- Anthropic offers Claude as an AI-powered workspace with new integrations using MCP Apps
- Claude now allows users to interact with tools like Slack, Asana and Figma directly in chats
- Update reduces tab switching by integrating live interfaces into conversations
Anthropic provided Claude with an upgrade to integrate many of the most common workplace applications into its AI assistant. Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers can now compose and preview Slack messages, edit Figma diagrams, update Asana timelines, and manipulate analytics dashboards, with Claude acting as the glue between them all.
Anthropic now brings Claude into the messier, click-by-click reality of modern digital work. The tools appear in the chat with Claude. So a draft Slack message looks like a Slack message, and an Asana timeline can be adjusted with live visuals.
It all runs on an open source Model Context Protocol extension, called MCP Apps. It allows any participating tool to appear in Claude chat. The idea is to reduce all the switching back and forth between multiple apps and browser tabs, thereby reducing the time spent searching for the right file or view.
Look on it
Anthropic’s goal would be for users to ask Claude to operate on behalf of these many other tabs. If you ask him to follow up on a marketing calendar in Asana and assign a few items to the design lead, Claude could open the board live and update it. They could then draft a Slack message for your approval summarizing the changes and send it with your approval. This is more effective than simply providing a to-do list or link, as is usually the case.
This fluidity is part of the problem. Anthropic’s speech aims to reduce friction. Until now, AI productivity workflows still depended on some sort of mental multitasking. With MCP Apps, Anthropic is clearly betting that a future where everything is managed within its AI conversations can emerge for professionals and consumers alike.
All in Claude
OpenAI, Google and others are racing in the same direction, each with slightly different approaches. OpenAI’s GPT-based applications can run in ChatGPT, but still operate semi-independently from the chatbot, while Google’s Gemini becomes omnipresent in its workspace. But Claude’s new tools stand out for their integration into the chat itself.
Naturally, giving any AI assistant direct access to platforms like Slack or Asana means that your conversations, projects, and decisions become part of its working memory. Anthropic promises strict sandboxing and clear permissions, but as with any workplace technology, the devil will be in the defaults.
It’s not a revolution for everyone either. The current deployment supports the web and desktop versions of Claude, but not yet the mobile versions or the Claude Cowork experience. And if your day doesn’t involve graphs, decks, timelines, or tables, you might not notice much change in the way Claude works.
For those who do, this could be the start of a real moment of consolidation. Instead of drowning in tabs, inboxes, and dashboards, AI brings it all together. A creative team can write a concept, assign tasks, build the deck, and send updates all from a single Claude chat.
The big idea that the wizard becomes the platform has legs. This shifts our view of generative AI from sidekick to core operations. While AI isn’t always perfect, the change in where and how work happens appears to be a more profound evolution. It’s too early to call Claude’s plans a blueprint for the next standard work interface, but if conversational work completion pans out, it could set Anthropic up for a lot more business to come.
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