Claude can now talk to your favorite apps
Anthropic has launched a new Integrations feature and expanded its Advanced Research tool for its AI chatbot Claude, available in beta for subscribers to its Claude Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, with Pro users to follow soon.
The Integrations feature allows users to connect apps and tools to Claude, leveraging Anthropic’s MCP protocol to draw data from various sources and enhance the chatbot’s capabilities.
Developers can create and host app servers that integrate with Claude, enabling users to discover and connect these servers to the chatbot. Initial integrations include partnerships with Atlassian, Zapier, Cloudflare, Intercom, Square, and PayPal, expanding Claude’s functionality.
For instance, the Atlassian Integration allows Claude to summarize and create pages in Confluence, while the Zapier Integration connects Claude to app automation workflows.
Advanced Research enables Claude to search “hundreds” of internal and external sources, delivering comprehensive reports on a topic within 5-45 minutes. It can utilize Claude’s expanded connectors and search across Integrations, as well as MCP-connected local drives when using the Claude Desktop app.
Claude breaks down research requests into smaller parts, investigates each deeply, and compiles a comprehensive report with clear citations linking to the original material.
Anthropic has also increased rate limits for its Claude Code tool for Max customers. The company’s annualized revenue was around $1.4 billion in early March, with a reported goal of reaching $34.5 billion in revenue by 2027.