Claude Artifacts: Complete Guide to Building & Sharing (2026)

Complete guide to Claude Artifacts. Learn to create interactive web apps, SVG graphics, charts, and documents directly in Claude chat and share them instantly.

What are Claude Artifacts?

Artifacts are self-contained pieces of content (web apps, SVG, documents, code) that Claude generates in a dedicated window beside the chat. They render instantly and can be shared.

What You Can Build

• Interactive Web Apps: React, HTML/CSS/JS prototypes that run in-browser
• SVG Graphics: Diagrams, icons, illustrations, data visualizations
• Markdown Docs: Reports, proposals, documentation with live preview
• Code Snippets: Runnable code with syntax highlighting
• Mermaid Diagrams: Flowcharts, sequence diagrams, architecture maps

Pro Tips

Ask Claude to "create an artifact" explicitly for best results. You can iterate by telling Claude what to change — each version becomes a new artifact with version history.