Claude Whiteboards: Team Brainstorming with AI

Updated November 11, 2026. Claude Whiteboards is in beta.

Many people already use Claude as a thinking partner. The problem was that once the idea was found, you had to copy everything into another tool to discuss it with colleagues. With Claude Whiteboards, launched in beta on November 10, 2026, brainstorming happens right in Claude, as a team.

It’s one of the new tools covered in the guide Claude for small business. Here’s how it works and how a small team can get the most out of it.

What Claude Whiteboards does

Claude Whiteboards is a shared whiteboard where your team works with Claude. According to Anthropic, you can:

• talk through a plan out loud, even a messy one, and let Claude turn it into a board with a timeline, owners and dates;
• collaborate in real time: everyone adds their ideas to the board;
• group notes by theme and have Claude draft each person’s action items;
• focus on part of the board by drawing a box around it, then asking Claude about that area only;
• turn the board into a doc or a deck once the thinking is done.

The board can also be sent to tools like Lucid, Miro or Vani by Zoho, if your team already works there.

Three concrete uses for a small business

1. Plan a launch

You’re launching a new service next month. In a meeting, you describe out loud what needs doing: the web page, the newsletter, team training, advertising. Claude turns it into a timeline of who does what and by when. The team then adjusts directly on the board.

2. Review a project

This is the example Anthropic gives: in a retrospective, everyone adds notes on what worked and what didn’t. Claude groups them by theme and drafts action items for each person. The review is ready by the end of the meeting, instead of waiting for someone to clean it up.

3. A strategy workshop

For broader thinking, such as next year’s priorities, the board keeps every idea visible. You can box an area, like “marketing,” and ask Claude to pull out the top three priorities. Then turn the result into a doc for leadership.

Good habits

• Keep decisions human. Claude organizes and summarizes. The team decides, especially on owners and dates.
• Review the summary before sending it: an automatic summary can miss an important nuance from the meeting.
• Export what needs to last. Since the tool is in beta, turn key decisions into a document, or move them to your project management tool.
• Connect it to your sheets. A timeline from the whiteboard can become a tracker in Claude Sheets, with statuses and deadlines.

Who has access?

Claude Whiteboards is available on all paid Claude plans, on web, desktop and mobile. On Team plans, it’s on by default. On Enterprise, it’s off by default and an admin must turn it on in the organization settings.

Frequently asked questions

Does Claude Whiteboards replace Miro or Lucid?

Not necessarily. Anthropic lets you send the board to Lucid, Miro or Vani by Zoho to keep working there. Claude Whiteboards is mainly for thinking with Claude, then moving to your usual tools.

Can several people work on the same board?

Yes. The board is shared: your team collaborates in real time, with Claude.

What can you do with the board at the end?

Claude can turn it into a doc or a deck, or send it to tools like Lucid, Miro or Vani by Zoho.

Do I need a specific plan?

Claude Whiteboards is available on all paid plans. On Enterprise, an admin must turn it on, since it’s off by default.

Can I use it on mobile?

Yes. Anthropic says Claude Whiteboards works on web, desktop and mobile.