Descriptions:
Jeff Su walks through a structured three-step workflow for getting consistent, on-brand results from Claude Design, Anthropic’s AI-powered design tool. Rather than prompting directly from a blank canvas, Su argues that preparing three specific inputs upfront — a design.md file, a design system, and a reusable slide template — dramatically reduces iteration time and improves output quality across all future projects.
The tutorial shows how to source a design.md file from a public GitHub repository of major brand guidelines (using Stripe’s as an example), strip proprietary content with ChatGPT, and upload the cleaned file to Claude Design to generate a working design system in roughly 10–20 minutes. Su uses the Opus model at maximum effort, explains the conceptual difference between a design system (visual rules: colors, fonts, logos) and a template (layout structure: slide types and arrangement), and demonstrates how iterative feedback — removing unwanted color schemes, scaling text, anchoring a logo to a footer — gets permanently baked into the template so every new deck starts pre-styled without re-explaining brand guidelines.
The workflow extends beyond presentations to social media carousels and newsletter visuals, making it applicable to anyone building repeatable AI-assisted design pipelines. The video is particularly useful for non-designers who want professional-looking output from Claude Design without deep expertise in visual design principles.
📺 Source: Jeff Su · Published July 21, 2026
🏷️ Format: Tutorial Demo
