Anthropic Releases Claude for Google Workspace in Public Beta

Anthropic has launched Claude for Google Workspace in public beta, integrating the AI assistant directly into Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. The add-on allows users to work with Claude in a sidebar next to their open files, enabling it to read content, see selections, and make changes without switching applications.

Capabilities by Application

The integration offers specific functionalities tailored to each Google Workspace app:

• Docs: Claude can fix sentences, restyle headings, or propose larger rewrites as suggestion cards that users can apply or dismiss.
• Sheets: The assistant can write formulas, build pivot tables and native charts, add tabs, and use Python for data cleaning or joins.
• Slides: Claude builds new slides using the deck’s existing layouts and themes, then checks for overlapping elements or readability issues.

Users control the level of autonomy via two modes: Ask before edits (default), which requires approval for each change, and Accept all edits, which applies changes automatically.

Enterprise Controls and Connectors

The sidebar retains access to the same models, connectors, and skills available in the main Claude interface. For example, users can pull data from Salesforce or Google Drive to generate reports. On Enterprise plans, security controls such as the Compliance API, customer-managed encryption keys (CMEK), and OpenTelemetry audit export apply to the add-on.

Additionally, new Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides connectors (beta) allow users to start in Claude and create or edit Google files from the chat. This is useful for generating new files or working across multiple documents, with access permissions matching the user’s existing Google sharing settings.