Anthropic wants Claude to be where work happens, not just where you ask questions. This week the company introduced new ways to build spreadsheets, whiteboards and dashboards with Claude, plus “interactive connectors” that let partner apps open directly inside the chat.

The Verge summed it up bluntly: Anthropic now has its own AI-powered office suite. Here is what launched, what is coming and what it could mean for everyday work.

The three new artifact types

In Claude, “artifacts” are the documents, decks and other things Claude creates alongside a conversation. According to Anthropic’s announcement, three new types are now available:

  • Claude Sheets: your team and Claude build spreadsheets together, organizing data, creating and editing formulas and working across multiple tabs.
  • Claude Whiteboards: a digital whiteboard for laying out and organizing ideas together in a meeting, with Claude able to summarize the findings.
  • Claude Data: formerly called Dashboards, it connects to tools like Snowflake and Salesforce and can create dashboards, visual data stories or short narrated videos.

These join Claude’s existing ability to create documents, slide decks and designs, plus Claude Motion, a beta feature for turning content into short animations.

Coverage of the launch reports that Sheets and Whiteboards are in beta on paid plans, while Data is generally available.

Context that carries over

One of the more interesting promises is continuity. Anthropic says that because Claude carries the same context through every step, an idea can move from a whiteboard to a spreadsheet to a dashboard without having to explain it all again. Teams can also ask Claude to build custom artifacts, such as an account tracker, a daily briefing or a project status board.

Apps inside Claude

The second big piece is interactive connectors. Claude already connects to outside tools through the Model Context Protocol, an open standard Anthropic introduced. Anthropic says its marketplace now lists more than 9,000 connectors and plugins.

Starting now, partners can embed their apps directly inside Claude, so users can work in Adobe, Atlassian and others without switching tabs. Plugins from Salesforce (beta), NetSuite and Workday (beta) come with built-in skills for tasks like call prep, financial analysis and handling time off and expenses.

Coming soon: Claude Meetings

Anthropic also previewed Claude Meetings, which will let you add Claude to a call to take notes and update the documents your team is working on during the conversation. TechCrunch described it as a way to turn workplace discussions into plans and tasks.

Controls for businesses

For companies, Anthropic emphasized oversight. On Enterprise plans, admins decide who can use which products and connectors and can set spending limits. A new beta feature called Claude auto-connect lets admins set up apps like Notion, Atlassian or Dropbox once for the whole organization. Anthropic says Claude works within existing permissions, and admins can limit what each connector does, for example allowing Claude to read Slack but not send messages.

The company also says Enterprise data is encrypted in transit and at rest, and that each cloud session in the new Claude experience runs in its own isolated virtual machine.

Why it matters

The AI race is shifting from “who has the smartest chatbot” to “whose assistant fits into real work.” Google, OpenAI and Microsoft are all pushing in the same direction. Anthropic’s bet is that teams who don’t write code can still build useful tools, like trackers and dashboards, simply by describing what they need.

The bottom line

With Sheets, Whiteboards, Data and apps that open inside the chat, Claude is starting to look less like a chatbot and more like a workspace. The real test will be whether teams find it smoother than the tools they already use.

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