On November 10, 2026, Anthropic upgraded Claude's interactive connectors: supported tools can now open beside the conversation, or expand to full screen, and Claude can make changes directly in the page, table row, or file you have open, with edits appearing live and still requiring your approval first. The update is rolling out on the web and in the desktop app on all plans, provided your account has been updated to the new Claude experience that brings chat and Cowork together.
The core change is that a tool is no longer just a small preview inside the conversation. Connectors used to sit in a small window inside the chat; now, taking Notion and Confluence as examples, you get the full editor, signed into your own account. Frequently used tools can also be pinned to the sidebar and opened with one click, without writing a prompt first and waiting for Claude to call them. The first tools to support full-screen opening include Asana, Canva, Carta, Dropbox, monday.com, Smartsheet, Vercel, and Webflow, and what each can do differs:
- Adobe: retouch photos, add effects, and highlight, edit, or redact PDFs.
- Atlassian: open a Confluence page beside the chat, let Claude write and edit, and watch the changes appear live on the page.
- Box: open a file for Claude to revise, then compare versions side by side before keeping one.
- HubSpot: prioritize pipeline tasks and follow-ups, then act on them in Claude.
- Notion: ask Claude to create a document or a database, building as you chat, without leaving Claude.
For developers, the foundation of this upgrade is MCP Apps, the open extension to the Model Context Protocol (MCP): an MCP server can bring its own interface into an AI application. Anthropic is explicit that an app built with MCP Apps is not limited to Claude and can run in any AI application that supports the extension. These capabilities are currently in public preview; Figma, Harvey, and Shopify are building integrations, and Anthropic encourages more developers to do the same.
For everyday users, the test is simple: if your working day already lives in Notion, Confluence, or Asana, this update moves Claude onto your workbench, so edits no longer need copying back and forth. The boundaries remain: changes need approval one by one, and admin controls over connectors work the same way as before; which tools support full-screen opening depends on each connector's rollout. To get started with connecting tools, see How to install Claude plugins: the official directory works, check permissions first.
