Claude Live Artifacts: Dashboards That Stay Current with Cowork

This class moves beyond static AI outputs and into tools that stay current. Using Claude Cowork's Live Artifacts feature, learners build a persistent, interactive dashboard that pulls fresh data from connected apps each time it is opened, so the view reflects current information rather than a snapshot from the past. The session covers connecting data sources, including Google Drive; describing the dashboard you want in plain language; and using version history to review and restore earlier versions as your tool evolves. This class is well suited for anyone who finds themselves rebuilding the same status report or summary view week after week and wants to explore a more automated approach.

Learners will have the opportunity to:
1. Practice connecting data sources such as Google Drive to a Live Artifact
2. Describe and experiment with generating a persistent dashboard using plain-language prompting
3. Explore how Live Artifacts refresh data each time they are opened
4. Work with version history to review earlier versions and restore previous states
5. Identify repeating reporting tasks that might be good candidates for a self-updating dashboard

Topics:
- What Live Artifacts are and how they differ from standard Artifacts
- Connecting data sources in Claude Cowork
- Describing your dashboard in plain language
- How Live Artifacts refresh: what updates and when
- Using version history to manage changes
- Identifying use cases: what makes a good Live Artifact