:07"Hey, this can take 15 to 20 minutes,"
00:02:09as it goes through all your files.
00:02:11Now, if you wanna do something from scratch,
00:02:12you can totally do that as well.
00:02:13So we'll just start a new prototype.
00:02:16We'll call it Chase demo.
00:02:17We have two options.
00:02:18You have like just a rough wireframe,
00:02:20or we can go straight into a high fidelity mock-up.
00:02:23So we'll do the mock-up.
00:02:25That's gonna take you to this page.
00:02:26And again, definitely getting some stitch vibes here.
00:02:28So I'm gonna tell it,
00:02:29let's design an interactive dark theme graphic
00:02:31showing how culture flows between cities,
00:02:33a rotating globe with the cities connected by glowing path.
00:02:35This is the same thing they did in the demo,
00:02:37but I'm interested to see if what we get here
00:02:40actually matches the asset they showed us in the video,
00:02:43and what sort of differences we're gonna see.
00:02:45How much did they hype it up in their ad?
00:02:47So we're gonna go ahead and send it.
00:02:48And by the way, you can see here,
00:02:50we can also choose things like the model.
00:02:52You can attach stuff.
00:02:53You can actually do voice here and import whatever you want.
00:02:55So right away, it starts asking us some questions,
00:02:57which I really like.
00:02:58This is almost similar to plan mode inside of Claude code.
00:03:02So what kind of culture we think?
00:03:04Let's just do mixed globe style.
00:03:07Let's do, let's do this flow path.
00:03:13That looks cool.
00:03:14What do we want to do for color palette?
00:03:16Let's do multi-hue.
00:03:18And right away, I love the fact
00:03:20that we're now getting these prompts.
00:03:21If I go into stitched, I'm not really going to get this.
00:03:24If I go into other things, I'm not really gonna get this.
00:03:26Like one of the most powerful things inside of Claude code,
00:03:29and we've talked about this in other web design lessons,
00:03:31is having this back and forth
00:03:33to kind of figure out these blind spots in our plan.
00:03:37And the fact that it's asking me all these questions is huge.
00:03:39It's asking me quite a few.
00:03:40Even normal plan mode in Claude code only asks like three.
00:03:43So we'll drag to rotate.
00:03:45What city should we feature?
00:03:47Let's do top 10.
00:03:49How much UI?
00:03:50Let's do full dashboard.
00:03:53Overall mood.
00:03:54Let's do editorial.
00:03:58We'll keep with editorial.
00:04:00What should be tweakable?
00:04:02Ooh, we'll do flow color palette.
00:04:07I'll have it do three things.
00:04:08Let's continue.
00:04:09And then over on the left, once we answer those questions,
00:04:11it sets up its progress.
00:04:12Again, similar to what we would see in Claude code
00:04:15if we had it on plan mode and had it do stuff.
00:04:17And by the way, this is obviously something
00:04:19that you have to be on the web app to do.
00:04:22This isn't something that's available in the terminal
00:04:24for obvious reasons due to the graphical nature.
00:04:27And from what I'm reading,
00:04:29I don't think this is ever gonna be implemented
00:04:30into the desktop app, or maybe it will at some point.
00:04:33But as of right now, you have to do it through Claude.ai.
00:04:35Now, as this is building,
00:04:36let's talk about some of the questions you might have,
00:04:38which is like, how is this any different
00:04:39from me giving it this prompt right here
00:04:41into the chat window or pulling up Claude code
00:04:43and just saying, hey, I want you
00:04:45to build this interactive thing.
00:04:47Well, and having it just, you know,
00:04:48create some sort of web app out of that.
00:04:50The answer is, if we get super reductive, nothing really.
00:04:54Like, right, it's just writing code.
00:04:55It's gonna be the same thing.
00:04:56The difference is, and again,
00:04:58if you've done any sort of front end design in any capacity,
00:05:00even if it's just a simple landing page,
00:05:02you understand the power of being able
00:05:04to visually see these things and compare them.
00:05:05That's why, you know, Google Stitch is so cool
00:05:08because the awesome thing about Stitch
00:05:09isn't even necessarily design philosophy,
00:05:11although I think it's really good.
00:05:12It's the fact that I have a UI
00:05:13where I can visually see a bunch of options
00:05:15and edit it in this manner.
00:05:17And then when I like it, pull it into code.
00:05:18When I'm doing everything code first
