Glossary
An A–Z index of every Claude feature we track. Each entry has a one-line definition; the meta line shows whether it's available on desktop and web, plus the editorial status and the date the page was last verified. Click a letter to jump.
40 features 35 covered on desktop 32 covered on web
A
- Add files or photos
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Attach documents, PDFs, images, and spreadsheets to a chat from the composer's + menu.
- Add from GitHub
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Pull a GitHub repository or file into a chat as context.
- Artifacts
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Apps, documents, games, and tools Claude builds inside a chat and renders in a side panel.
B
- Beta and Research Preview
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What 'beta' and 'research preview' mean on Claude, and which features are currently in each state.
C
- Claude Code
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Claude's agentic coding product. One engine, three surfaces — desktop GUI, web at claude.ai/code, and the `claude` CLI.
- Claude Code (CLI)
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The terminal version of Claude Code — install, CLAUDE.md context files, plans, slash commands, and power-user tips.
- Claude Code (desktop)
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Claude's GUI for agentic coding — git-aware, worktree-aware, hooked into the same connectors as the rest of the app.
- Claude Code (web)
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Claude Code in the browser — agentic coding against GitHub repos on Anthropic-managed cloud infrastructure, no local install required.
- Claude Design
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Anthropic Labs' conversational design tool — describe what you want, Claude builds it on a canvas. Web-only research preview.
- Claude for Office
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Claude's Office add-ins for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word — with dictation, cross-app flows, and third-party platform support.
- Claude in Chrome
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Claude's Chrome extension — ask Claude about the current page, with permission prompts and admin controls.
- Claude Mobile
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Claude's iOS and Android apps — install, sign-in, widgets, dictation, and voice mode.
- Claude Security
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Claude's codebase security product — scans repos for vulnerabilities and proposes fixes.
- Computer Use
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Letting Claude control your computer in Cowork — with a connector → browser → screen-share fallback order.
- Connectors
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The bridges from Claude to the tools you already use — Gmail, Calendar, Notion, Supabase, and plenty more.
- Cowork — an overview
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Claude running multi-step tasks on your behalf: files, browser, code, connectors, all in one session.
- Cowork — home and task detail
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The home screen where Cowork tasks start, and the three-column view you work in once they're running.
- Customize
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The hub for shaping how Claude works: skills, connectors, styles, and agentic defaults.
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E
- Extended Thinking
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The 'think longer' toggle — Claude spends more compute reasoning through hard questions before answering.
F
- File Creation
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Generate downloadable documents (PDF, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) directly from a chat.
I
- Image Generation
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Whether and how Claude generates images — and what to do when it can't.
- Incognito mode
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A chat that isn't saved to your history. Available on desktop and web.
M
- Memory
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Claude's per-user memory — what it remembers, and how to import/export it.
P
- Pick a model
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Switch between Opus, Sonnet, Haiku, and extended thinking right from the composer.
- Plugins
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Bundles of skills, connectors, and sub-agents tailored to a workflow. Install once, get a whole toolkit.
- Projects
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A folder for ongoing work: chats, tasks, files, and instructions that Claude keeps in mind across sessions.
R
- Research
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Multi-minute research runs that explore a topic across many sources and produce a report.
S
- Scheduled tasks
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Tasks that run on a schedule — every morning, every Monday, or whenever you need them. Local on desktop; cloud-run on the web (Routines).
- Search across your chats
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Find a past conversation by what was in it, not by scrolling your history.
- Settings
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Account, profile, privacy, billing, usage, and advanced toggles — the behind-the-scenes of your Claude account.
- Sharing a chat
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Turn a conversation into a link you can send — public or to your team. Snapshots, not live views.
- Skills
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Packaged instructions Claude can invoke — like plugins for behaviour. Install one, and Claude knows how to do a specific job well.
T
- The chat composer
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Where you type to Claude. More than a text box — the + menu, the / palette, and the model picker all live here.
U
- Use style
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Pick a writing style for Claude's replies — concise, explanatory, formal, or your own.
V
- Visual and Interactive Content
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Inline visuals Claude renders in chat — weather widgets, recipes, diagrams, and the new custom-visuals beta.
- Voice mode
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Talk to Claude out loud and hear it talk back. Beta, web and mobile only.
W
- Web Search
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Claude's built-in web search — pulls fresh information into an answer from the open web.
- Which Research Tool to Use
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Which of Claude's three research tools — web search, extended thinking, or Research — to pick for a given question.