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Claude artifacts

Claude artifacts: what they are, and how to share and publish them.

Claude artifacts are the designs, docs, decks, dashboards, and small tools Claude makes beside your chat. This hub covers what changed in 2026 (legacy and live artifacts, who can open a shared one), and how to publish one as a tracked link that opens without a Claude account.
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In one paragraph

Claude artifacts are what Claude, Anthropic’s AI assistant, makes for you to put in front of someone: a design, a deck, a document, a dashboard, or a small interactive tool. An artifact opens beside your chat, you edit it by talking to Claude or directly, and it is saved to the Artifacts tab. As of October 2026, sharing one through Claude means the viewer signs in to Claude; the exception is a legacy artifact (made in a chat before September 16, 2026) published with the Publish button. To send one to anyone in a browser, export the HTML and publish it elsewhere.

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What changed

What changed in artifact sharing

As of October 2026, per Anthropic’s help center (What are artifacts, Share artifacts), checked October 11, 2026. This changes quickly, so check Claude’s docs for the current state.
  • - Artifacts made in a chat before September 16, 2026 are now “legacy artifacts”. Anthropic: “They keep working, and you can still publish and share them, but you can’t make new ones.”
  • - New artifacts start private, are saved to the Artifacts tab, and can start from a template (Docs, Slides and Design on all plans; Dashboards and Motion in beta).
  • - To open a shared artifact, “Everyone needs a Claude account.” “Anyone with the link” means anyone signed in to Claude. The only exception is a legacy artifact published from a chat.
  • - The Publish button is for legacy artifacts on Free, Pro and Max: the public link opens without a Claude account. Team and Enterprise legacy artifacts use “Share & copy link”. Unpublishing deletes the artifact’s storage data, and it cannot be published again.
  • - Invite by email is in beta on Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise. The invitee signs in to Claude with that address; pending invitations expire after 30 days.
  • - Cowork artifacts made before August 19, 2026 are “live artifacts”. Newer Cowork artifacts work like any other artifact.
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The guides

Every Claude artifacts guide, in one place

Start where your question is. Each guide stands on its own.

What are Claude artifacts?

The plain-language definition, examples, and how artifacts differ from normal Claude responses.

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How to use Claude artifacts

Turn them on, create one with a prompt, iterate, download the code, and publish, step by step.

Read the guide →

Claude live artifacts

Cowork artifacts made before August 19, 2026: what still works, how sharing works, and how to republish one.

Read the guide →

Are Claude artifacts public?

Who can open an artifact, why a Claude account is now needed, and how to keep client work private.

Read the guide →

How to publish an artifact

Three routes to a live link: Claude’s own sharing, the Pagelive connector, or uploading the HTML.

Read the guide →

Share without a Claude login

Send an artifact to clients and colleagues who don’t use Claude, as a clean link in any browser.

Read the guide →

Claude artifact examples

Real artifacts people build for work (proposals, calculators, dashboards), with the prompts behind them.

See the examples →

Artifacts not working?

The common reasons an artifact renders blank or broken, and the fixes, in order of likelihood.

Fix it →

Build a website with Claude

From a plain-language prompt to a live site on its own link: the full walkthrough.

Read the guide →

Claude Code

Building pages with Claude Code in the terminal, and publishing what it makes as a real link.

Read the guide →
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What you can build

What you can build with artifacts

Many artifacts are real, interactive HTML, and Design artifacts export as standalone HTML. That makes them ideal for client-facing work.

Client proposals

Interactive proposals with live pricing and scope, not a flattened PDF.

Calculators & tools

ROI calculators, quote builders, and small apps that actually run in the browser.

Dashboards & reports

Charts, tables, and status views Claude assembles from your data.

Pitch decks

Web-native decks with animation and responsive layout that survive intact.

Preview an artifact in the HTML viewer →
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Native sharing

How native Claude sharing works (and its limits)

You share an artifact from its Share menu: only you, anyone with the link, people you invite by email (beta), or your organization on Team and Enterprise. Fine for colleagues who use Claude. For a client, it stops short.
  • - Your viewer needs a Claude account. Anthropic’s words: “People without one can’t open a shared artifact, even with the link.” The only exception is a legacy artifact published from a chat.
  • - Artifacts that connect to your apps or use Claude can’t be shared with “Anyone with the link”.
  • - The page stays on Claude, not on your domain, and Anthropic’s sharing article describes access levels and invitations, not viewer analytics.
Claude publish vs Pagelive, side by side →
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Publish with Pagelive

How to publish artifacts with Pagelive

Three ways in: pick whichever fits your workflow. The outcome is the same: a clean link anyone can open.

Just say “publish this” in Claude

Add Pagelive as a connector (MCP) and Claude can publish the artifact it just built, straight from the chat, no copy-paste.

Claude connector (MCP)Publish from chat

Upload the HTML file

Already exported the artifact as HTML? Upload the file in the dashboard. Layout and interactivity survive intact. (No account yet? The free publish tool also takes pasted HTML.)

Upload fileFree paste tool

POST it from your own code

Automate it: send the artifact to Pagelive from your own scripts or pipeline with a simple REST call.

REST APIAutomate publishing
Set up the Claude connector →
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Share without a login

Send clients a link that doesn’t need a Claude account

Your client opens a Pagelive link in any browser: no Claude account, no app, no sign-up. Pages are noindex by default and served from an isolated content plane, so search engines are told not to list them.
How to share an artifact without a login →
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Track & protect

Track, protect, and update published artifacts

A published artifact is a living link: watch it, refresh it without resending, and on Solo and Team, lock it.

Analytics

Every page shows a view count. Solo and Team add the breakdown: unique viewers, reading time, country, and by day.

Password

On Solo and Team, lock confidential artifacts behind a hashed password, enforced at the edge.

Same-link updates

Edit the artifact and republish: the link never changes. Solo and Team keep the version history.

How Pagelive keeps artifacts private → Plans & pricing: free for 2 public pages →
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FAQ

Claude artifacts FAQ

Anthropic defines an artifact as “anything Claude makes for you that you’d put in front of someone”: a design, a deck, a document, a dashboard, or a small interactive tool. It opens beside your conversation and is saved to the Artifacts tab.

Related: Claude connectors · Claude MCP servers · Claude Publish vs Pagelive. Sending client work? See AI proposal software.

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