Anthropic just turned its AI chatbot Claude into a real productivity hub by bringing interactive apps right into the chat. Users can now perform actions within apps like Slack, Figma, Asana, Canva, Box, Clay, and more without needing to switch windows.
Instead of offering text-only responses, Claude can now act as a full-on workspace, letting you draft Slack messages, build project boards, design mockups, and more. Built on top of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), which Anthropic introduced in 2024 as a standard for how AI and apps talk to each other, the feature is designed to scale over time, with support for additional tools and platforms expected soon.
For now, supported apps include Amplitude, Asana, Box, Canva, Clay, Figma, Hex, monday.com, and Slack. Anthropic says the feature is currently rolling out to paid subscribers on the Pro, Team, Max, and Enterprise plans, and is not available on the free tier. Users can enable it by navigating to claude.ai/directory and connecting their accounts to get a live, logged-in window into the apps within Claude.
The feature will also tie into the recently released Claude Cowork, which lets users perform multi-step tasks without entering a single line of code. With app integration in place, users could, for example, update a Canva design using files stored in Box.
Following OpenAI’s lead
Claude isn’t the only chatbot to add app integrations directly within the chat interface. OpenAI debuted a similar feature in ChatGPT back in October with support for a handful of popular apps. Since then, it has expanded support to include more tools and, as of last month, opened a new publishing pipeline for developers to submit apps that run inside ChatGPT.
By letting users access apps within the chat interface, Anthropic and OpenAI are evolving their chatbots from AI assistants that simply answer queries into full-fledged workspaces where users can get things done without constantly switching between apps.
