How to share a Claude artifact

Short answer: open the artifact, click Share and choose who gets access. Artifacts start private. On a paid Claude plan you can share one with anyone who has the link or invite specific people by email, but everyone who opens it needs a Claude account, there is no password option, and artifacts that use Claude's AI or your connected apps can't get a public link.

An artifact is what Claude builds for you in the panel next to the chat: a calculator, a form, a small dashboard, a document. On September 16, 2026, Claude changed how artifacts work, and sharing changed with it. Artifacts made in a chat before that date are now called legacy artifacts: they still work, but they have a Publish button instead of Share. Older guides, including an earlier version of this one, describe the old situation. This guide is based on Claude's help center pages about sharing artifacts and working with artifacts, checked in October 2026.

Which way of sharing fits your situation?

It depends on who needs to see it. Pick the situation that matches yours:

• A colleague who uses Claude: share it with a link or invite them by email. You need Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise.
• Your team at work: on Team or Enterprise, share it with your whole organization or with specific colleagues.
• A client or anyone without Claude: they need to create a Claude account first. Only a published legacy artifact opens without one. Otherwise, move the tool out of Claude.
• Visitors to your website: only a published legacy artifact can be embedded on a website.

Each route is explained step by step below.

How do you share a Claude artifact with a link?

Click Share, choose "Anyone with the link" and send the link. This works on Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise, not on Free.

• Open the artifact on the web or in the Claude desktop app. You can't change sharing settings in the Claude app for iPhone or Android.
• Click Share.
• Under Who has access, choose "Anyone with the link". On Team and Enterprise this option only appears when an owner of your company's Claude account allows sharing outside the organization.
• Copy the link and send it.

The person you send it to has to be signed in to Claude. Without an account, the link doesn't open.

How do you invite specific people by email?

Type their email address in the Share menu, choose what they may do and click Invite. Email invitations are in beta on Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise.

• Open the artifact and click Share.
• Type the email address in the field at the top of the Share menu. On Pro and Max it says "Invite people by email", on Team and Enterprise "Add people".
• Select the Invite option that shows their address.
• Under Their access, choose "Can view", "Commenter" or "Can edit" (see the next question).
• Click Invite.

The other person gets an email from Claude, in English, that shows who invited them. They click "View invitation", sign in to Claude with the address you invited and click "Accept and open". To find it again later, they can use the link in the email or bookmark the artifact.

Good to know:

• They need a Claude account with exactly that email address. Claude doesn't tell you whether they have one. If the invitation never arrived because they had no account yet, ask them to create one with that address, then remove the invitation and invite them again.
• Pending invitations expire after 30 days. Accepted invitations don't expire.
• You can invite up to 50 people from outside your organization per artifact.
• Removing someone takes away their access right away. Invited people and pending invitations are listed in the Share menu.

Which access level should you choose?

Choose the lowest level that does the job. There are three:

• Can view: they can open the artifact and read its comments. Best for showing a finished result.
• Commenter: they can also add comments and download files the artifact offers. Best for a feedback round.
• Can edit: they can also make changes. Best for building something together.

Some artifacts only offer "Can view" and "Can edit". People from outside your organization can't invite others or change sharing settings, even with "Can edit". They also can't delete the artifact, and they can only upload images and videos to it. They can comment, but they can't mention people or ask Claude in a comment, and they don't get email notifications about comments.

One catch: if the artifact is also shared with "Anyone with the link", that setting wins. Everyone you invited then gets the same access as anyone with the link, whatever level you gave them.

How do you share a Claude artifact with your team?

On Team and Enterprise, add colleagues in the Share menu or open it to your whole organization. Artifacts stay inside your organization by default.

• Open the artifact and click Share.
• Add colleagues and choose an access level for each. If you type the address of someone in your organization, they're added directly, without an invitation. Enterprise can also add groups.
• Under Who has access, choose "Only people invited", "Anyone at [your organization]" or "Anyone with the link".
• Copy the link and send it.

An owner of your company's Claude account decides whether artifacts can leave the organization. "Anyone with the link" only appears when an owner has turned on external sharing or allowed that artifact. Inviting people from outside by email is on by default on Team and off by default on Enterprise. If an option is greyed out, ask an owner.

Can people without a Claude account open a shared artifact?

No, with one exception. According to Claude's help center, everyone who opens a shared artifact needs a Claude account, even with the link. The exception is a legacy artifact you published from a chat: anyone with that link can open and use it without an account.

For a client or colleague who has never used Claude, this means one extra step: they sign up before they see your work.

Can you share a Claude artifact privately or with a password?

Privately yes, with a password no. New artifacts start private, visible only to you, and email invitations let you choose exactly who gets in. But the help center describes no password option. You can't send a link plus a password to someone who doesn't use Claude.

Can you share a Claude artifact that uses AI?

Not with a public link. Artifacts can call Claude, which turns them into small apps that answer questions or write content. They can also connect to apps you linked to Claude, such as Google Calendar, Slack or Asana. Both come with limits when you share:

• They can't use "Anyone with the link".
• For people you invite from outside your organization, the parts that use Claude or your connected apps don't work.
• Inside a Team or Enterprise organization, colleagues can use them. The AI use counts toward each colleague's own plan, not yours.
• Everyone uses their own connected apps. An artifact that reads from Google Calendar shows each person their own calendar, not yours, or an error if they don't have access.
• A published legacy artifact with AI opens for anyone, but visitors are asked to sign in to Claude for the AI part, and it counts toward their own usage.

