Anthropic dropped 9 Claude connectors for creative tools. Claude isn’t replacing your taste or imagination. It’s taking on the boring production work that’s been eating your hours.
On April 28, 2026, Anthropic announced Claude for Creative Work, a set of connectors that let Claude work inside the tools creatives already use. In their words: "Claude can’t replace taste or imagination, but it can open up new ways of working."
That framing matters. This is about AI handling the parts of the creative process that were never creative to begin with, like renaming 200 layers, resizing exports for 8 platforms, scrubbing footage for one clip or hunting for the right sample at 80 BPM.
The bigger unlock is scale. The projects you used to turn down because the production work alone would’ve killed you? You can take those on now.
01
Adobe for creativity
Gives Claude 50+ tools across Creative Cloud apps, including Photoshop, Premiere and Express, for working with your images, videos and designs.
"Take this horizontal video and make vertical versions for Reels and Shorts."
02
Affinity by Canva
Automates repetitive production tasks like batch image adjustments, layer renaming and file export, and can build custom features inside the app.
"Rename every layer in this file by the section it’s in, then export web and print versions."
03
Blender
A plain-English way to drive Blender’s Python API and look things up in its documentation.
"Apply this material to every object in the Furniture collection."
04
SketchUp
Turns a conversation into a 3D modeling starting point that you then open and refine in SketchUp.
"Start a 3-bedroom house model based on the floor plan sketch I’m uploading."
05
Autodesk Fusion
Lets designers and engineers create and change 3D models by chatting. You need a Fusion subscription.
"Create a bracket with mounting holes 50mm apart and a 5mm fillet on all edges."
06
Splice
Search Splice’s royalty-free sample catalog from inside Claude.
"Find me a dark lo-fi guitar loop around 80 BPM and three matching drum samples."
07
Ableton
Grounds Claude’s answers in the official docs for Live and Push, so it works like a tutor you can ask while you produce.
"How do I sidechain this kick to a bass synth with Live’s built-in compressor?"
08
Resolume Arena
Lets VJs and live visual artists control Arena and Avenue in real time in plain English.
"Cue layer 2, clip 4 and push the kaleidoscope effect to 80%."
09
Resolume Wire
The same real-time, plain-English control for Wire, Resolume’s patching tool for building your own effects and generators.
"Build me a simple patch that pulses with the beat."
What About Claude Design?
It launched the same month, but it’s its own product, not one of the 9 connectors. Here’s everything you need to know about Claude Design.
Connectors are on every Claude plan, Free included. On Team and Enterprise, an owner has to switch a connector on for the organization first. Some tools need their own paid account to do much, like a Fusion subscription.
Not sure what to hand off first? Paste this into Claude with a rough list of last week’s work.
This is how to think about AI overall. It’s here to take the boring, repetitive tasks off your plate so you spend more time on the work you’re great at and actually enjoy. The creatives who win the next 12 months will be the ones who let it eat their busywork.