If you've used Claude Design before, the standalone site (claude.ai/design) is closing on December 14, 2026. After that, Claude Design will live in the Artifacts tab in Claude, and some of your work will need to be moved manually.

Chats and comments won't transfer, and existing public links will stop working. That's a problem if your team has been using Claude Design to collaborate on projects.

We've already heard questions from product teams about the change, so we went through Anthropic's official migration guide to explain what you can keep and what you need to save before December 14.

Is Claude Design shutting down?

No. Only the standalone app is closing. Anthropic has moved Claude Design into the main Claude app, where you can create designs, design systems, and presentations through Artifacts.

Claude Design is available on Free, Pro, Max, Ultra, Team, and Enterprise plans.

What you need to know and do before December 14, 2026

• Design systems and projects: You can move your existing work into Claude through its migration tools.
• Chats and comments: These won't transfer. Save anything you need before December 14.
• Public links: Existing links to standalone Claude Design projects will stop working after the site closes.
• Backups: You can export projects as ZIP archives to keep local copies of your files.
• Enterprise restrictions: Organizations using zero data retention or HIPAA-ready configurations have additional migration limitations.

What happens to your existing Claude Design projects?

Your projects stay in the standalone version until you move them. Anthropic is gradually rolling out a Move to Claude feature for paid plans, which turns existing projects into Artifacts.

Here's how to move a project:

1. Open your project at claude.ai/design.
2. Look for the migration pop-up or banner at the top of the project.
3. Review what will transfer, what will work differently, and what will stay behind.
4. Confirm the migration and keep the tab open until it finishes.
5. Open your project from the Artifacts page in Claude.

Only the project's owner can initiate an individual migration. On Team and Enterprise plans, organization owners can move multiple projects at once.

Once a project has moved, the original becomes read-only. The move can't be undone, so review the details before confirming.

If you don't see the migration option yet, Anthropic is still rolling it out. You can continue working on your projects in the standalone version until December 14.

How to move your Claude Design systems

If your team has built a design system in Claude Design, you'll want to move it before the deadline.

Anthropic supports migrating design systems along with their files, ownership, and sharing permissions.

The process depends on which migration features are available to your organization.

If you see "Move team design systems":

1. Open the Artifacts page in Claude.
2. Find the "Claude Design lives here now" banner.
3. Click "Move team design systems."
4. Confirm the migration and wait for it to finish.
5. Review the results to check which design systems moved successfully.

This moves all eligible design systems in your organization together, so it only needs to run once.

If you already have "Move to Claude":

Design systems use the same migration process as projects. Each design system owner can move theirs individually, or an organization owner can move everything at once.

Under the older migration process, empty design systems and those created from built-in starter themes won't move, even if you've customized them.

If a design system is too large or contains unsupported files, Anthropic will flag the issue so you can fix it and try again.

After migration, your design systems will be available when creating designs and slide decks in Claude.

What won't transfer from Claude Design?

For designers, chats and comments often contain useful context, like why the team chose one layout over another.

Save any conversations you need before December 14. Anthropic says chats and comments will be deleted sometime after the standalone experience closes, according to its data retention practices.

If you've shared public Claude Design links in Slack, documentation, or elsewhere, you'll also need to replace them with new links after migrating.

Can you download your Claude Design projects instead?

Yes. Claude Design lets you export individual projects to keep a local copy of your work.

Here's how:

1. Open your project in the standalone Claude Design app.
2. Click Share, then select Project HTML. For slide decks, look under "More formats and apps."
3. Make sure Project archive is selected.
4. Click Export.

You'll receive a ZIP file containing your project's files. Exporting is free and doesn't count toward your Claude usage limits.

Anthropic is also rolling out a bulk download option alongside project migration, allowing you to download all the projects you own.

Downloads don't include chats or comments, so save those separately.

If you're unsure whether you'll keep using Claude Design, downloading your important projects is a sensible precaution.

What if your team uses Claude Design on Enterprise?

Team and Enterprise organizations need to check their Artifacts settings before migrating.

Claude Design depends on Artifacts being enabled. If Artifacts are disabled for your organization, your team can't create new designs or move existing work.

Enterprise organizations also have design systems disabled by default. An organization owner can enable them in the Artifacts settings.

There are additional restrictions for organizations using HIPAA-ready configurations or zero data retention. Zero-data-retention organizations can't migrate projects and should download their work before the standalone site closes.

If your team relies on Claude Design, have an organization owner check these settings now.

What should you do before December 14?

• Move your important projects once migration becomes available.
• Migrate your design systems and check that the files transferred correctly.
• Save chats and comments containing important design decisions or feedback.
• Download backups of projects you want to preserve.
• Update public links after moving projects into Claude.

Your files don't vanish on December 14. The standalone site becomes read-only, with a limited exception for fixing unmigrated projects, and Anthropic deletes originals later under its retention policies.

What does Claude Design's move mean for designers?

Anthropic's decision to fold Claude Design into Artifacts suggests it sees design generation as a capability of Claude, similar to creating documents or presentations.

For designers, generating a screen is only one step in designing a product.

There's still plenty of work involved in exploring ideas, comparing different approaches, and deciding what makes sense for your users. AI is getting better at helping with that work, and designers are figuring out where it fits into their process.

At Magic Patterns, we've built a dedicated workspace for that process. You can generate designs and working prototypes with AI on an infinite canvas, explore multiple directions side by side, and use AI agents to move several ideas forward at once. You can also jump in and edit designs yourself.

If you're leaving standalone Claude Design and want a dedicated workflow for product design, you can bring your exported project files into Magic Patterns and continue building from there.