---
title: Claude Clone
description: Open-source Claude clone in React — warm cream theme, serif typography, hover-only action bars, and a clean minimal-shadow composer styled after claude.ai.
---

import { Claude } from "@/components/examples/claude";

<div className="not-prose h-[600px]">
  <Claude />
</div>

## Overview

The Claude Clone demonstrates how to customize assistant-ui to match Anthropic's Claude interface. The design leans on Claude's signature warm cream background, serif typography, and a deliberately minimal chrome — no shadows, no avatars, just a thin border on the composer and bubbles that fade into the page.

## Features

- **Warm Cream Background**: `#F0ECE0` light, `#2b2a27` dark — a warmer Anthropic-style cream
- **Serif Throughout**: `font-serif` on every surface for the editorial feel
- **Sparkle Heading**: Centered "How can I help you today?" with the orange `#c96442` Sparkle icon
- **Borderless Composer**: Just `border-[#E5E0D6]` and no shadow — matches claude.ai's stripped-down look
- **Functional Model Picker**: Sonnet 4.5 / Opus 4.7 / Haiku 4.5 dropdown with "More options"
- **Mode Tabs**: Write / Learn / Code / From Drive / From Calendar — `rounded-lg` chips with thin borders
- **Hover-only Action Bars**: User Edit/Copy and Assistant Copy/👍/👎/Reload only appear on hover
- **Four-State Primary Action**: Cancel, StopDictation, Send, Dictate (orange `#c96442` accent)

## Quick Start

```bash
npx assistant-ui add thread
```

## Code

The empty state centers the heading + composer + mode tabs together. The chat state uses a sticky composer with a fade-out gradient over the cream background:

```tsx
import {
  AuiIf,
  ThreadPrimitive,
  ComposerPrimitive,
  MessagePrimitive,
  ActionBarPrimitive,
} from "@assistant-ui/react";

export const Claude = () => (
  <ThreadPrimitive.Root className="bg-[#F0ECE0] font-serif dark:bg-[#2b2a27]">
    <AuiIf condition={(s) => s.thread.isEmpty}>
      <EmptyState />
    </AuiIf>
    <AuiIf condition={(s) => !s.thread.isEmpty}>
      <ThreadPrimitive.Viewport>
        <ThreadPrimitive.Messages>
          {() => <ChatMessage />}
        </ThreadPrimitive.Messages>
        <ThreadPrimitive.ViewportFooter className="sticky bottom-0">
          <Composer />
          <p>Claude can make mistakes. Please double-check responses.</p>
        </ThreadPrimitive.ViewportFooter>
      </ThreadPrimitive.Viewport>
    </AuiIf>
  </ThreadPrimitive.Root>
);

const EmptyState = () => (
  <div className="flex grow flex-col items-center justify-center">
    <h1 className="flex items-center gap-3 font-serif text-3xl">
      <Sparkle className="fill-[#c96442] text-[#c96442]" />
      How can I help you today?
    </h1>
    <Composer />
    <ModeTabs />
  </div>
);

const Composer = () => (
  <ComposerPrimitive.Root className="rounded-2xl border border-[#E5E0D6] bg-white px-3.5 pt-3 pb-2.5 dark:border-[#3d3a35] dark:bg-[#1f1e1b]">
    <ComposerPrimitive.Input rows={1} placeholder="How can I help you today?" />
    <div className="flex items-center gap-2">
      <ComposerPrimitive.AddAttachment />
      <div className="ml-auto flex items-center gap-1">
        <ModelPicker />
        <PrimaryAction />
      </div>
    </div>
  </ComposerPrimitive.Root>
);
```

### Hover-only Action Bars

Both user and assistant action bars use opacity + group-hover to stay out of the way:

```tsx
<MessagePrimitive.Root className="group/message">
  <div className="rounded-2xl bg-[#E5E0D6] px-4 py-2.5">
    <MessagePrimitive.Parts components={{ Text: MarkdownText }} />
  </div>
  <ActionBarPrimitive.Root
    hideWhenRunning
    autohide="not-last"
    className="opacity-0 transition-opacity group-hover/message:opacity-100"
  >
    <ActionBarPrimitive.Edit />
    <ActionBarPrimitive.Copy />
  </ActionBarPrimitive.Root>
</MessagePrimitive.Root>
```

### Color Palette

| Element | Light | Dark |
|---------|-------|------|
| Background | `#F0ECE0` | `#2b2a27` |
| Composer surface | `white` | `#1f1e1b` |
| Composer border | `#E5E0D6` | `#3d3a35` |
| User bubble | `#E5E0D6` | `#393937` |
| Primary text | `#1a1a18` | `#eee` |
| Muted text | `#5b5950` | `#a3a098` |
| Primary action (orange) | `#c96442` | `#c96442` |

### Styling Details

- **Typography**: `font-serif` everywhere; assistant message uses `leading-[1.65rem]` for a calm reading rhythm
- **No Shadows**: Composer relies on `border-[#E5E0D6]` only — claude.ai's signature flat surface
- **User Bubble**: `rounded-2xl bg-[#E5E0D6] max-w-[80%]` right-aligned
- **Assistant Message**: full-width plain serif, no bubble, no avatar — text sits on the cream background directly
- **Mode Tabs**: `rounded-lg border border-[#E5E0D6] bg-transparent` so they blend into the cream

## Source

<SourceLink href="https://github.com/assistant-ui/assistant-ui/blob/main/apps/docs/components/examples/claude.tsx" />