Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs
Key Points
- Claude Design research preview
- Powered by Claude Opus 4.7
- Exports: PPTX, Canva, HTML
Summary
Claude Design is a new visual design and prototyping product from Anthropic Labs (research preview launched Apr 17, 2026). It’s powered by the vision model Claude Opus 4.7 and available to Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers (rolling rollout; Enterprise off by default). Claude builds a team design system from your codebase and design files, generates interactive prototypes from text, uploads, or live web captures, and lets teams iterate via comments, direct edits, and adjustable controls.
Key Points
- Availability: research preview for Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise; admins can enable for Enterprise orgs. Access at claude.ai/design.
- Model: uses Claude Opus 4.7 (vision-capable) to generate polished visual output and interactive prototypes.
- Onboarding: automatically builds a team design system by reading code and design files; supports maintaining multiple design systems.
- Inputs: text prompts, images, DOCX/PPTX/XLSX, codebases, and web capture of live pages.
- Editing & iteration: inline comments, direct text edits, and custom adjustment sliders (spacing, color, layout); apply changes across projects.
- Collaboration & sharing: organization-scoped sharing, view/edit link controls, group chat with Claude inside designs.
- Export & handoff: export to PPTX, Canva, PDF, standalone HTML, or pass a handoff bundle to Claude Code for implementation.
- Integrations: planned improvements to connect Claude Design to more tools and workflows.
How engineers can use it
- Rapid prototyping: convert static mockups into interactive prototypes for user testing without writing front-end code.
- Handoff: generate a Claude Code handoff bundle to move designs into implementation with preserved design intent.
- Automation: onboarding-extracted design system ensures consistent tokens/components across generated artifacts.
Practical notes
- Works within subscription usage limits; option to enable extra usage. Enterprises must opt in via Organization settings.
- Recommended for product teams, designers, and engineers who want faster prototype-to-code iterations.