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3 days. 2 prompts. 1 wedding website.
Wanted to stress-test Claude Design on something I genuinely care
about: 👰🏼♀️The website for my wedding in September. 10 years with my
partner Agus, real deadline, real guests, no room for "AI template" energy.
Here's what I learned by day 3:
Claude Design is not a standalone tool. It's a layer in a stack.
The actual workflow that worked for me:
→ Claude (chat) — drafted the brief, defined palette, structured
the 13 sections before opening the canvas
→ Claude Design — executed in 2 prompts. All 13 sections. Live
countdown, RSVP form, copy-to-clipboard buttons. The skeleton
was real.
→ Claude (chat) again — debugged outputs, regenerated my CSS when
I hit my weekly limit, planned the next surgical prompt
→ Claude Code (next) — will wire the RSVP form to Google Sheets
What surprised me:
✦ Reading my SVG monogram + brand brief and producing a coherent
first pass
✦ The Tweaks panel — custom sliders that don't burn tokens
✦ How fast 70% of the structure appeared
Where it hit the wall:
✦ Burned my Pro daily allowance in 2 prompts. Inline comments
cost credits too.
✦ The Tweaks panel generates a .jsx file that silently overrode
my hand-edited CSS. Lost 20 minutes wondering why nothing
changed.
✦ Some elements weren't selectable. Decorative star ornaments I
wanted to delete? Couldn't click them. Had to spend a full
chat prompt asking Claude to remove them.
✦ The output was structurally there but emotionally generic. The
small details — animation timing, hover micro-interactions,
the curated feel of a hand-crafted page — those still need a
human and a tool like Framer.
🤔 The verdict:
Claude Design replaces the blank page. It does NOT replace the
designer's craft. It's an incredible preview-to-final-web step,
not the destination.
For me, the real magic is the loop. Use Claude to plan. Claude
Design to scaffold. Framer (or your tool of choice) to give it
soul.
What's your stack? 👇
Such a transparent look at the 'loop'!
As a Social Media Manager, I’m curious when Claude hit the wall on 'emotionally generic' elements, did you find that adjusting the prompt for high-fidelity micro-interactions was worth the token burn, or was it faster to just move the 'scaffold' into Framer for that curated feel?
Could Claude Design replace your first design sprint?
I tested Claude Design to build a Personal Financial dashboard interactive prototype — starting with nothing but plain language and rough Figma screenshots. Here's my honest take:
✨ What wowed me
The depth of product logic genuinely surprised me. It didn't just lay out components — it thought like a product designer. It generated an insight like "If you increase your monthly contributions by £100, you'd end up with £112K" in the relevant section. Something I hadn't even thought to include.
🟡 The icons and layout felt warm and considered from the very first generation.
🟡 It even brought a lightweight design system: edit/set your fonts and background, and it updates across the entire prototype.
🟡 And before building anything, Claude Design asks thoughtful questions about your colour choices, fonts, and intent, which genuinely helps you spend your tokens wisely.
🚧 What it can't replace yet
The interaction layer. Some interactions worked, some were just layout — and for a mid-fidelity prototype, I get it. But crucial interactions need to function. That said, I think Claude Code will eventually sort this out.
The verdict? Claude Design isn't replacing Figma or a senior product designer anytime soon — but the thoughtfulness it brings to the first draft is genuinely impressive.
Have you tried building a prototype with AI yet? What was your experience? 👇
♥️ Btw, if anyone's interested in the product, I'm actually close to the final version! Follow @clearday.financial.dashboard for updates, stay tuned! 👀
good job
Can Claude Design really replace designers, or does it simply prove why designers are still needed?
I'm building a web-based motion app for designers, and I already have a pretty clear idea of how the interface should work. But building every screen by hand at this stage would be slow and, honestly, unnecessary
Right now, I don't need perfection
I need something visible enough to click through, adjust, and build from
And this is where Claude Design is actually useful!
Not as a replacement for a designer (because let's be honest, the design itself is not the strongest part), but as a tool for quick UX sketches
I like experimenting with AI tools, and I often give them minimal direction on purpose, just to leave space for them to "think" a little on their own. And very often, that's exactly where these tools show how far they still are from being "designer killers"
At first glance, the interface can look pretty nice
But then I enter the prototype with my curiosity, design thinking, and 9 years of experience, and the fairytale gets less magical
"Why did you add this?"
"Because there was space"
"What does this button do?"
"Nothing, I didn't think that far, sorry"
"What is this section for?"
"Analysis of a *completely imaginary area we're not even working with in this product*
And that's the point!
Claude Design can create a quick structure, but it doesn't truly understand the product, audience, logic, priorities, or tiny decisions that make an interface actually usable
So for me, it's a great tool for designers who already know what they're doing
A fast executor for early UX
A way to get a rough version out of your head
But definitely not a replacement for a designer
✦
btw, the video is a small peek into the product and the process behind the animation from my previous post
AI's great for scaffolding and prototyping different looks and layouts quickly, but still definitely needs a human touch. Animation looks great!
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