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Custom visuals in chat and Cowork

Claude can generate custom diagrams, charts, and interactive visuals directly in your conversation. When a visual would explain something better than text, Claude builds one from scratch—shaped to your specific question, rendered inline as part of the response.

How it works

You don’t need to turn anything on. Claude decides when a visual would help based on what you’re asking. You can also ask directly—try phrases like “draw this as a diagram,” “show me how this changes over time,” or “chart this data.”

Once a visual appears, you can interact with it—click buttons, adjust sliders, expand it to full screen—and keep asking follow-up questions. Claude can update or rebuild the visual as the conversation continues.

Here are a few examples of what Claude might generate:

Custom visuals in Cowork

Custom visuals work the same way in Cowork sessions, except for a couple of differences:

Keep a visual

Custom visuals are ephemeral by default. They live inline as part of Claude's response and aren't saved separately when the conversation moves on. Think of them less like a finished file and more like a whiteboard sketch.

However, if you do want to keep a visual, you have a few options:

This is the main practical difference from artifacts: artifacts are persistent and shareable from the start, while custom visuals help you think in the moment and only stick around if you choose to keep them. If you want to build something persistent—a tool, an app, a document to share—ask Claude to create an artifact instead. For more information, see What are artifacts and how do I use them?

How are custom visuals built?

Custom visuals aren’t photos or illustrations. Claude builds them using HTML—the same building blocks as web pages—so they’re interactive and specific to your question rather than static images.

Limitations

Tips

Can Claude produce images?Get started with Claude Cowork Visual and interactive content Use live artifacts in Claude Cowork Use analytics chat to ask Claude about usage