Anthropic has expanded the capabilities of its Claude AI assistant by allowing users to open and interact with third party workplace tools directly within a chat. Starting today, applications such as Slack, Figma, Canva, Asana, and Box can appear as interactive elements inside Claude, letting users see actions unfold in real time rather than relying on background automation.
The update builds on Claude’s existing ability to connect to external services and take actions on a user’s behalf. Previously, those actions often happened behind the scenes. With the new interface, tools now surface directly in the conversation, providing previews, live updates, and opportunities for collaboration without switching browser tabs or applications.
Users can draft, edit, and format Slack messages with a live preview before sending them. In Asana, chats can be converted into projects, tasks, and timelines that are immediately visible to team members. Canva enables the creation of presentation outlines that can be branded and refined in real time, while Figma allows text prompts to generate flow charts, Gantt charts, and other visual diagrams in FigJam.
Expanding the In-Chat Tool Ecosystem
Anthropic said a growing list of platforms now support interactive use inside Claude. Analytics company Amplitude allows users to build charts and adjust parameters to explore trends. Box enables file search, inline document previews, and question answering based on stored content. Data platform Hex provides interactive charts, tables, and cited answers in response to natural language queries.
Other integrations focus on operational workflows. monday.com supports project management, task assignment, and progress visualization. Clay lets users research companies, pull contact details such as email addresses and phone numbers, and draft personalized outreach messages directly in the chat. Slack, owned by Salesforce, can be searched for past conversations to provide context before generating new messages.
Salesforce itself is listed as a forthcoming integration. Anthropic said Claude will connect with Salesforce’s Agentforce 360, bringing enterprise data and workflows into a single interface designed for reasoning and collaboration.
Built on an Open Standard
The interactive tool experience is powered by the Model Context Protocol, or MCP, an open standard created to connect AI systems with external tools. Anthropic said it has open sourced MCP to provide a common framework for the broader developer ecosystem. The company is now extending the protocol with MCP Apps, which allows any compatible server to deliver interactive user interfaces inside supporting AI products, not just Claude.
According to Anthropic, this approach is intended to make tool integrations more portable and reduce the need for custom connectors tied to a single AI platform.
The interactive features are available on the web and desktop versions of Claude for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers. Anthropic said support for Claude Cowork is planned for a future release.