A collection of ready-to-use DESIGN.md files that Claude Design expands into a full UI scaffold with one drop.

Awesome Claude Design

Upload any DESIGN.md to Claude Design and it scaffolds a full design system (colors, type, components, preview cards, and a working UI kit) in a single shot.

Skip the blank-page design brief, grab a design system inspiration that matches the feel you want, and let Claude Design do the scaffolding.

What is Claude Design?

Claude Design is Anthropic's new design-focused workspace. Instead of generating one-off screens in a chat window, it holds a persistent design system for your project: tokens, components, and preview assets you can actually ship, not just swatches in a chat window.

You give it a starting point (an aesthetic, a vibe, or a DESIGN.md), and it scaffolds the system: color tokens, type scale, buttons, cards, nav, and a working UI kit. The output lands in the project's Design System review tab, organized and inspectable, so every new screen you request stays on-system.

What is DESIGN.md?

DESIGN.md is a single plain-text markdown file that describes a brand's visual language in a format AI agents can actually act on. The concept was first introduced by Google Stitch and built into a real, comparable collection by at 🎨getdesign.md.

The core idea: keep token, rule, and rationale in the same file. A Figma export tells you what to use but skips why. A brand guideline PDF talks to humans ("approachable yet premium") but is too loose for an agent. DESIGN.md sits in the middle. Specific enough for the agent to make its next decision, and carrying the why so it can stay on-system when it hits a case the file never covered.

File	Who reads it	What it defines
`AGENTS.md`	Coding agents	How to build the project
`DESIGN.md`	Design agents (Claude Design, Stitch …)	How the project should look and feel

Claude Design can use DESIGN.md as its source of truth. Hand it one, and the full starter package falls out the other side.

How it works

Pick a design system inspiration from the list below, click through to its preview page to inspect the system in detail, then download its DESIGN.md.
Open Claude Design. You've got two ways to feed it the file:

Option A. Start from a design system

Go to claude.ai/design/#org, click Create new design system, and on the Set up your design system screen, upload the DESIGN.md under Add assets.

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Option B. Start from a prototype

Go to dashboard, create a new prototype, attach the DESIGN.md in the chat, and type: "Create a design system from this DESIGN.md"

Either way, Claude produces a full starter package in minutes:

README.md with brand context, voice, and visual foundations
colors_and_type.css with CSS variables, type scale, utility classes
Google Fonts substitutes when the brand font is proprietary
preview/ cards for colors, type, spacing, components, and brand
A working UI kit (index.html + components) applying the system to a real marketing page
SKILL.md, a portable skill file for future projects

One markdown file → production-ready design package. No boilerplate, no manual setup.

Collection

AI & LLM Platforms

Claude - Anthropic's AI assistant. Warm terracotta accent, clean editorial layout
Cohere - Enterprise AI platform. Vibrant gradients, data-rich dashboard aesthetic
ElevenLabs - AI voice platform. Dark cinematic UI, audio-waveform aesthetics
Minimax - AI model provider. Bold dark interface with neon accents
Mistral AI - Open-weight LLM provider. French-engineered minimalism, purple-toned
Ollama - Run LLMs locally. Terminal-first, monochrome simplicity
OpenCode AI - AI coding platform. Developer-centric dark theme
Replicate - Run ML models via API. Clean white canvas, code-forward
RunwayML - AI video generation. Cinematic dark UI, media-rich layout
Together AI - Open-source AI infrastructure. Technical, blueprint-style design
VoltAgent - AI agent framework. Void-black canvas, emerald accent, terminal-native
xAI - Elon Musk's AI lab. Stark monochrome, futuristic minimalism

Developer Tools & IDEs

Cursor - AI-first code editor. Sleek dark interface, gradient accents
Expo - React Native platform. Dark theme, tight letter-spacing, code-centric
Lovable - AI full-stack builder. Playful gradients, friendly dev aesthetic
Raycast - Productivity launcher. Sleek dark chrome, vibrant gradient accents
Superhuman - Fast email client. Premium dark UI, keyboard-first, purple glow
Vercel - Frontend deployment platform. Black and white precision, Geist font
Warp - Modern terminal. Dark IDE-like interface, block-based command UI

Backend, Database & DevOps

ClickHouse - Fast analytics database. Yellow-accented, technical documentation style
Composio - Tool integration platform. Modern dark with colorful integration icons
HashiCorp - Infrastructure automation. Enterprise-clean, black and white
MongoDB - Document database. Green leaf branding, developer documentation focus
PostHog - Product analytics. Playful hedgehog branding, developer-friendly dark UI
Sanity - Headless CMS. Red accent, content-first editorial layout
Sentry - Error monitoring. Dark dashboard, data-dense, pink-purple accent
Supabase - Open-source Firebase alternative. Dark emerald theme, code-first

Productivity & SaaS

Cal.com - Open-source scheduling. Clean neutral UI, developer-oriented simplicity
Intercom - Customer messaging. Friendly blue palette, conversational UI patterns
Linear - Project management for engineers. Ultra-minimal, precise, purple accent
Mintlify - Documentation platform. Clean, green-accented, reading-optimized
Notion - All-in-one workspace. Warm minimalism, serif headings, soft surfaces
Resend - Email API for developers. Minimal dark theme, monospace accents
Zapier - Automation platform. Warm orange, friendly illustration-driven

