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5 artifacts to build with Claude this week

Hey, it's Cindy ๐ŸŒฑ You commented BUILD, so here are the exact prompts for all 5 artifacts. An artifact is a small app Claude builds inside the chat from one description: no code, no downloads. Open claude.ai, paste a prompt, and it appears next to the conversation. Free plan is enough to build every one of these.
before you build

๐Ÿง  The 60-second version of how artifacts work

Your data stays yours Nothing connects to your bank. You type your numbers in (or paste a CSV your bank exported), so nothing sensitive leaves the app.
Free plan = dashboard On free, a refresh clears what you typed. Every prompt below asks for an export button, so you download your data and load it back next time.
Paid plan = real app On Pro or Max, hit Publish and the artifact gets built-in storage: it remembers your entries between visits, private to you.
Share it free Publish and send the link. Friends can use your app without an account, and their usage never touches yours.
One rule before you ever unpublish an artifact: export your data first. Unpublishing permanently deletes the app's saved data.

build 1

๐Ÿ“… The cash-flow calendar

๐Ÿ“‹ Paste this into claude.ai
Build me a cash-flow calendar artifact. It shows one month as a calendar grid where I can add my paydays (green) and bills (red) on the exact dates they hit, each with a name and amount. Above the calendar, show four totals: income this month, bills this month, what's left over, and my projected lowest balance point with its date. Below the calendar, draw a simple bar chart of my projected balance across the month so I can see the dip coming, and highlight any "tight week" where my balance drops under $200 with a warning note that suggests one fix (like moving a bill date). Include an "add entry" form, editing and deleting, a starting-balance field, and an export button that downloads all my entries as a file plus an import that loads them back, so I never lose my data.

build 2

๐Ÿ•ณ๏ธ The subscription leak finder

๐Ÿ“‹ Paste this into claude.ai
Build me a subscription leak finder artifact. I'll add each subscription with its name, monthly cost, renewal date, and when I last actually used it. Show me the total per month at the top, the number of subscriptions, and a "leaking" total: the combined cost of everything I haven't used in 90 days. Color-code each row: green for things I use weekly, amber for things I should watch, red for things I haven't opened in months, and sort the worst leaks to the top. Flag anything renewing in the next 7 days with a "cancel before Friday?" style alert, and support annual subscriptions by showing their true monthly cost. Include add, edit, delete, an export button that downloads my list as a file, and an import to load it back.

build 3

๐Ÿ’ผ The job hunt command center

๐Ÿ“‹ Paste this into claude.ai
Build me a job hunt command center artifact. Each application has a role, company, salary range, status (applied, interviewing, offer, rejected), the date I applied, a contact person, and a "next action" with a due date. Show a stats row at the top (total applied, interviewing, offers, rejected) and a banner listing every follow-up due this week so nothing slips. Lay out the active pipeline as two columns, one for interviewing and one for offers, as cards showing the role, salary range, and next action in orange. Rejections collapse into a simple list so they don't clutter the board. Include add, edit, delete, drag or button-based status changes, an export button that downloads everything as a file, and an import to load it back.

build 4

๐Ÿ“ˆ The net worth tracker

๐Ÿ“‹ Paste this into claude.ai
Build me a net worth tracker artifact. Two sections: assets (savings, super or retirement fund, car resale value, investments, anything I own) and debts (credit card, student loan, anything I owe), each as editable rows with a name and amount. Compute one big honest headline number, net worth, with a green or red delta vs last month. Let me save a monthly snapshot, and chart my snapshots over time as a simple line or bar sparkline so I can watch the trend. Call out, in one friendly sentence, the single biggest thing moving in the wrong direction (like a growing credit card). I type all numbers in myself, nothing connects to any bank. Include an export button that downloads all my data and snapshots as a file, and an import to load them back.

build 5

๐Ÿ’Œ The stay-in-touch tracker

๐Ÿ“‹ Paste this into claude.ai
Build me a stay-in-touch tracker artifact, a tiny personal CRM for the people I love. Each person has a name, how often I want to talk to them (weekly, fortnightly, monthly, quarterly), when we last talked, and their birthday. Color-code everyone: green if I'm on track, amber if a check-in is due soon, red if I'm overdue, and sort the most overdue to the top. Show a birthday countdown for anyone with a birthday in the next 30 days, and a stats row (how many overdue, birthdays this month, people tracked). Give me one big "mark as contacted today" button per person that resets their clock. Include add, edit, delete, an export button that downloads my list as a file, and an import to load it back.

level up

๐Ÿš€ If you're on a paid plan

  1. ๐Ÿ“ค Publish it Hit Publish on your finished artifact. That switches on built-in storage (up to 20 MB), so the app remembers your entries between visits, no export dance needed.
  2. ๐Ÿ”’ Keep it personal Ask Claude to use personal storage, so even if you share the link, every person gets their own private data, never yours.
  3. ๐ŸŽจ Make it yours Ask for your colors, your currency, dark mode, whatever. It's your app. Rebuilding a variation takes one sentence.

๐Ÿ”Ž Proof

Anthropic: what artifacts are (plans, storage, limits)
Anthropic: publish and share artifacts
Anthropic: artifacts, storage and MCP announcement
Anthropic tutorial: AI-powered artifact apps

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