Anthropic published Claude for Creative Work on April 28, 2026, describing connectors that let Claude work alongside software creative professionals already use.
Connectors Anthropic lists
Per Anthropic’s announcement, examples include:
- Ableton — grounding answers in official documentation for Live and Push
- Adobe for creativity — workflows spanning Creative Cloud apps such as Photoshop, Premiere, and Express
- Affinity by Canva — batch adjustments, layer renaming, exports, and similar production automation
- Autodesk Fusion — conversational creation and edits for subscribers
- Blender — natural-language access oriented around Blender’s Python API (connector built by Blender developers; built on MCP)
- Resolume Arena / Wire — live performance and AV control via natural language
- SketchUp — conversational starting points for 3D concepts carried into SketchUp
- Splice — royalty-free sample search from Claude
Anthropic notes Blender’s MCP connector is officially available for Claude, emphasizes MCP-based interoperability with other LLMs, and states Anthropic made a donation to support Blender’s Python API ecosystem.
Post-publication update (May 1, 2026)
Anthropic updated the article on May 1, 2026 to state Blender elected to receive Anthropic’s contribution as a one-time donation rather than via the Blender Development Fund, and revised wording describing related collaborations accordingly.
Primary source: Anthropic News — Claude for Creative Work (updated May 1, 2026).