Claude can now build spreadsheets and whiteboards with your team
Anthropic added three new kinds of shared work files to Claude on November 10. They join the documents, slide decks and designs Claude could already make.
In Claude Sheets, your team and Claude build spreadsheets together, with formulas and several tabs. Claude Whiteboards is a digital whiteboard for laying out ideas in a meeting, which Claude can then summarize. Claude Data, the new name for Dashboards, connects to tools such as Snowflake and Salesforce to build dashboards and short narrated videos. Claude keeps the same context as you move an idea from a whiteboard to a sheet to a dashboard, so you do not explain it again.
Interactive connectors also changed. Partners can now put their apps inside Claude, so you can work in Adobe, Atlassian and others without switching tabs. Plugins from NetSuite, and from Salesforce and Workday in beta, come with built-in skills for tasks such as call prep, financial analysis, and time off and expenses.
Anthropic says Claude Meetings is coming soon. It will let you add Claude to a call to take notes and update your team's documents while you talk.
What it means for your work
- For analysts: Build a first version of a tracking sheet with Claude, then check every formula.
- For workshop leads: Run a brainstorm on a Claude whiteboard and ask for a summary at the end.
- For sales and HR teams: Check whether your company has turned on the Salesforce or Workday plugin.
For another recent Claude update for companies, see our report on Claude Smart Reports.