00:05:20from a design perspective, it's tough.
00:05:22It's kind of janky.
00:05:23It's kind of hard to take a visual medium
00:05:26and put that into natural language,
00:05:28which gets turned into code,
00:05:29which gets turned into a visual and really nail it,
00:05:32especially at the beginning.
00:05:33Like, I need to see things visually.
00:05:34At least for me, I need to see options.
00:05:36And so having this is awesome.
00:05:38This is a great step forward for anthropic and Claude code
00:05:41because this has been a real weak point.
00:05:42That's why you see apps like Pencil
00:05:45and things like that becoming so popular
00:05:46because it gives you that visual medium
00:05:48to deal with these sort of things.
00:05:49And also quick note, like you can see down here,
00:05:51like these are full-fleshed applications.
00:05:53It's essentially prototyping.
00:05:55So you can have these things called APIs.
00:05:58You should be thinking this more,
00:06:00not just as like a visual design Canva thing.
00:06:03You should be thinking of this more
00:06:04in terms of like Google Studio,
00:06:05like Google AI Studio type deal.
00:06:07So here's what it came back with.
00:06:08Kind of went with editorial style.
00:06:10We can see the globe right here.
00:06:12I can drag it with the mouse.
00:06:14We can do the rotation speed, change glow intensity,
00:06:18change the palette.
00:06:19That's kind of cool.
00:06:21And then it kind of has like little write-ups over here.
00:06:25Now let's talk about being able to edit this thing.
00:06:27First of all, we have this little tweaks thing up here.
00:06:30So the tweaks just has to do with rotation speed
00:06:33and all that.
00:06:34I can leave comments, I can edit, I can draw.
00:06:37And then we can also do things like full screen
00:06:39to see what this would look like for real.
00:06:41That's kind of interesting in full screen.
00:06:42That looks much, much better actually.
00:06:44But let's say I wanted to make an edit to this thing.
00:06:46Obviously we could just go back into the omp window
00:06:49and prompt it.
00:06:50If I go to edit, I can get a lot more granular.
00:06:55This kind of reminds me of like cursors editor
00:06:58or even something like lovable.
00:06:59So I can actually select the individual cities themselves.
00:07:04If I select the globe at large, it'll bring it up here.
00:07:07And I can change things like the color.
00:07:11That looks hideous, the height and all that.
00:07:14So I have the ability to get very, very specific
00:07:16with what I wanna change, which again is great.
00:07:18Better than me saying in text,
00:07:19"Hey, I wanna change the size of this."
00:07:21Well, I can just select it in here and edit it that way.
00:07:24We could also do comments.
00:07:25So I can click on any particular thing.
00:07:27Same thing with edit, but instead of actually changing,
00:07:29"Hey, these specific numbers."
00:07:31I can click on the globe and leave a comment and be like,
00:07:34"Can we make the globe larger?"
00:07:37Send to Claude.
00:07:40And it creates a queue of comments.
00:07:41If you don't wanna send it to Claude right away,
00:07:43but at any point you can then send it to Claude
00:07:45and we'll start working.
00:07:46On top of that, we can also draw.
00:07:48So I can be like, "All right, well,
00:07:50I just want like a moon over here."
00:07:52Let's get a moon.
00:07:53I wanna see like Artemis 2 over here flying around.
00:07:56Stuff like that.
00:07:56Then over here, we also have the design file.
00:07:58So you can actually take a look
00:08:00at the code underneath the hood.
00:08:02And lastly, we have the ability to export
00:08:04and share this thing.
00:08:05So if I click export, I can download it as a zip.
00:08:07I can export it as a PDF, PowerPoint, send it to Canva.
00:08:11Or what's also super cool is I can hand this over
00:08:13to Claude code.
00:08:14And it gives me the command to bring this
00:08:15inside of Claude code, which is great.
00:08:17So that's where I'm gonna leave you for today.
00:08:18I know that was kind of down and dirty,
00:08:19but just kind of wanted to show you
00:08:21how to navigate this thing and what's possible.
00:08:23Definitely expect a deep dive in the next day or so,
00:08:26showing you how you can get the most out of this.
00:08:29As always, let me know what you thought.
00:08:31If you wanna get your hands on the Chase AI Masterclass,
00:08:33that's down in the pinned comments and I'll see you around.

