Spreadsheets, whiteboards, and embedded apps come to Claude

New collaborative formats arrive in Claude with Whiteboards and Sheets in beta. Data exits beta, and supported apps open alongside the chat.

A budget spreadsheet created in Claude can now be edited cell by cell by the user, their coworkers, and the assistant. Formulas remain visible so calculations can be checked, and Claude’s proposed changes are highlighted. It’s one of the new workspaces Anthropic introduced on November 10, alongside whiteboards and updates to Claude Data, formerly Dashboards.

All three formats are available on paid plans, at different release stages. Sheets and Whiteboards are launching in beta. Data is leaving beta, while its certified queries and live sharing features remain in beta. The rollout is starting gradually, alongside an update to interactive connectors that lets supported apps open beside the conversation. Shared spaces for teams and the assistant

On a whiteboard, participants can add and move ideas while Claude organizes them into groups, diagrams, or steps. Users can select part of the board and ask questions about its contents. At the end of a session, the assistant can turn the results into a document or presentation. Boards can also be sent to Miro, Lucid, or Zoho Vani.

In Sheets, a request for a campaign tracker or budget can produce a workbook with multiple tabs, formulas, and dropdowns. The beta supports up to 100,000 cells and 144 functions, with XLSX and CSV export. Editing is available on the web and in the desktop app, with read-only access on mobile. Pivot tables and live data from connected apps are among the features still missing. Shared metrics built on approved queries

To create a dashboard, Claude Data queries a connected source such as Snowflake, BigQuery, or Salesforce. Each chart provides access to its query and shows when the data was last refreshed. Teams can also ask for a visual story or a short narrated video explaining their numbers, which they can review before sharing.

Certified queries let teams reuse an approved definition of a metric across multiple dashboards. A badge identifies that internal approval. With live sharing, coworkers can view results retrieved through the dashboard owner’s connection, even if they lack access to the source themselves. That access is limited to the queries the dashboard needs. Changes to those queries require an editor’s approval. The app and the conversation on the same screen

Interactive connectors can now open a supported app in a side panel or full screen. Users can work in it directly, then ask Claude to change the page, row, or file they have open. Available actions depend on what the connector’s developer supports and the permissions granted when connecting it.

Among the integrations shown, Adobe supports photo retouching and PDF editing. Box lets users open a file and compare versions before keeping a change. Confluence provides its editor within the same interface. These full app views are starting to roll out on the web and in Claude Desktop. Another feature, Claude Meetings, is planned to take notes during calls and update team documents as the discussion progresses.