Claude adds Sheets, Whiteboards and Data, and lets your apps open inside the chat
Anthropic has launched Claude Sheets and Whiteboards in beta, made Claude Data generally available, and upgraded connectors so tools like Asana and Canva open inside Claude. What's new, who gets it and what admins should set.
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On 10 November 2026 Anthropic introduced Claude Sheets and Claude Whiteboards in beta and made Claude Data generally available. The same day it upgraded interactive connectors, so some business apps can now open inside Claude and Claude can work in them with you.
For teams already paying for Claude, this moves more everyday work (tables, diagrams, dashboards, task boards) into the same place as the conversation.
What's new
Claude Sheets (beta)
A spreadsheet you build and edit with Claude. Anthropic's announcement says sheets export as .xlsx or CSV and can link with tools such as Airtable, Asana, monday.com and Smartsheet. Anthropic also says Sheets doesn't yet have everything Excel has, and points heavier spreadsheet work to Claude for Excel.
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Claude Whiteboards (beta)
A canvas for diagrams, flowcharts and brainstorms. Anthropic names Lucid, Miro and Vani by Zoho as export or integration partners.
Claude Data (generally available)
This is the dashboard feature that launched in beta in October as Claude Dashboards. It needs a data connector, such as a data warehouse or CRM, and now supports your design system, caching with a refresh schedule per dashboard, and tracked changes with rollback. Certified queries and live sharing are still in beta. Named partners include Amplitude, Mixpanel, Omni, PostHog and Sigma.
Apps that open inside Claude
Interactive connectors can now open a tool beside the conversation or full screen, where the connector supports it, and Claude can make changes in it with your approval. Anthropic's post names Asana, Canva, Carta, Dropbox, monday.com, Smartsheet, Vercel and Webflow among the launch set, and says Figma, Harvey and Shopify are building integrations. These are built on Apps, an extension of the Model Context Protocol (the open standard for connecting AI to other software); developer support is in public preview.
Who gets it
- Sheets, Whiteboards and Data: all paid plans, on web, desktop and mobile.
- Interactive connectors: all plans on web and the desktop app, as part of the new Claude experience. Users see it once their account is updated or their organisation turns it on.
- Admin defaults: on Team plans all three are on by default. On Enterprise plans, Whiteboards and Sheets start off, and Claude Data turns on by default on 19 November 2026. The switch is under Organization settings > Artifacts.
Anthropic's round-up post also lists auto-connect in beta for eligible Team and Enterprise plans, plugins from Salesforce (beta), NetSuite and Workday (beta), and says Claude Meetings is coming soon, without a date.
Caveats
- Sheets and Whiteboards are betas, so expect gaps and changes.
- Claude Data shows whatever its connector can reach. Who can see which tables in your warehouse or CRM matters more than ever.
- When Claude edits inside a connected app, the change is real. Approval prompts help, but staff need to read them.
- Anthropic's posts don't mention regional limits; check with your account team if you have data-residency rules.
What to do this week
- Enterprise admins: decide before 19 November whether Claude Data should switch on for everyone, and review which data connectors are allowed.
- Team admins: the features are already on. Tell staff what data may and may not go into sheets and dashboards.
- Pick one pilot: a weekly report rebuilt in Claude Data, or a planning board in an app your team already uses.
- Check connector permissions so Claude can only reach the tools and actions each team needs.
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