Key Takeaway

Claude Design provides a visual prototyping interface that bridges the gap between natural language and frontend code by allowing users to edit UI elements manually or via interactive prompts using the Opus 4.7 model.

Highlights

Claude Design allows users to create web apps, mobile designs, and PowerPoint presentations directly through the Claude interface.

Users can sync existing brand assets by providing a website link or dragging a local code folder into the design system setup.

The interface features a high-fidelity mockup mode that asks interactive questions to refine project parameters like color palettes and UI density.

Design files are exportable as ZIP archives, PDFs, or PowerPoint decks, and can be sent directly to Canva or Claude Code via a terminal command.

A granular edit mode allows users to select individual UI elements to modify properties like color, height, and position without writing text prompts.

The tool integrates Opus 4.7 and is available for users on Pro, Max, and Enterprise tiers at claud.ai/design.

Timeline

Capabilities and access requirements

  • Claude Design functions as an interface for building web and mobile applications from macro layouts to micro details.
  • The tool is accessible to Pro, Max, and Enterprise tier users and utilizes the Opus 4.7 model.
  • Output formats include prototypes, mockups, and slide decks compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint and Canva.

This new application addresses a previous weakness in Anthropic's ecosystem regarding frontend design. It serves as a visual layer similar to Google Stitch, enabling the creation of full-fledged digital assets. Brand consistency is maintained by pulling colors and typography directly from existing codebases or URLs provided by the user.

Design system setup and file ingestion

  • Users can define a design system by linking a GitHub repository or uploading local asset folders.
  • The system automatically filters through large codebases to identify relevant files for design matching.
  • Initial processing of complex local folders typically requires 15 to 20 minutes to complete.

Navigation begins at claud.ai/design where users choose between templates, slide decks, or custom prototypes. The setup process accommodates specific company branding through the upload of logos, fonts, and CSS notes. For those starting without existing assets, the platform offers a direct path to generation without prior system configuration.

Interactive mockup generation and planning

  • The platform offers a choice between rough wireframes and high-fidelity mockups for new projects.
  • A guided questioning sequence covers culture styles, flow paths, color palettes, and overall editorial mood.
  • A progress sidebar tracks the generation steps similar to the plan mode found in Claude Code.

The generation process is highly interactive, asking the user to define specific details such as the number of cities to feature in a graphic or the desired level of UI complexity. This back-and-forth dialogue is designed to eliminate blind spots in the initial design plan. Unlike the terminal-based Claude Code, this feature is restricted to the web application due to its graphical requirements.

Visual editing and manual adjustments

  • Visual editing allows for direct selection of UI components to change numerical values like rotation speed or glow intensity.
  • A comment queue enables users to leave specific feedback on individual elements for Claude to process in batches.
  • Users can draw directly on the interface to suggest new elements like celestial bodies or layout changes.

The UI provides a bridge between purely text-based prompting and traditional design software. Instead of describing a size change in natural language, users can select an object and modify its dimensions or color using a sidebar menu. This mode is comparable to editors like Cursor or Lovable, focusing on the power of seeing options visually before committing them to code.

Code integration and export options

  • The design file view exposes the underlying code for inspection and manual refinement.
  • Exporting options include ZIP files for developers and PDF or PowerPoint formats for presentations.
  • A specific terminal command facilitates the transfer of the design into the Claude Code environment.

The application is built for professional workflows, allowing for seamless transitions between design and development. The export menu provides versatility for different stakeholders, whether they need a static document or a functional code package. Integrating with Claude Code allows developers to take the visual prototype and immediately begin implementation using command-line tools.

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