7 NEW Claude Features That Will Save You HOURS
Use Claude’s integrations, verification, delegation, and remote-control features to reduce manual handoffs and keep work moving.
- Install Claude’s Google Workspace add-on to work with Docs, Sheets, and Slides while preserving file context and formatting.
- Use dashboard sources and formulas to verify displayed numbers; use projects to split work into parallel threads.
- Create editable artifact documents and slides, and use remote control plus keep-awake settings for longer local tasks.
The setup walkthroughs and practical examples make several features easier to apply. · Best for: Claude users who want to automate work, build with Claude, or improve team workflows.
The video presents seven Claude features for integrating with existing work, customizing workflows, checking outputs, delegating tasks, reducing model costs, creating documents and slides, and continuing local work remotely.
Google Workspace integration0:00
- Install Claude from Google Workspace Marketplace, then enable the add-on in Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
- Use Claude’s skills and connectors in the sidebar; the integration can account for file details such as formatting, formulas, and themes.
Claude mods1:35
- Describe a mod and ask Claude Code to build it; useful examples include tracking usage and turning corrections into persistent rules.
- Try the Burn Meter idea or ask Claude to suggest mods from session history. Save useful mods as plugins to reuse them.
- Evaluate mods by whether they help complete real work, rather than building them for novelty.
Dashboards and verifiable data6:15
- In Artifacts, choose the dashboard template and ask Claude to make a dashboard useful for a project.
- Use “See where the numbers come from” to inspect raw values and formulas behind displayed metrics.
- The presenter says dashboards can now use external data and show how visualized values were derived.
Claude Code projects7:47
- Projects in Claude Code coordinate work from one ongoing conversation, splitting tasks into threads and identifying where input is needed.
- The presenter says Claude Code also partitions chats into threads automatically, reducing manual chat switching.
Haiku 5.510:47
- Test Haiku 5.5 on your tasks for speed and response quality, then consider whether it can replace a more expensive model.
- The presenter cites lower API costs as a reason to reassess use cases that were previously too costly.
Artifact documents and slides12:24
- Create editable documents in Claude and ask for changes to highlighted text directly in the document.
- For slides, provide brand assets or a design system, start from an original idea, and request five variations.
- Slides can be exported to PowerPoint, PDF, or Google Slides; recipients need a Claude account to open a shared artifact link.
Remote control and keeping the computer awake14:44
- Type /remote control to access local Claude Code chats from a mobile phone.
- In Claude Desktop, enable Settings > Claude Code > Keep computer awake while Claude works; there is also a separate battery-power option.
- Alternatively, the presenter uses a terminal command called awake to keep the computer on for a set duration.
Step by step
- Install Claude from Google Workspace Marketplace and enable it from the add-ons menu in the Google app you use.
- Try a mod that solves a recurring problem; ask Claude to build it, then save it as a plugin if you want to reuse it.
- Create an Artifact dashboard from the dashboard template and inspect the source values and formulas behind its numbers.
- Use a Claude Code project to delegate related tasks into threads from one conversation.
- Test Haiku 5.5 on representative tasks and compare its results and cost with your current model.
- For documents and slides, supply brand references, begin with your own idea, and request multiple slide variations.
- Start /remote control, then enable the computer’s keep-awake setting or use the awake terminal command.
Tools & resources mentioned
- Google Workspace Marketplace — install the Claude add-on.
- Burn Meter — open-source Claude Code usage mod mentioned as an example.
- Claude Artifacts — create dashboards, editable documents, and slide decks.
- designmd.app — source of design inspiration for slide styling.
- Claude Desktop settings — enable keeping the computer awake during Claude Code work.
Notes are AI-generated from the video's transcript and may miss nuance.