What's an Artifact?

You've likely seen Artifacts before — the side panel that appears when you ask Claude to build something interactive: a chart, a calculator, a small webpage, or a draft document you can edit in place.

Artifacts are how Claude builds things you can actually use, right inside the conversation. No deployment, hosting, or separate tool to open. The artifact appears in a panel beside the chat. You interact with it directly, and it updates as you ask for changes.