An optimized desktop client for the Claude Design environment. This project implements a custom context engine leveraging local diffing and advanced caching heuristics to significantly reduce API token consumption during iterative AI-assisted UI/UX prototyping.
Standard AI-driven design workflows typically transmit the entire DOM tree and canvas state per interaction. This architecture scales poorly, leading to rapid token exhaustion and high API latency during micro-iterations.
This client resolves this via the Smart Context Engine, achieving a consistent ~70% reduction in token overhead through localized state management.
- Delta-Updates: Computes canvas state changes locally; transmits only strict geometric and property diffs to the inference engine.
- Prompt Compression: Implements automated context pruning for conversational history to eliminate redundant payload data.
- Vision Caching: Enforces persistent, server-side caching mechanisms for heavy graphical assets and reference imagery.
- Multi-Modal Ingestion: Natively parse
DOCX,PPTX,XLSX, execute direct DOM web captures, and digitize rasterized sketches into editable canvas components. - Automated Design Systems: Extract typography, spacing parameters, and color palettes directly from localized codebases or external Figma environments.
- Granular Mutation Control: Execute targeted node modifications via inline annotations, manual overrides, or dynamically generated UI controllers (e.g., localized sliders).
- Enterprise Collaboration: Manage Access Control Lists (ACLs) and facilitate synchronized, multi-user inference sessions.
- Standardized Handoff: Export finalized layouts directly to React, Vue, or Tailwind via Claude Code, sync with Figma/Canva, or generate raw
HTML/PDFassets.
Pre-compiled binaries are available in the Releases.
macOS (Apple Silicon)
- Download the
ClaudeDesign-Optimized_macOS.dmgimage. - Mount the volume and transfer the executable to
/Applications. - Note: Gatekeeper exceptions via System Settings > Privacy & Security may be required upon initial execution.
Windows (x64)
- Download the
ClaudeDesign-Optimized_x64.7zinstaller. - Execute the binary and follow the standard deployment sequence.
- Authenticate via your API credentials to initialize the workspace.
- Initialize a new canvas (
Cmd/Ctrl + N). - Execute an ingestion task (e.g., utilize Web Capture) or input a baseline structural prompt.
- Target specific DOM nodes for iterative mutation.
- Monitor the local telemetry dashboard (bottom right) to track delta-update payload reductions in real-time.
| Component | Technology | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Core Execution | Electron + Rust (WASM) | Manages native OS integrations and high-throughput graphical rendering. |
| Interface | React 19 | Custom canvas rendering implementation and DOM state management. |
| Context Engine | TypeScript | Implements tree diffing algorithms and LRU cache heuristics. |
| Inference Backend | Claude 4.7 Opus API | Handles downstream natural language and spatial reasoning tasks. |
- Zero-Telemetry Processing: The Smart Context Engine executes entirely on the host machine. Payload diffing does not route through proprietary middleware or proxy servers.
- ToS Adherence: All optimization layers utilize standard, documented API caching mechanisms. The client operates strictly within the Anthropic Terms of Service without authorization circumvention.
- Ecosystem Parity: Integration pipelines (Claude Code, external APIs) maintain 1:1 functional parity with the original web architecture, ensuring seamless enterprise deployment.
Distributed under the Apache License 2.0. See LICENSE for structural details. Claude and Anthropic are registered trademarks of Anthropic PBC.