Design & Creative Tools

Airtable - Spreadsheet-database hybrid. Colorful, friendly, structured data aesthetic
Clay - Creative agency. Organic shapes, soft gradients, art-directed layout
Figma - Collaborative design tool. Vibrant multi-color, playful yet professional
Framer - Website builder. Bold black and blue, motion-first, design-forward
Miro - Visual collaboration. Bright yellow accent, infinite canvas aesthetic
Webflow - Visual web builder. Blue-accented, polished marketing site aesthetic

Fintech & Crypto

Binance - Crypto exchange. Bold Binance Yellow on monochrome, trading-floor urgency
Coinbase - Crypto exchange. Clean blue identity, trust-focused, institutional feel
Kraken - Crypto trading platform. Purple-accented dark UI, data-dense dashboards
Mastercard - Global payments network. Warm cream canvas, orbital pill shapes, editorial warmth
Revolut - Digital banking. Sleek dark interface, gradient cards, fintech precision
Stripe - Payment infrastructure. Signature purple gradients, weight-300 elegance
Wise - International money transfer. Bright green accent, friendly and clear

E-commerce & Retail

Airbnb - Travel marketplace. Warm coral accent, photography-driven, rounded UI
Meta - Tech retail store. Photography-first, binary light/dark surfaces, Meta Blue CTAs
Nike - Athletic retail. Monochrome UI, massive uppercase Futura, full-bleed photography
Shopify - E-commerce platform. Dark-first cinematic, neon green accent, ultra-light display type

Media & Consumer Tech

Apple - Consumer electronics. Premium white space, SF Pro, cinematic imagery
IBM - Enterprise technology. Carbon design system, structured blue palette
NVIDIA - GPU computing. Green-black energy, technical power aesthetic
Pinterest - Visual discovery platform. Red accent, masonry grid, image-first
PlayStation - Gaming console retail. Three-surface channel layout, cyan hover-scale interaction
SpaceX - Space technology. Stark black and white, full-bleed imagery, futuristic
Spotify - Music streaming. Vibrant green on dark, bold type, album-art-driven
The Verge - Tech editorial media. Acid-mint and ultraviolet accents, Manuka display type
Uber - Mobility platform. Bold black and white, tight type, urban energy
Vodafone - Global telecom brand. Monumental uppercase display, Vodafone Red chapter bands
WIRED - Tech magazine. Paper-white broadsheet density, custom serif, ink-blue links

Automotive

BMW - Luxury automotive. Dark premium surfaces, precise German engineering aesthetic
Bugatti - Luxury hypercar. Cinema-black canvas, monochrome austerity, monumental display type
Ferrari - Luxury automotive. Chiaroscuro black-white editorial, Ferrari Red with extreme sparseness
Lamborghini - Luxury automotive. True black cathedral, gold accent, LamboType custom Neo-Grotesk
Renault - French automotive. Vivid aurora gradients, NouvelR proprietary typeface, zero-radius buttons
Tesla - Electric vehicles. Radical subtraction, cinematic full-viewport photography, Universal Sans

What Claude produces from a DESIGN.md

Each file gives Claude enough structured context to generate a complete, opinionated system, not a loose color grab. The 9 sections every DESIGN.md follows:

#	Section	What Claude reads it for
1	Visual Theme & Atmosphere	Setting tone, density, and mood of the scaffold
2	Color Palette & Roles	Emitting CSS variables with semantic names + hex
3	Typography Rules	Building the type scale and picking Google Fonts fallbacks
4	Component Stylings	Generating buttons, inputs, cards, nav with states
5	Layout Principles	Spacing scale, grid, whitespace rhythm
6	Depth & Elevation	Shadow tokens and surface hierarchy
7	Do's and Don'ts	Guardrails Claude respects when generating new screens
8	Responsive Behavior	Breakpoints, touch targets, collapse behavior
9	Agent Prompt Guide	Reusable prompts Claude embeds into the generated `SKILL.md`

Tips for getting better output

Start in a fresh project. Claude Design anchors the system to the project it was scaffolded in. Mixing brands mid-project muddles the tokens.
Keep asking for screens. Once the system is scaffolded, prompts like "now build a pricing page" or "add an empty state" stay on-brand automatically.
Request variants. Ask for light/dark, compact/comfortable, or marketing/app variants. Claude branches cleanly from the base tokens.
Export the SKILL.md. Save it to your own skills folder and you can re-summon the same aesthetic in any future Claude project without re-uploading.

License & disclaimer

The repository itself is MIT licensed, see LICENSE.

The DESIGN.md files linked from this repo are curated starting points inspired by publicly observable design patterns on the referenced websites. They are not official design systems and are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the companies named. All trademarks, brand names, logos, and proprietary typefaces belong to their respective owners, and this repo makes no claim of ownership over any brand's visual identity.

These documents exist for educational and development purposes — to give AI agents like Claude Design enough structured context to generate consistent UI. Users are responsible for ensuring their own downstream usage complies with the trademark, copyright, and brand-usage policies of the originating companies. When in doubt, use a DESIGN.md as inspiration for an original system rather than a 1:1 clone.

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