Anthropic just launched /design for Claude Code (it's awesome)
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So, on topic just launched an official
{slash} design skill for Cloud Code. And
what it basically does is it brings
Cloud Design's really popular artboard
workflow into Cloud Code. And you can
use this now wherever you're using Cloud
Code, if you're using the terminal or if
you're using the VS Code extension like
I do. If you update it and type in
{slash} design, you should now have this
skill built into your Cloud Code. And
you can see for this session I used that
to make a Robo Nugget's landing page.
And what it did for us is give us this
link, which if you head to that, what we
now have is this editable artifact which
if we zoom that in so we can see. And it
created this whole landing page for us
with a dark and light mode. And
everything here from the copy to the
choice of fonts and all the design that
you are seeing is built from just one
prompt. And I'll talk more later about
how I'm able to achieve a design like
this that doesn't look like it's vibe
coded at all. But for now, just to show
you some features of this new {slash}
design skill, if I go back to canvas,
the great thing about this artifact that
Cloud Code made for us is that we can
freely edit it depending on the designs
that we want. So, for example, you can
change the accent colors straight from
this page. You can adjust the spacing
between the elements and even the scale
of the fonts. And of course, you have
this sidebar at the right, which you
might be more familiar with if you're
using Figma. And you can edit that as
well. So, you can change the fonts, you
can change the weight of the fonts, and
so on and so forth. And then of course,
you can change the text of this as well
if you wish, which is just a much better
experience, especially if you are trying
to just polish a website to get it to
production. And since this is a Cloud
artifact, you can actually share this to
peers or clients as well. So, you can
see right now only I have access to it,
but this is quite similar to let's say
if you're sharing a Google Doc and you
want anyone with the link to be able to
access it, then you can just toggle it
through here and you'll be able to share
it to whoever needs to review this work.
But of course, one clear benefit to this
is that this whole artifact is connected
to your Cloud Code. So, if you want to
leave comments on this canvas, you can
do so just through this button and you
can just type it in here. Or from that
same session where you created this, you
can also just chat with it to apply some
bigger changes to that artifact that
you're creating, we'll do in a bit. But,
there's an obvious question here, right?
Which is that how is this different from
Claude design? Well, if you notice this
whole landing page, I was able to create
it with only one prompt. So, despite me
only sending this really simple prompt,
it was able to capture all our designs,
all the details here, as well as the
numbers are also all correct. And the
reason why that is is because I'm using
Claude Code, which is connected to my
entire operating system and context. And
I teach about this a lot in our
community and in this channel multiple
times as well. But, whenever you send a
prompt to Claude Code, the reality is
Claude Code actually doesn't work from
just that one prompt, because it also
works on your workspace context. And to
make it simple, the way that I teach
context and context engineering is just
through the arms framework. So, if
you're using Claude Code to its fullest
potential, then you'll be able to
connect it to your applications, you'll
be able to set up your routines. And
very importantly, the reason why that
prompt was able to make a pretty good
landing page from just one prompt is
because my context has memory connected
to it, which includes design systems,
brand books, and business details, as
well as my own skills. And so, that's
the big difference of using /design in
Claude Code versus Claude design.
Because say if I'm in Claude design and
I'll ask it to make a Robo Nuggets
landing page in here, what it's
essentially going to do first is
probably ask me some questions, because
it doesn't really know what Robo Nuggets
is. It has no memory of my business
outside of this conversation. So, you
can see Claude design is asking me what
Robo Nuggets is, what the visual
direction is, and you can go through
this and just answer it so that you can
give it a bit more guidance. Or, you can
also just have it decide for you, which
for the sake of this demo, that's what
I'll do. And of course, as you would
expect, what it returned to us is just
the default fonts that it would use,
some default colors like this black and
blue color palette, and all the details
here are also incorrect. And so, that's
the difference, because if you send a
prompt to Claude design, it actually
can't access any of the context and the
memory that you've built up. And for the
most part, each chat session that you
have with it is self-contained. So, you
can upload files to it, you can also
load design systems to it. But, because
it doesn't really have a memory system,
most of the time you will need to rework
that for every project that you do. And
so, that's a big contrast versus Claude
Code. And just here I have my second
brain illustrated for me to be able to
show it visually. And you can see here
that this whole workspace, it has
something like 60,000 files already. And
what this essentially is is just a
folder in my machine, which if you're
using File Explorer, this is how it
would look. And this has all of those
memory and all of those skills that I
was talking about, as well as contacts
on the applications as well as routines
that I am running. And by the way, if
you need a starter pack on setting up
your own context and your agentic
operating system, what I did is just
publish this nine-page guide, which you
can either read to or just give it to
your Claude Code to get you started. And
that's just available down in the pin
comment below if you need it. And so, to
give another example of the benefit of
using Claude Code {slash} design, what
we can actually do is use {slash} design
with our own skills. If I send this
prompt where I'm invoking this skill
called {slash} generate, which I talked
about in a previous lesson and I'll just
link it in this video as well. And
that's just a skill that connects to all
of the AI video and image models so that
I can freely use them on a pay-as-you-go
basis instead of subscribing to
something like Hexfield. But, I'm just
asking Claude Code here to generate a
relevant video for the site and place it
as the background. And if I send that
over, and once that's done, you can see
here that it generated this dot matrix
video of a robot. And let's just go
ahead and actually maximize that so you
can see. And it was able to generate
that with the skill that I have in my
Claude Code context, place it in the
background as I directed. And so, it's
just much more flexible because in
Claude design, even if you check skills
here in their drop-down, it actually
doesn't let you create new skills in
here. And the only ones they have here
are the default ones that Anthropic
ships. And so, if you want a bit more
flexibility, and if you want to use your
native skills in Claude Code, then using
{slash} design in Claude Code instead of
going for Claude design may be for you.
And finally, as a last example, if you
want to actually deploy this website,
meaning publish it on the internet, if
you try to do that from within Cloud
Design, so I'm saying here to push this
to Vercel, which is a well-known
platform that hosts websites for you for
free, it's now telling me to do it
myself, basically. But if I do that in
Cloud Code, and I'll ask to deploy this
site to Vercel, you see that it did just
that, and it's now live in this URL. So,
it's much more seamless, and really much
more flexible if you're just using Cloud
Code. And obviously, because it's Cloud
Code, you're also just not limited to
just designing websites. In fact, you
can probably do all of the templates
that Cloud Design has here. This one,
for instance, is a 3D object made with
that /design skill. You can design email
templates like this, mockups for mobile
app designs. And so, pretty much, if
you're designing something and want to
use Cloud Code because of the rich
context that you've built up, it's
probably a good idea to try out this
/design skill, especially with all those
features that I talked about. I hope
that was useful, and as always, thanks
for watching until the end, because that
helps the channel a lot, and I'll see
you all next time. Cheers.
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This video introduces the new '/design' skill for Claude Code, explaining how it enables the creation of editable, high-quality design artifacts directly within the developer's environment. The speaker contrasts this with standard Claude Design by highlighting the power of 'context' and 'memory'—allowing Claude Code to leverage existing brand guidelines, business details, and custom skills to create personalized, accurate designs in one prompt. Furthermore, the video demonstrates the flexibility of Claude Code in integrating custom skills (like AI image/video generation) and seamless deployment directly to platforms like Vercel.
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