Anthropic launches Claude for Google Workspace in beta for paid users

Claude Google Workspace: Anthropic has made a strategically important move into Google’s productivity ecosystem. Claude is now available inside Google Docs, Google Sheets and Google Slides through a Google Workspace Marketplace add-on, putting Anthropic’s AI directly beside the applications where users already write documents, analyze data and build presentations. The add-on is currently in beta […]

Anthropic has launched Claude for Google Workspace in public beta, bringing the AI assistant to Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. The new add-on places Claude alongside an open file and lets users edit text, work with spreadsheet data and create slides. Anthropic has also introduced connectors that let users create or edit Google files from Claude's chat. Users can approve individual changes or allow Claude to apply them automatically. The integration is available to users across all paid Claude plans.

The AI assistant can now be opened in a sidebar inside Google's productivity apps, and can also create and edit Drive files directly from the Claude chat window.Anthropic has rolled out Claude for Google Workspace, putting its AI assistant inside Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. The feature is in public beta and open to subscribers of any paid Claude plan, according to a report published on October 7.The integration spares users the routine of copying text between browser tabs. They can either open Claude in a sidebar within a Google file, or ask it to build and modify Workspace files from the Claude web interface. The launch puts Claude in direct competition with assistants already built into these suites, such as Google's Gemini and Microsoft 365 Copilot.Two ways to use itThe integration works through a Workspace add-on and a set of Drive connectors.The add-on: Claude in the sidebarInstalled from the Google Workspace Marketplace, the add-on opens Claude in a panel next to the file the user is working on.Docs: Claude can read a selected passage or an entire document, then rewrite text, fix prose or restyle headings while leaving the surrounding layout intact. Larger changes show up as proposal cards in the sidebar, which users can accept or reject one at a time.Sheets: The assistant can write native formulas, set up pivot tables and create built-in charts. For heavier jobs such as data cleaning or joining tables, it can run the data through a separate Python environment and send the results back to the open sheet.Slides: New slides pick up the theme and master layout of the existing deck. Claude also examines how slides actually render, flagging overlapping text boxes and hard-to-read colour contrast.Users decide how much freedom Claude gets. In "Ask before edits" mode, every change waits in a queue for approval. In "Accept all edits" mode, Claude carries out tasks without pausing.The connectors: editing Drive files from ClaudeAlongside the add-on, Anthropic has released beta connectors for Google Docs, Sheets and Slides. With these enabled in Claude's chat interface, users can paste a Drive link or ask for a new file, and Claude will create, edit or update it in Google Drive. It operates within the sharing permissions already set on the file and the domain.How to set up Claude for Google WorkspaceTo use Claude inside Docs, Sheets or Slides:1. Open the Google Workspace Marketplace, search for "Claude for Google Workspace" and click Install. Users on managed accounts may need to ask their IT administrator.2. Open any Google Doc, Sheet or Slides file and go to Extensions > Claude > Open Claude.3. Sign in with a paid Claude account (Pro, Team or Enterprise). The sidebar will then open beside the file.To edit Google files from the Claude web app:1. Go to account settings in Claude and switch on the Google Docs, Sheets and Slides connectors (beta).2. On Team and Enterprise plans, an Owner or Primary Owner must first enable the Google Workspace connectors in admin settings. Individual members can only turn them on after that.3. Follow the prompt to sign in to Google Drive and grant the file-access permissions Claude asks for.