Anthropic unifies Claude chat, Cowork, and Artifacts in a single interface

Anthropic is merging the front ends for its Claude chat, Cowork, and Artifacts features into a single interface, aiming to reduce the cognitive load on users who previously had to choose between tabs for different tasks. The unified interface automatically routes user requests to the appropriate feature—such as chat, interactive workspaces (Artifacts), or collaborative workflows (Cowork)—without requiring manual tab switching.

The update introduces dedicated tools for creating and editing presentations and documents. Users can ask the AI assistant to generate slides or documents, edit content, and present or share the output as a PDF or PowerPoint file. Documents and presentations can be accessed and edited across web, desktop, and mobile platforms, with progress updates viewable on mobile even if the initial task was started on desktop.

These features are initially available to subscribers on Anthropic’s Pro and Max plans, with the company planning to extend them to free and team tiers in the future. The rollout is expected to occur over the coming weeks across web, desktop, and mobile platforms.

The announcement follows an upgrade to Cowork’s memory layer, which enhances the AI’s ability to retain user context across conversations, further supporting the consolidation effort by reducing the need to re-establish context in new sessions.