Anthropic Enhances Claude Interactive Connectors with Full-Screen Tool Integration

Anthropic has upgraded the Claude interactive connector to allow full-screen access and direct tool manipulation alongside conversations, enabling AI to modify documents and spreadsheets without prompts, initially supporting Asana, Canva, Notion, and more.

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The integration of artificial intelligence with everyday office software is entering a new phase. Anthropic has recently announced a major upgrade to Claude’s interactive connectors. Building on the previous real-time preview feature, the new version allows users to open tools directly beside the conversation within supported connectors—and even expand them to full screen—enabling Claude to collaborate alongside users and make direct edits to content. This feature is currently being rolled out gradually to all plans on the web and desktop applications.

This upgrade eliminates the previous separation between the chat window and tool interface, introducing several key improvements:

AI directly makes edits: Users can have Claude directly modify the open page, table row, or file. When Claude makes changes, the modifications appear in real time within the tool, allowing users to continue working synchronously and confirm the changes through a process similar to approving connector actions.

Full-screen and side-by-side workflow: The entire tool can open alongside the conversation, allowing users to hide the chat as needed or switch to full-screen when required. For example, when using tools like Confluence or Notion, users will access a full editor to log into their accounts, rather than a restricted preview interface.

No prompt required: Users can instantly call on AI assistance without writing complex Claude prompts, all within the same screen.

Tool Pinning and Quick Access: Users can pin their most frequently used tools and artifacts together for one-click access via the sidebar and plus menu.

Currently, this feature initially supports a select group of popular tools in the directory, including Asana, Canva, Carta, Dropbox, monday.com, Smartsheet, Vercel, and Webflow. Specific use cases for each tool within Claude include:

Adobe: Supports using AI to enhance, edit photos, and add effects, as well as highlight, edit, and redact PDF files.

Atlassian: Open a Confluence page next to the chat, allowing Claude to write and edit while you view changes in real time.

Box: Open the file for editing next to the chat and compare different versions side by side before saving changes.

HubSpot: Prioritize sales pipeline tasks and follow-ups, and execute them directly within Claude.

Notion: Build while chatting, or edit your Notion documents and databases without leaving Claude.

In addition, Figma, Harvey, and Shopify are currently building related integrations, and the official team is encouraging more developers to join this ecosystem.

In the developer ecosystem, these interactive connectors run on top of MCP Apps. As an open extension of the Model Context Protocol (MCP), it enables MCP servers to bring their own interfaces directly into AI applications.

It’s worth noting that MCP apps built by developers are not limited to Claude—they can run on any AI application that supports this extension. As Claude opens up more capabilities, such as application tools and embedded sites, developers’ full applications can now run directly within Claude. These features are currently in public preview for developers, who can begin building using the provided documentation.

For enterprise users, if an organization has already granted full access to a connector’s tools, new features of that connector will automatically appear upon release. Administrators can still flexibly restrict permissions for individual tools within the connector, just as before.