Artificial intelligence company Anthropic has announced a major new feature for its Claude chatbot, allowing users to directly build AI-powered applications within the app. This feature is a comprehensive upgrade based on the Artifacts feature launched last year and is now officially available.
Conversation as Development, Programming Barriers Completely Gone
Anthropic stated in its official blog: "By enabling this new interactive feature, users can start building their own applications within the Claude app. Just simply describe what you want to create, and Claude will write the code for you."
This breakthrough feature means that users with no programming knowledge can also create fully functional applications through natural language conversations with AI, truly achieving "zero-barrier" app development.
User Creativity Blossoms
According to Anthropic, early users have successfully built various types of AI-powered applications:
- AI Games: Interactive game experiences with intelligent NPCs
- Learning Tools: Personalized teaching apps and smart flashcard systems
- Data Analysis Applications: Table analysis tools that support natural language queries
- Writing Assistants: Customized creative assistance tools for specific needs
- Intelligent Agent Workflows: Complex task processing applications that coordinate multiple Claude calls
These applications can interact with Claude via API in real time, providing a truly intelligent user experience.
Anthropic has designed a unique incentive mechanism: when others use the applications you create, the API call costs will be counted against the user's subscription quota, not the creator's. This mechanism protects the creators' interests and encourages application sharing, forming a healthy creative ecosystem.
Full User Levels Open for Use
This feature is now available across all three subscription tiers of Anthropic—free, professional, and advanced—ensuring that all users can experience this revolutionary AI app development method.
The launch of this feature marks the official entry into the "zero-barrier" era of AI app development. When everyone can create apps through conversation, we may be witnessing a fundamental transformation in software development methods.
