Introducing Design Studio

We’ve just released Design Studio inside Ask Clerk.io.

Design Studio lets merchants create and edit storefront experiences by simply describing what they want in plain language.

“Make me a recommendations slider for my brand”

“Skin our search overlay to match this screenshot.”

“Make this CTA feel softer and more premium.”

Design Studio turns those prompts into finished, live-previewable designs that merchants can iterate on and publish directly.

And it works across the surfaces merchants care about most:

• Recommendations
• Search overlays
• Search results pages
• Email newsletters
• Even the chat assistant itself

From tickets and handoffs to conversation

Until now, changing storefront experiences usually meant:

• Creating tickets
• Waiting for design resources
• Waiting for development
• Reviewing changes
• Going through revisions

Even small visual changes could take days.

Design Studio changes that workflow completely.

Merchants and operators can now:

• Try ideas in seconds
• Preview changes instantly against their real storefront
• Iterate naturally through conversation
• Publish without touching code

Instead of writing specifications, merchants can simply say:

• “Use more of our brand orange”
• “Remove the sale badge”
• “Make this feel cleaner”
• “Increase contrast on mobile”
• “Make the product cards less crowded”

The design updates live while staying connected to the merchant’s actual storefront experience.

Built around the real storefront

The output is not a static mockup.

Design Studio generates experiences connected directly to the merchant’s live environment.

That means:

• Recommendation sliders use real products and live data
• Newsletters are generated using products directly from the merchant feed
• Search overlays behave like the production version
• Styling adapts to the merchant’s existing brand and storefront

Colours, typography, and overall styling are picked up automatically from the merchant’s site, helping generations land much closer to the existing brand identity from the first prompt.

Strong from day one

The first release already includes:

• 1:1 storefront previews
• Live product data inside generated experiences
• Brand-aware generations
• Fast conversational iteration
• Support across multiple Clerk surfaces

Design Studio is now live inside Ask Clerk.io.

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