Claude Design: create prototypes and slides without a designer

Claude Design is a new experimental product from Anthropic Labs (April 17 2026) that lets you create visual deliverables by describing what you want. Type "a mobile meditation app prototype with a calming onboarding flow" and Claude builds it. Adjust colors, add dark mode, swap layouts — all by asking.

It is available to Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers. Access it through the palette icon in the left-hand navigation at claude.ai.

What it creates

Claude Design handles:

• App and web prototypes — rendered mockups for pitches, user testing, or handoffs to engineers
• Slide decks — presentation-format content for investor pitches, internal updates, client proposals
• One-pagers — single-page briefs, product overviews, service summaries
• Charts, diagrams, and visualizations — embedded inline in any of the above

The outputs are rendered deliverables, not image files. You iterate by continuing the conversation — each instruction updates the design directly.

How it works

You describe what you want. Claude generates a first version. Then you refine: ask for a different color scheme, add a feature, reorder sections, tighten the copy. Each request applies immediately.

Claude Design runs on Claude Opus 4.7, which has better visual reasoning than earlier models — including image understanding at 3.75 megapixels.

Teams and design systems

For Team and Enterprise subscribers, you can apply a design system across projects. Claude analyzes your codebase and design files to extract your visual language — colors, typography, component patterns — and applies it consistently to every deliverable you create.

This helps agencies or product teams who build across multiple clients or internal stakeholders maintain consistent branding without specifying it each time.

Exporting

When the design is ready, you can export it as:

• PDF — for sharing as an attachment or printing
• URL — a shareable link that renders the design in the browser
• PPTX — opens in PowerPoint or Google Slides for further editing
• Canva — transfer for collaboration with team members who work in Canva

What it is not

Claude Design is in research preview. It is not a Figma replacement — there are no component libraries, auto-layout constraints, or developer handoff specs. It is not a full slide editor — you cannot drag and reorder slides directly. Think of it as a fast path from an idea to a shareable visual, before bringing in design tools for final production.

Getting started

Open claude.ai and look for the palette icon in the left-hand navigation. Start with a specific request:

"A one-pager for a B2B SaaS product that tracks employee onboarding completion, designed for an HR director audience. Clean, professional, dark blue and white."

The more specificity up front, the fewer refinement rounds you'll need.

Official announcement: anthropic.com/news