Anthropic Expands Claude to Operate Across Enterprise Applications

Anthropic is broadening Claude's integration with enterprise software, enabling the assistant to access complete application interfaces, pull data, and execute modifications without forcing users to switch between tools.

The company revealed these enhancements at The Briefing: Work at the Frontier conference in San Francisco on Tuesday, introducing expanded interactive connectors alongside fresh capabilities for meetings, spreadsheets, collaborative workspaces, and enterprise data.

For years, we've learned to work around software. Now Claude works around you,

Ami Vora, Anthropic's chief product officer

Full apps open inside Claude

Previously, Anthropic's interactive connectors displayed only a limited view of connected applications within Claude. The new iteration permits users to launch and interact with entire applications directly in the conversation thread, beginning with Adobe, Atlassian, and HubSpot integrations.

Claude can now modify Confluence documents directly or adjust Adobe designs using assets stored in a company's brand kit. Users retain the ability to review and authorize changes before Claude implements them.

Built on MCP Apps

The enhanced connectors rest on MCP Apps technology, which enables MCP servers to deliver interactive interfaces rather than depending exclusively on tool calls. Developers can integrate existing application interfaces into Claude through app tools and embedded websites without requiring a complete redesign for the assistant. These capabilities are currently in public preview and extend beyond Claude, as other AI clients supporting MCP Apps can leverage them as well.

Anthropic reports that Claude Marketplace now hosts over 9,000 connectors and plugins, advancing the goal of linking AI systems to enterprise infrastructure. For applications lacking a dedicated connector, Claude can rely on its integrated browser to engage with them.

Existing permissions still apply

Anthropic emphasizes that connectors maintain the access controls employees already possess in their underlying applications. A user unable to view a specific Google Drive file, for instance, cannot retrieve it through Claude.

System administrators can fine-tune individual connector functions, such as permitting Claude to read Slack messages while blocking message sending capabilities.

Anthropic is rolling out Claude auto-connect in beta, a ten-minute configuration process that allows administrators to activate connectors organization-wide without requiring individual employee setup. Smart Reports provides administrators with insight into team activity, completed tasks, and expenditures.

Claude Data gets certified queries

Anthropic has made Claude Data generally available, following its October introduction as Claude Dashboards.

The rollout introduces certified queries, which allow data teams to validate the queries Claude employs for reporting, ensuring that different departments derive consistent results from identical data sources. A companion capability, live sharing, enables staff to view updated dashboards without requiring direct access to the underlying data infrastructure.

Both features remain in beta. Anthropic has not disclosed its approach to managing versions of certified queries or modifications to the underlying data structure.

Task delegation moves beyond engineering

Claude Meetings, arriving in the near term, will participate in video conferences to draft project plans, respond to inquiries, and access information from integrated applications. The feature targets Team and Enterprise customers but will not support organizations using zero data retention, HIPAA-compliant setups, or customer-managed encryption keys.

Claude Whiteboards offers teams a collaborative environment to develop initiatives alongside Claude, while Claude Sheets enables collaborative construction and modification of spreadsheets. Both are accessible in beta on subscription plans.

Enterprise adoption moves beyond engineering

At Datadog, product managers are leveraging Claude to write product requirements documents and functional prototypes. Uday Tennety, Datadog's head of technology partnerships, noted that this approach has reduced the duration from concept to working prototype.

Anthropic indicates that Mercado Libre has distributed Claude to more than 26,000 employees, with 78% engaging with it on a weekly basis. These numbers have not undergone independent verification.