Station 4 · Block 06
The Tool That Doesn’t Exist Yet
Small apps that can be used for daily tasks by yourself or the whole team.
DelegationDescription
An artifact is a small app, built from a description.
For tools too small to buy and too annoying to do by hand.
- It worksOpens beside the chat. You click, filter, calculate: it’s live, not a picture
- You change it in words“Add a slider for the price.” Earlier versions stay available
- You share itA link. On Team and Enterprise it stays inside your organisation, and colleagues use it at no cost to you
- It can do moreCall Claude itself, save data for you or the whole team, use your connected apps
Source: Claude Help Center · What are artifacts and how do I use them?
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Describe a tool like a task
- What goes inYour data: an export, a price list, a plan
- What you want to moveWhich values become sliders or inputs
- The rulesThe formula you would explain to a colleague
- How you’ll check itOne value, worked out by hand
Test it like a tool.
- 01 Change it onceIf it updates in seconds, it’s a tool, not a picture
- 02 Check one valueAgainst the source, by hand
- 03 Try an extreme0 %, 100 %, an empty field: does the result still make sense?
- 04 Ask what it assumes“Which assumptions are built in?”
A slider makes any number look convincing.
The tool shows what a decision would cost. Whether you take it is still yours.