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Why it mattersA developer who runs Claude Code in a kitty or Ghostty terminal can see tables that line up, equations that look like a paper, and the odd chart or diagram when a picture explains more than words.
A developer reading a long Claude Code reply in a plain terminal squints at pipe tables that do not line up and copies LaTeX into a browser to see what the equation says. Intelligent UI, a community-made plugin by GitHub user razorback16, draws each Claude Code answer in Typst and shows the picture inside the terminal, with real Markdown, math, charts and diagrams. The repository had 82 stars five days after it went public, and received a commit on the day it reached the AI News candidate list.
What changes, and what stays the same
The plugin typesets the drawing only. The saved answer in Claude Code remains Markdown. Tables align. An equation renders as a paper would print it. A reply can include a Typst-drawn chart or a diagram when the explanation calls for one. The project README states that Claude 'can draw a chart or a diagram when a picture explains more than words'. The plugin is independent and not affiliated with Anthropic.
What a developer needs to install it
Intelligent UI needs Claude Code 2.1.298 or newer, Typst 0.15 and macOS or Linux. The developer installs Typst first on their own machine, then the plugin from a local marketplace in Claude Code. The project README lists which terminals show the pictures: kitty 0.28 and newer, Ghostty, cmux and iTerm2 3.6 and newer on macOS, Rio 0.5.27 and newer with an environment variable, and SSH sessions originating from kitty or Ghostty. tmux and screen are listed as not showing the pictures. In every other terminal the plugin shows the normal text, so a Warp or WezTerm user still receives the reply, with no graphics.
Why Typst, and what it costs
Typst is an open-source typesetting system. Writing the renderer against it lets Intelligent UI use one page description for a dark terminal and a light one, and keeps the pictures sharp. The price is one extra dependency on the developer's machine, and a plugin that watches each Claude Code reply so it can draw the finished version. The project is open-source. There is no paid tier mentioned in the README, and no cloud service: the typesetting runs on the developer's own computer.
The repository is five days old and the star count reflects early interest. The project README is written as a working guide, including a line that reads 'Intelligent UI works best in fullscreen mode', because the Claude Code TUI has a fullscreen command, and a note on how to tell when the terminal cannot show a picture.
Source
razorback16/cc-intelligent-ui on GitHub.
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