Anthropic ships 9 Claude connectors

Anthropic on April 28 added nine Claude connectors for creative software, plugging its chatbot into Adobe, Blender, Ableton, Autodesk Fusion, SketchUp, Splice, Affinity, and Resolume tools. (anthropic.com) (macrumors.com) The new connectors let Claude do more than answer questions in chat. Anthropic said they give Claude direct access to outside platforms so it can help complete tasks inside the software creative teams already use. (anthropic.com) Adobe’s connector is the biggest of the group. Anthropic said it reaches more than 50 tools across Creative Cloud apps including Photoshop, Premiere, and Express. (anthropic.com) (macrumors.com) The rest are narrower and more specialized. Autodesk Fusion lets subscribers create and modify 3D models through conversation, while SketchUp turns a text description into a starting point for a 3D model. (anthropic.com) (macrumors.com) Blender’s connector gives Claude a natural-language interface to Blender’s Python application programming interface, which is the scripting layer developers use to automate and extend the software. Anthropic said that can help users inspect scenes, understand setups, and access Blender documentation. (anthropic.com) In audio, Ableton’s connector grounds Claude’s answers in the official documentation for Live and Push, while Splice lets producers search its royalty-free sample catalog from inside Claude. Resolume’s Arena and Wire connectors target live visual artists who control stage visuals in real time. (anthropic.com) (macrumors.com) The release follows Anthropic’s January expansion of Claude connectors into workplace software including Asana, Canva, Figma, Slack, Box, and monday.com. That earlier batch also included nine integrations, but it focused on productivity instead of creative production. (9to5mac.com) Anthropic has been widening the connector system quickly this month. On April 24, 9to5Mac reported Claude’s directory had grown to more than 200 partners, with consumer services including Spotify, Uber, Instacart, Booking.com, and Tripadvisor. (9to5mac.com) The creative push also lands less than two weeks after Anthropic introduced Claude Design on April 17, a research-preview product for Claude Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers powered by Claude Opus 4.7. That product lets users make designs, prototypes, slides, and one-pagers with Claude. (anthropic.com) Adobe is pursuing a similar conversational layer inside its own products. On April 15, Adobe unveiled Firefly AI Assistant, which it said would bring Adobe creative tools into a single conversational interface inside Firefly. (news.adobe.com) Taken together, the announcements show creative software vendors are increasingly letting outside assistants operate through sanctioned connectors and built-in interfaces, rather than through unsanctioned automation. Anthropic’s latest move puts Claude directly inside the same design, 3D, music, and live-production tools where professionals already work. (anthropic.com) (news.adobe.com)