Why can't I share my Claude artifact?

Usually because of your plan, the AI in it or your company's settings. Check these:

• You're on the Free plan. Free has no share link and no email invitations. You can only publish legacy artifacts.
• The artifact uses Claude's AI or your connected apps. Then "Anyone with the link" isn't available (see above).
• Your organization blocks it. On Team and Enterprise, an owner decides whether you can share outside the company.
• You're on your phone. Sharing settings only work on the web and in the desktop app.
• It's a type that can't be shared by email. Documents made with Claude Docs, artifacts that connect to other websites, and artifacts with an uploaded file that is still being checked or didn't pass the check can't be shared by email invitation.

How do you publish a legacy artifact?

Click Publish, copy the public link and send it. This works for artifacts made in a chat before September 16, 2026, on Free, Pro and Max.

• Open the artifact.
• Click Publish. The artifact is also added to Artifacts in your sidebar, so you can find it again outside the chat.
• Copy the public link and send it.

What publishing means:

• Anyone with the link can view and use it, without a Claude account. Visitors are only asked to sign up for features that use Claude.
• It's public. There is no private or password-protected version of a published link.
• People with a Claude account can copy and save it, and use the code to build their own version.
• You can embed it on your website. Click "Get embed code" and enter the websites that may show it under "Allowed domains".
• Unpublishing is final. You can't publish the same artifact again, and any data it stored is permanently deleted.

On Team and Enterprise, legacy artifacts have a Share & copy link button instead. Those links work like the newer Share button: viewers need a Claude account and, if the artifact was made in a project, access to that project.

How do you stop sharing a Claude artifact?

Open Share and set who has access back to "Only you" (Pro and Max) or "Only people invited" (Team and Enterprise). Then check the people you invited:

• On Pro and Max, people you invited by email keep their access after you switch to "Only you". Remove them one by one: open their access level and select "Remove".
• Deleting the artifact takes away everyone's access.
• A published legacy artifact is stopped with Unpublish. Remember that this is final and deletes its stored data. On Team and Enterprise, click Share and then Unshare.

Is it safe to share a Claude artifact?

Yes, if you check what you share along with it. Before you send the link:

• Check whether it uses shared storage. Artifacts can save data. With personal storage everyone keeps their own data; with shared storage everyone sees the same data, like the scores on a leaderboard. Claude warns people the first time they use shared storage, but whoever built the artifact decides what is shared. Don't put anything sensitive in a shared artifact.
• Check the chat's files on Team and Enterprise. Sharing a legacy artifact made in a chat also gives viewers access to the attachments and files in that chat.
• Assume the code can be seen. People can copy published artifacts, and anything that runs in a browser can be read by someone who knows where to look. Never put passwords or secret codes in an artifact.
• Tell people what you're sending. Claude advises people to only open shared artifacts from people they trust. A short note with the link, saying what it is and why you send it, helps.

How do you get your artifact out of Claude?

Copy or export the code, put it somewhere that serves web pages, and check that everything still works. This is the route when your colleagues or clients don't use Claude, or when you need a password.

• Get the code. In a legacy artifact, the buttons at the top of the panel let you view, copy or download the code. Artifacts made from the Design template have an Export button that saves a standalone HTML file or a .zip. If you see neither, ask Claude in the chat: "Give me the complete code of this artifact as one HTML file."
• Put it somewhere that serves web pages. An artifact is a self-contained page of code (HTML, CSS and JavaScript, the building blocks of every website), so it can run outside Claude.
• Decide who can open it. Private, behind a password, or open to anyone with the link.
• Check that the AI still works. AI features in an artifact rely on Claude. In most other places they stop working unless you add an API key: a secret code that is linked to your bill. Never put that key in the page, because anyone who opens the page can read it. What hosting a tool costs explains why.
• Check where the data goes. Saving data in an artifact also relies on Claude. A tool that saves entries or shared lists needs a new place to store them, ideally one where you can view and export them.
• Test it like a stranger. Open the link in a private browser window, the way your colleague or client will, before you send it.

Where does Toolcrow fit?

Our view: build the tool anyway, but put it somewhere safe. Toolcrow is a safe place for the tools you build in a chat. Paste the code from your artifact, or upload the file you downloaded, and it runs on its own link.

• Private by default, then your choice: protect it with a password, or open it to anyone with the link. Your colleagues and clients don't need a Claude or Toolcrow account.
• AI keeps working, without an API key in your page and without your colleagues signing in. Toolcrow answers AI requests with a small, fast AI model it chooses, not Claude, so answers can differ a little. AI use counts toward a daily limit per tool.
• Saved data keeps working. Toolcrow supports the same way of saving data that Claude artifacts use, and entries your tool collects land in a Data tab where you can view and export them.
• Each tool runs in its own shielded space, and you can switch on a feedback button so people can tell you when something breaks.

What Toolcrow doesn't do: it can't use the apps you connected in Claude, you can't embed tools on your own website, and visitors don't get their own logins, so the link, the password and the private setting are the locks. A small "Powered by Toolcrow" badge stays on every tool.

Our own free tools started the same way, like the UTM Link Builder we built in a single Claude chat. Toolcrow is free to start.