3 additions: boards, spreadsheets and analysis
Anthropic on Nov. 10 (Nov. 11 Japan time) added the shared board "Claude Whiteboards" and the spreadsheet "Claude Sheets" in beta to the outputs that can be created with its AI assistant "Claude." "Claude Dashboards," launched in beta in October, was renamed "Claude Data" and moved to general availability. The company said that because Claude carries context over, users can take ideas from a board, turn them into a spreadsheet and then into a dashboard.
Whiteboards is a shared board where teams brainstorm with Claude. According to Anthropic, users can organize notes into a schedule with owners and dates, group retrospective notes by theme and draft action items. Boards can be turned into documents or slides and moved to other companies' boards such as Lucid and Miro.
Sheets creates and edits spreadsheets with tabs, formulas, formatting and drop-down input fields in response to instructions. Changes made by Claude are recorded so users can trace them later.
Sheets has basic features; Data needs a connection
Anthropic said Sheets currently has basic features and that more will be added. When the full functionality of Excel is needed, it advises exporting in .xlsx or CSV format or using "Claude for Excel," which runs inside Excel.
Claude Data lets users ask questions of internal data and build dashboards, and it requires connectors to data warehouses or customer relationship management systems. The connections listed include Amazon Redshift, BigQuery, ClickHouse, Snowflake and Salesforce. With general availability, the company added the ability to use metric definitions certified by data teams, drafts of commentary based on the numbers and short explanatory videos, and change history with undo, among other features. Certified queries and live sharing of dashboards remain in beta.
| Name | Description | Release stage |
|---|---|---|
| Claude Whiteboards | Shared board for teams and Claude | Beta |
| Claude Sheets | Spreadsheets with tabs, formulas and formatting | Beta |
| Claude Data | Analysis of internal data and dashboards; formerly Claude Dashboards | Generally available (some features in beta) |
"Claude Meetings," which takes notes during meetings and updates documents, also appeared on the announcement page, but Anthropic said it is "coming soon" and did not give a timeline.
All paid plans eligible; some off by default on Enterprise
All 3 are available on all paid Claude plans and support the web, desktop and mobile. On Team for organizations, all 3 are enabled from the start. On Enterprise, Whiteboards and Sheets are initially disabled and must be enabled by administrators in settings. Claude Data will be enabled by default on Enterprise as well on Nov. 19.
Opening other companies' apps beside the chat
On the same day, Anthropic expanded "interactive connectors" so that other companies' apps open in their full form beside the chat or in full screen, letting users and Claude work in them together. The feature launched in January, initially displaying and running other companies' tools within the conversation.
According to Anthropic, in Adobe users can retouch photos, add effects, and edit or redact PDFs. In Atlassian, a Confluence page opens beside the chat so users can check changes Claude writes on the spot. In Box, users have Claude revise files and compare versions side by side before deciding whether to keep the changes. HubSpot, Notion, Asana, Canva, Dropbox, Vercel and others are also supported, while Figma, Shopify and others are in preparation.
According to the announcement page, it is available on all plans in the web and desktop apps. It is part of a new Claude interface that combines chat and "Cowork," and appears when an account is updated or an organization enables it. The help center says the ability to open apps beside the chat or in full screen is still rolling out gradually and is not yet in the mobile apps. Team and Enterprise administrators can turn off only the feature that displays these interfaces.
Expanded support for "MCP Apps" for developers
Interactive connectors run on "MCP Apps," a public extension of "MCP," the standard for connecting AI to outside tools. Anthropic said apps built with MCP Apps run not only in Claude but also in other AI apps that support the extension.
Claude now supports "app tools," which let an app's interface register actions for Claude to use, and "embedded sites," which load a company's own website inside the app. They are offered to developers as a public preview. According to the developer documentation, both require a server running on the internet, and among connectors in the official directory, only "Verified" listings checked by Anthropic can load websites.
