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Archetype vs
Claude Design

Claude Design keeps Claude’s designs on brand. Archetype keeps every agent on brand.

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Archetype

A design system every agent builds from

Edited by hand or with Claude. Read by every AI tool your team uses.

Claude Design

A design system for Claude’s designs

Built from your files, edited in chat, used in Claude’s designs and decks.

Feature by feature

Build

  • Import from Figma or code
    Yes
    Yes
  • Tokens and components
    Yes
    Yes
  • Icon sets
    Yes
    In part
  • Templates
    Yes
    In part
  • Voice and messaging
    Yes
    In part
  • Asset library
    Yes
    In part
  • Visual editor
    Yes
    In part
  • Edit with Claude
    Yes
    Yes

Use

  • Works in any AI tool
    Yes
    No
  • Sync with your repo
    Yes
    In part
  • Brand check
    Yes
    In part
  • Checks in CI
    Yes
    No
  • Public brand site
    Yes
    No

Manage

  • Draft and publish
    Yes
    Yes
  • History and undo
    Yes
    No
  • Multiple brands
    Yes
    Yes
  • Whole-team access
    Yes
    In part
  • Yes
  • In part
  • No

Claude Design’s design systems as Anthropic’s help center and announcements describe them, in October 2026. Something here out of date? Write to support@heyarchetype.com.

Only in Archetype

  • Every agent, one brand

    Claude, Cursor, Codex, v0 and any MCP client read the same design system before they build.

  • Pull requests on change

    Retune a token and your repos get a pull request with it.

  • History and versions

    Every edit with before, after and undo; name a version and restore it.

  • Graded for contrast

    Every color pairing scored, so agents pick the readable ones.

  • Public brand site

    Share your brand with clients and partners at one link.

  • Check what you ship

    A score, every finding, and the token to use instead.

  • Pages and links

    Paste one link or several, and each page is drawn and graded.

  • Behind a sign-in

    Share a browser tab to check an app behind a login.

  • In CI

    Fail a build when a page drops below your score.

  • Agent hook

    Claude Code checks its own work as it goes.

Already using Claude Design?

Keep it. Archetype does not replace the canvas. Connect it to Claude and Claude reads your brand from Archetype, as Cursor, Codex and the rest of your team’s tools do: one design system, kept in one place, for every agent.

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