Claude Desktop Home Screen

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How to Use This Interactive Diagram

• Explore mode (default): hover over any numbered marker or label to read what that part of the screen does.
• Quiz mode: click Quiz, read the visual hint, and click the matching marker to test what you remember.
• Edit mode: add ?edit=true to the URL to drag markers and copy calibrated coordinates.

Regions Labeled

1. Sidebar Toggle — collapse or expand the left sidebar.
2. Search — search across all of your past conversations.
3. Cloud / Continuation Badge — shows when a task can keep running in the cloud.
4. Home / Code Tabs — switch between Home (Chat and Cowork) and Claude Code.
5. New Chat — start a fresh conversation with clean context.
6. Projects — bundle related prompts, files, and instructions.
7. Scheduled — the task scheduler for recurring, automated jobs.
8. Customize — manage Skills, Connectors, Plugins, and Memory.
9. Prompt Input — where you type your prompt (or / for Skills).
10. Chat / Cowork Toggle — conversation only vs. agentic file work.
11. Model Selector — choose the model and reasoning effort.
12. Voice Dictation — speak your prompt instead of typing.
13. Project Directory — the folder Cowork is allowed to read and write.
14. Approval Mode — how often Claude pauses for your approval.
15. Design (Labs) — an experimental Labs feature.
16. Get Apps — download Claude on your other devices.

This MicroSim is part of the Claude Desktop UI Guide.