Anthropic Opus 4.7 adds Claude Design

Anthropic said on April 17 that Claude Opus 4.7 was generally available and that it was launching Claude Design, a new Anthropic Labs product for creating visual work with Claude. The company described Claude Design as a tool for making designs, prototypes, slides and one-pagers through conversation. Anthropic published the update in its Claude Help Center release notes and in a separate product announcement on its website. The launch tied a new creator-focused product to the company’s latest flagship model. ### When did Anthropic actually release Opus 4.7 and Claude Design? Anthropic’s public documentation dates the launch to April 17, 2026, not May 22. The Claude Help Center release notes list “Claude Design by Anthropic Labs” under April 17 and say the product launched with Opus 4.7, while a separate release-note entry dated April 16 says Claude Opus 4.7 became generally available. (support.claude.com) Anthropic’s product post is also dated April 17, 2026. In that post, the company said Claude Design was launching that day as a research preview product. ### What is Claude Design supposed to do? Anthropic said Claude Design lets users “collaborate with Claude” to create visual outputs including designs, prototypes, slides, one-pagers and more. The Help Center’s getting-started guide says users can create designs, interactive prototypes and presentations by having a conversation with Claude. (support.claude.com) The company’s admin and setup documents add more detail about intended use. (anthropic.com) Anthropic says teams can create on-brand designs, presentations and interactive microsites, and that organizations can provide codebases, slide decks or other references so the system extracts reusable components, colors, typography and patterns. (support.claude.com) ### Who can use it, and under what status? Anthropic said Claude Design is available in research preview for Claude Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise subscribers. The company’s admin guide says the feature is on by default for eligible users except on Enterprise plans, where it is default off. A pricing and usage page published later says Claude Design usage is metered separately from chat and Claude Code. (support.claude.com) Anthropic also says the Labs release does not yet support audit logs or usage tracking. ### How does Opus 4.7 fit into the product? Anthropic said Claude Design is powered by Claude Opus 4.7, which it described as its most capable vision model. (anthropic.com) In the Opus 4.7 announcement, the company said the model improved on Opus 4.6 in advanced software engineering and had better vision capabilities, including recognition of higher-resolution images. (support.claude.com) The release notes place Claude Design alongside earlier visual features added to Claude in March. Those entries said Claude could create custom charts, diagrams and other visualizations inline, and that Claude mobile apps could connect to interactive apps that render charts, sketches and shareable assets inside conversations. (anthropic.com) ### Where is Anthropic documenting the rollout? Anthropic’s main public references are the Claude Help Center release notes, the product announcement for Claude Design, and several support pages covering setup, administration and pricing. The getting-started guide was updated on May 22, according to the search snippet, and the pricing page was published five days before May 23. (support.claude.com) Anthropic’s next public steps are likely to appear in those same support and newsroom pages. As of May 23, the product remained labeled “research preview” for Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise users. (anthropic.com) (support.claude.com)