Artifact
A live web page publishes from your session. See what it is, how it works, how it is used and what to watch for, with pictures and examples.
What it is
An artifact is a live, interactive web page that builds from your session and publishes to a private address on claude.ai. Use it when text is the wrong way to show a result, such as an annotated , a chart, a or several options side by side. writes an or file, publishes it, and opens it in your . When the session publishes again, the page updates in place at the same address, and each publish becomes a .
How it works
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Ask Claude to make an artifact
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Claude writes an HTML or Markdown file
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A private page opens on claude.ai
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Share it from the page header
How to use it
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"Make an artifact that walks through this " — ask in plain words; Claude may also publish one on its own
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/artifactslist your artifacts and those shared with you;
oopens one andccopies its link -
Ctrl+]reopen the most recent artifact of the session
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Share button — share inside your organization on Team and Enterprise plans, or as a public link
Watch out
An artifact is one self-contained page with no , so it cannot sign viewers in or serve several routes, and the rendered page must be 16 or smaller. It needs a Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise plan and a claude.ai sign-in; sessions that use an cannot publish. A styled page also uses more output than the same answer as .
Related terms
Original and official docs
This page explains the term in plain words. The original is the authority: if they differ, follow the original.
- See this term in the originalClaude Code Docs — Glossary Anthropic · checked 2026-10-19
- Anthropic — Claude Code docs: Share session output as artifacts — Create an artifact(opens in a new window)
- Anthropic — Claude Code docs: Share session output as artifacts — Page constraints(opens in a new window)
- Anthropic — Claude Code docs: Share session output as artifacts — Share an artifact(opens in a new window)
- Anthropic — Artifacts(opens in a new window)
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