Summary
Anthropic launched Claude Design in research preview on April 17, 2026 as a new product for creating prototypes, slides, one-pagers, and other polished visual work with Claude. The product can ingest prompts, files, websites, and codebases, then export to Canva, PDF, PPTX, HTML, or Claude Code handoff bundles.
What changed
Claude Design launched in research preview for Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers with support for design-system onboarding, web capture, inline editing controls, collaborative sharing, and export or handoff into Canva and Claude Code.
Why it matters
This extends Anthropic beyond coding assistants into adjacent creation workflows where agents can move from idea to prototype to implementation. The Claude Code handoff is especially important because it links visual ideation directly to build execution.
Evidence excerpt
Anthropic says Claude Design lets users create designs, prototypes, slides, and one-pagers, export to Canva, PDF, PPTX, or HTML, and hand designs off to Claude Code with a single instruction.