HTML is the new Markdown: How Anthropic engineers are building with Claude Code | Thariq Shihipar

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Thariq Shihipar is an engineer at Anthropic working on the Claude Code team. He’s spent the past several months experimenting with HTML as a replacement for Markdown in planning and implementation workflows, discovering that richer visual formats lead to better human engagement—and, ultimately, better products. In this episode, filmed at Anthropic’s Code with Claude event in San Francisco, Thariq demonstrates how to use HTML artifacts to create interactive plans, build throwaway UIs for specific problems, and maintain living design systems that travel with your codebase. What you’ll learn: Why HTML has replaced Markdown as the ideal format for AI agent communication and planning How to…