Anthropic has launched Claude Design, a new product that lets users create polished visual work such as prototypes, slides, wireframes, one-pagers, and marketing materials with the help of AI. The company announced the tool on April 17 and said it is rolling out in research preview to Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers.
According to Anthropic’s official announcement, Claude Design is powered by Claude Opus 4.7 and designed to make visual creation easier for people without deep design experience, including founders, product managers, marketers, and teams working on fast-moving ideas.
The product starts from a text prompt, uploaded documents, images, or an existing codebase. From there, Claude generates a first draft that users can refine through conversation, inline comments, direct edits, and adjustable controls. Anthropic says the tool can also apply a team’s design system automatically when given access.
Anthropic is positioning Claude Design as a tool that reduces friction between an idea and a polished visual output. In its official announcement, the company said teams are already using it for realistic prototypes, product wireframes, design exploration, pitch decks, presentations, marketing collateral, and code-powered prototypes with voice, video, shaders, and 3D elements.
Introducing Claude Design by Anthropic Labs: make prototypes, slides, and one-pagers by talking to Claude.
Powered by Claude Opus 4.7, our most capable vision model. Available in research preview on the Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, rolling out throughout the day. pic.twitter.com/2BgBGtgYGX
— Claude (@claudeai) April 17, 2026That broad range suggests the product is meant to serve both non-designers and experienced creative teams. For newcomers, it lowers the barrier to building visuals. For professional designers, it offers more room to test directions quickly before committing to a final concept.
How Claude Design Works
Anthropic says users can import material from multiple sources, including text prompts, images, documents, and codebases. The tool can also capture elements directly from websites, so prototypes look more like real products.
Once a draft is created, users can refine individual elements, adjust spacing, colours, and layout, or collaborate with others through organisation-scoped sharing. Anthropic also says final designs can be exported as Canva files, PDFs, PPTX files, or standalone HTML.
Another key feature is handoff to Claude Code. When a design is ready, Anthropic says Claude can package the work into a bundle that developers can use to move from prototype to implementation.
Claude Design is available through existing Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans and uses the standard limits attached to those subscriptions, with an option for extra usage capacity. Anthropic says access is included with the plan rather than sold separately.
For Enterprise users, however, the tool is disabled by default. Anthropic says admins must turn it on through organisation settings before teams can begin using it. That detail suggests the company expects large organisations to control rollout more tightly than individual subscribers.
Overall, the launch shows Anthropic pushing Claude further into creative and collaborative visual work, not just writing and coding.
