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Claude live artifacts, explained (and how to share one)

Updated 11 November 2026

What "live" means

Live artifacts came from Claude Cowork, where you could ask Claude to build a page that stays connected to your apps and files, like a pipeline dashboard or a project tracker, instead of a one-off snapshot. That connection is the "live" part: the artifact reads from your connectors and data sources rather than holding a fixed copy of the numbers.

Since then, Claude has been bringing chat and Cowork together, and artifacts made in Cowork from 19 August 2026 work exactly like artifacts made in a chat. "Live artifact" is now the name for the older ones. People also use the phrase loosely for any artifact that shows live data, so this guide covers both: the older Cowork artifacts, and how today's artifacts connect to data.

One exception: organizations that use customer-managed encryption keys, zero data retention or a HIPAA-ready setup keep using live artifacts.

How to find your live artifacts

1. Click Artifacts in Claude's sidebar. Everything you've made is saved there.
2. Look for the Cowork label, which marks live artifacts.
3. To see only those, use the Filter by menu at the top right.

If you don't see separate Chat and Cowork options under your message box, your account has the newer combined Claude, and some of these screens may look a little different.

How to edit a live artifact

You can open a live artifact and use it, but you can't ask Claude to change it where it is. To edit one:

1. Open the live artifact and click Share.
2. Republish it as a new artifact.
3. If it was already shared, the dialog shows its existing link. People who have that link will see the new version, so you don't need to send a new one.

Once it's republished, it's a regular artifact, and you can edit and update it like any other.

How to share a live artifact

Open the artifact and click Share to get its link. The rules are tighter than for other artifacts:

• Inside your organization only. There's no public link and no way to share it with anyone outside.
• No picking people. You can't choose individual recipients. Anyone in your organization who has the link can open it.
• Each viewer brings their own access. The artifact connects to the viewer's connectors and data sources, not yours. If they can't reach a source, that section shows an error instead of your data.

Anthropic also suggests opening shared artifacts only from people you trust, the same care you'd take with a file from someone you don't know. Click through to see what different people get when you share a live dashboard:

Live data in today's artifacts

If you're making something new, you don't need a live artifact. Regular artifacts can do the same job:

• Connected apps. An artifact can use the apps you've connected to Claude, like Asana, Google Calendar or Slack, and your custom connectors. Claude asks for your approval the first time. This works on Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise, on the web and desktop.
• Dashboards from your data. Claude's Data template builds dashboards from data platforms or connected apps such as Salesforce. Each chart shows the query behind it and when it was last refreshed.
• Everyone uses their own connections, even on a shared artifact. The one exception is a Data dashboard shared with live sharing, in beta, which shows people in your organization results from your connection.
• Outside viewers get less. People who open a shared artifact by link without being in your organization can see most artifacts, but anything that relies on connected apps or Claude doesn't work for them.

So whether it's a live artifact or a new one, a dashboard built on your connections works best for people who have the same connections. That's your team, not your client.

How to share a live dashboard with people outside Claude

To send a client or a board a dashboard that stays up to date, flip it around: instead of every viewer connecting to your data, Claude reads your apps and sends the page the numbers you choose. DocPin calls this page data.

Viewers don't need Claude, a connector or access to your Salesforce. Everyone sees the same numbers, so only send what you're happy for them to see. You can also update the data from the DocPin app or with one API call, for example from a nightly script.

Page data suits the numbers behind a dashboard. It isn't a live database connection, and it isn't built for large datasets. Open an example dashboard, or follow our step-by-step guide to building a live dashboard.