Anthropic is rolling out a significant upgrade to its AI assistant Claude, adding support for inline visualizations in responses. Instead of relying solely on text explanations, Claude can now generate charts, diagrams, and other interactive visualizations directly within the conversation.
What can Claude’s new inline visualizations do?
According to Anthropic, the new feature builds on Imagine with Claude. Previewed last year, this experimental tool lets users create interactive software in real time without writing any code.
The company has now integrated a version of that capability into Claude’s responses. Thanks to this, it can now automatically generate interactive visualizations when explaining data or concepts.
Anthropic explains that these visualizations are dynamic, meaning they update as the conversation evolves. Users can also manually tweak or expand them as needed, and interact with them to get a better understanding of the topic at hand.
When will Claude use visualizations in its responses?
The feature is enabled by default across all plan types on the web and desktop, with Claude automatically deciding when a visual might help elevate its response. Users can also request one directly with prompts such as “draw this as a diagram” or “visualize how this might change over time.”
Anthropic says the feature reflects a broader shift for Claude. Rather than defaulting to text for its responses, the assistant is learning to choose the best format based on the task, the data, and the user’s needs.
It follows an upgrade introduced earlier this year that gave Claude the ability to use purpose-designed formats for certain topics. Recipes, for example, now appear with clearly separated ingredients and steps, while responses to weather-related queries include a visual.
Claude also picked up support for interactive apps in January, allowing users to perform actions within apps like Slack, Figma, Asana, Canva, and more directly in the chat interface.
