# Pencil turns canvas designs into production-ready code

By Steven Van · 2026-04-18

The design tool uses Claude and Codex to generate working code directly from layouts built on its canvas.

**Pencil** now generates production-ready code directly from designs on the canvas, using Claude and Codex. The [announcement](<https://x.com/i/status/2044433115985457392>) describes it as bringing design and code together on the same canvas, so a layout built visually in [Pencil](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/pencil-dev>) can be turned into working code without switching tools.

[View media](<https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2044426866225012736/vid/avc1/1174x720/O5kSM5G5wnNUcPyk.mp4>)

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Pencil

Design on canvas, land in code — a design-to-code tool that turns visual layouts into production-ready code.

[View Pencil →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/pencil-dev>)

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