What is a Claude artifact?
An artifact is a self-contained piece of work Claude creates for you and opens next to the conversation: a document, a slide deck, a design, a dashboard, a single-page website, a diagram or a small interactive tool. Claude usually makes one when the content is substantial (Anthropic says typically over 15 lines) and something you'll want to edit, keep or share. You can open it, change it by asking Claude, and share it with other people.
What can an artifact be?
- Chat artifacts: documents, code snippets, single-page websites, images, diagrams and flowcharts, dashboards and small interactive tools. Available on every plan, including Free, and in Claude Code.
- Docs, Slides and Design: templates for documents, decks and visual designs. On by default on every plan.
- Dashboards (beta): Pro, Max, Ultra, Team and Enterprise.
- Motion (beta): animations, on Team and Enterprise.
Artifacts need the Create and edit filescapability (older layouts call it “Code execution and file creation”). On a personal plan it's under Settings, then Capabilities; on Team and Enterprise an owner sets it in Organization settings.
How to share a Claude artifact
Every artifact starts private to you. How you share it depends on when and where it was made.
| Artifact | How to share | Who can open it |
|---|---|---|
| Newer artifacts (Docs, Slides, Design, the new Claude experience, Claude Code) | Click Share and choose Only people invited, Anyone at your organization, or Anyone with the link. Set Can view, Commenter or Can edit | Whoever the setting allows |
| Older chat artifacts (made before Sep 16, 2026), on Free, Pro, Max and Ultra | Open it and click Publish, then copy the public link | Anyone with the link, no Claude account needed |
| Chat artifacts on Team and Enterprise | Click Share, then Share & copy link | Your organization. Outside people only if an owner turned on External sharing, and they need a Claude account |
Published chat artifacts can also be embedded on a website: click Get embed codeand list the domains allowed to show it. Sharing settings can't be changed in the iOS or Android app; use the web or Claude Desktop.
Things to know before you publish
- Unpublishing an older chat artifact is final. After you click Unpublish, that artifact can't be published again, and any data it stored is deleted. You'd have to make a new one.
- Viewers can copy it. People signed in to Claude can copy a published artifact and build on it.
- Team links carry the chat's files. On Team and Enterprise, people you share with also get the chat's attachments, so check them for anything sensitive first.
- It lives on claude.ai. Anthropic's help pages mention no custom domains or visitor analytics for shared artifacts.
How to give an artifact its own link
Claude's share link is perfect for showing a colleague. For a client, a restaurant menu, an event page or anything you print as a QR code, you usually want an address you control that keeps working whatever happens to the chat. Two ways:
Ask Claude to publish it with the Droply connector
- Open Droply in Claude's connector directory and click Connect.
- Sign in to Droply (free) and click Allow.
- Ask: “Put this page online as spring-menu.” Claude replies with
spring-menu.droply.page.
Ask for a change later and say “update the page”: Claude publishes over the same project, so the link you already sent shows the new version. Paid plans add passwords, a custom domain and visitor analytics.
Or download the code and upload it
- Use the artifact panel's controls to download or copy the code. Designs also export as standalone HTML or a .zip.
- Save copied code as a file ending in
.html. The free HTML viewer shows whether it renders correctly. - Go to droply.so, type a name, drop the file and sign in. The link works straight away.
Claude share link or your own link?
| Claude share or publish | Your own link (Droply) | |
|---|---|---|
| Address | On claude.ai | name.droply.page, or your own domain on Plus |
| Viewer needs a Claude account | No for published chat artifacts; yes for external Team links | No |
| Interactive (buttons, Claude features) | Yes, including features that call Claude | Yes for HTML and JavaScript; nothing that calls Claude |
| Update without a new link | Depends on the artifact type | Yes, upload or ask Claude to update |
| Password, view count | Not mentioned in Anthropic's docs | View count on every plan; password on Plus |
Artifacts that call Claude while you use them, or save data in Claude's storage, only work on claude.ai. Keep those on Claude's link. Plain pages, games, menus and reports work anywhere.
Questions people ask
Are Claude artifacts free?
Yes. Chat artifacts and the Docs, Slides and Design templates work on the Free plan, and every artifact can be shared.
Can people see my artifact without a Claude account?
An older published chat artifact, yes. For newer artifacts it depends on the Share setting you pick. On Team and Enterprise, people outside your organization need a Claude account, and an owner must allow external sharing. A link on your own host never needs an account.
Can I put an artifact on my own website?
Use Get embed code on a published chat artifact, or host the code yourself: download it as HTML and upload it to a host like Droply, which also supports custom domains.
Why can't I publish my artifact again?
Once a chat artifact is unpublished it can't be republished. Ask Claude to recreate it in a new chat, or host its code yourself.