CHALLENGE
How might we reimagine Claude search, visualize hidden information, and build more accessibility into the existing platform?
PROBLEM
Chat history grew into a graveyard of lost connections.
Claude's current interface treats every conversation as a linear, isolated thread. You start a chat, you get a response, it goes into a sidebar list. But real thinking isn't linear. A brainstorm on Tuesday connects to a research question on Friday. An idea you explored in October resurfaces in December in a completely different context. These patterns exist in your conversation history — you just can't see them easily.
Claude's interface lacked basic accessibility modes.
There are no visible options for adjusting fonts, contrast, or spacing beyond browser-level controls. For someone with dyslexia for instance, small changes in typography can make the difference between a comfortable reading experience and a frustrating one. AI tools are becoming primary thinking environments and dominant developer tools for millions of people. If the interface doesn't work for how your brain reads, you're excluded from the tool's full potential.
PROTOTYPES
[1] Extended graph view mode
We can reveal hidden pattern in our personal chat databased visualized as an 'intelligent network.' Inspired by tools like Obsidian's graph view, I designed and built a mode that transforms Claude's linear chat history into a spatial canvas. Conversations appear as nodes, color-coded and clustered by topic. Lines connect related threads. You can see at a glance where your thinking has been concentrated, what topics keep recurring, and which conversations relate to each other in ways you hadn't noticed.
[2] Digital accessibility menu built-in for search
Expanding built-in options to customize digital accessibility. Dyslexia affects roughly 15–20% of people. The condition makes it harder to process standard text — letters can appear to flip, rotate, or blur together. Small design decisions like font weight, letter spacing, and contrast ratios can dramatically reduce reading friction. Yet most AI interfaces — Claude included — offer exactly one visual mode.
OUTCOMES
Reflections & Learnings
Why these two features?
Both features address the same underlying thesis: AI interfaces should adapt to how people think and read — not the other way around. Graph view addresses the problem of cognitive navigation: helping users understand the shape of their accumulated AI interactions. Accessibility addresses the problem of cognitive access: ensuring the interface itself doesn't create barriers to using the tool effectively.
Together, they represent a shift from Claude as a tool you talk to, toward Claude as an environment you think within — one that should accommodate different minds and different modes of engagement.
What could improve next?
Discoverability Accessibility features shouldn't be buried in settings. In the current prototype, the accessibility menu requires too many clicks to find. I'd add a persistent accessibility icon using the standard bottom-corner placement (the universal accessibility symbol) so users can find and activate it immediately.
Network Intelligence in Graph View Right now the graph is a static visualization that routes to old conversation logs. The next iteration would add smart filters, semantic search, and what I'm calling "network intelligence" — the ability for the graph to proactively surface connections between conversations that you didn't explicitly categorize.
Conversation context on hover Each node should preview the key insights from that conversation without requiring a click. Hovering reveals the thread's essence — turning the graph into a true thinking dashboard, not just a pretty map.
Beyond dyslexia The accessibility menu should expand to serve a broader range of needs: ADHD-friendly reading modes (chunked responses, reduced visual noise), high-contrast themes, reduced motion preferences, and screen reader optimizations. The goal is a customizable reading environment that makes Claude genuinely usable for everyone.
Try it
Live prototype is available to test on the browser at: claude-mind-mapper.vercel.app