Creative professionals look to technology to expand what's possible in their work. Claude can't replace taste or imagination, but it can open up new ways of working—faster and more ambitious ideation, a more expansive skill set, and the ability for creatives to take on larger-scale projects. AI can also help shoulder the parts of the creative process that eat up time by handling repetitive tasks and eliminating manual toil. Key to both these goals is integrating Claude into the tools the creative industry already knows and trusts.
Today, we’re releasing a set of connectors—tools that let Claude work alongside the software creative professionals rely on, so creatives can extend their reach.
Connectors allow Claude to access other platforms and tools directly. We are adding several new connectors that are designed to make it easier to use Claude for creative work:
Here are a few of the ways Claude can be used for creative tasks:
Blender is a free, open-source 3D creation suite used across industries, from indie game development and motion graphics to architectural visualization and film production.
The Blender developers have created an MCP connector, which is now officially available for Claude. For example, 3D artists can use the Blender connector to analyze and debug entire Blender scenes, or build custom scripts to batch-apply changes to objects in a scene. And using Blender’s Python API, the connector lets Claude add new tools directly to Blender’s interface.
Anthropic has made a donation to support the Blender project as they continue to develop their Python API, which makes integrations like this possible. And because the connector is built on MCP , it is accessible to other LLMs in addition to Claude, a reflection of Blender’s commitment to open source and interoperability.
We’re also working with art and design programs to support curricula that involve creative computation. The first three such programs are Art and Computation at Rhode Island School of Design, Fundamentals of AI for Creatives at Ringling College of Art and Design, and the MA/MFA Computational Arts program at Goldsmiths, University of London. Students and faculty will get access to Claude and the new connectors, and their feedback will help us understand what creative practitioners need from these tools. We look forward to learning from them, and to expanding the program to more institutions in the future.
Updated May 1, 2026: Blender has elected to receive Anthropic's contribution as a one-time donation rather than through the Blender Development Fund; the post has been revised to reflect this. Accordingly, we've also edited the wording used to describe the collaborations listed.
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