At 6:57 AM (KST) on August 18, 2026, Anthropic's official developer account @ClaudeDevs posted new news: "Claude Code can design now." It announced that a `/design` skill, in research preview, has been added to Claude Code's CLI and desktop app.
Using it is simple. Type `/design` in the terminal or desktop app and several editable artboards appear. You pick a mockup you like, refine it, and hand it straight to Claude to implement. The post drew more than 250,000 views in under 24 hours.
It Merges Claude Design and Artifacts
This feature isn't entirely new. It layers the artboard workflow of Claude Design, a separate product released in research preview on April 17 on Opus 4.7, on top of Claude Code Artifacts (a feature that turns a coding session into a shareable web page), which went into beta on June 18. The key of this announcement is bundling the two so you can use them together inside the CLI.
In a reply posted two hours later, @ClaudeDevs added, "Available on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise. Update Claude Code to try it." That means it's included in your subscription plan at no extra charge.
Pick, Edit, and Implement in One Flow
Previously, to make a UI mockup you had to switch over to the Claude Design tab separately. With this update, that process continues without leaving the CLI. Anthropic says a two-way flow, from design to code and from code back to design, is also possible.
One user welcomed it, saying "switching back and forth to the usage tab was a hassle, and now I don't have to," and another replied, "I was just complaining about exactly this missing feature."
Some Say "I've Been Using This for a Month"
Not every reaction was positive. Replies included the point that "I was already doing something similar by capturing UI elements in VS Code and pasting them in," and a comment that "I've already been using it this way in the CLI for over a month." There were also complaints that the designs Claude makes look alike.
As of August 18 (KST), the official Claude Code changelog (latest version v2.1.234, updated August 17) doesn't yet list a `/design` entry. With a lag between the official social media announcement and documentation, it's safer to check once more whether the changelog has caught up before adopting it team-wide.