Anthropic Is Adding Multiple Premium Claude Features to the Free Plan

Free users are being given access to Claude’s many paid features from Anthropic. But the chatbot’s free plan will now allow users to use four new features that were only available with the Pro and Max plans, according to the artificial intelligence (AI) startup Wednesday. Anyone logged in Claude can now use File Creation, Skills and Connectors and Compaction features. But sadly, these new features for the free plan come at a time when OpenAI is testing ads in ChatGPT.

Claude Brings New Features to the Free Plan

In a post on X (formerly called Twitter), the official handle of Claude said four new features will now be added to the free tier in ‘the latest version, which is known as s. All of these are now available to any user who has registered on Claude and log into their account. But these capabilities will only be based on the AI models in the free tier of s.

File Creation, for example, allows users to create and download standalone files (including spreadsheets, documents or code scripts) directly within the chat interface. The system assembles data into appropriate formats such as the format of rather than just copying raw text for the user. Csv, csp Pdf (or PDF), or. Py py. The goal of is to help users quickly create ready-to-use assets in certain file formats and then export them.

Connectors, enabled by Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol (MCP) and aforementioned connector is next. It also connects the AI chatbot with external data hubs and third-party apps like Google Drive, Notion or Slack. Claude retrieves information and even performs some tasks directly within the apps once connected to . In this way, those in the free plan will also be able to experience Claude’s agentic capabilities with this.

In Claude skills are generally customary instructions, although they are combined with a specific knowledge base. Using existing skills or other skill creations anywhere across the platform, users can quickly help the chatbot understand what it needs to play. Users with Skills can prevent prompting multiple times in chat windows and projects when teaching the chatbot how to behave and respond.

In the end, Compaction is a useful tool that allows users to quickly summarize ‘long conversation’ when they rejoin it after some time. This gives user context to know where they left the project, and allows them to seamlessly continue chat.