Using the Zoom Whiteboard for Claude connector
Zoom Whiteboard connects with Claude so you can create and manage whiteboards using natural language. After you connect your Zoom account, you can ask Claude to create whiteboards for brainstorming, planning, meeting summaries, strategy analysis, and diagrams.
When a whiteboard is created, Claude can show a preview of the generated content before you open it in Zoom Whiteboard. You can then edit, share, and collaborate on the whiteboard using the standard Zoom Whiteboard tools.
In addition to using and accessing Zoom Whiteboard content in Claude, you can also add the Zoom for Claude app to access and use your Zoom meeting information and meeting assets within your Claude experience.
Requirements for using the Zoom Whiteboard connector with Claude
- A Zoom Workplace Pro, Zoom Workplace Pro Plus, Zoom Workplace Business, Zoom Workplace Business Plus, Zoom Workplace Enterprise, Zoom Workplace Enterprise Plus, or Enterprise Bundle account
- Zoom Whiteboard enabled
- Access to Claude connectors
- Permission to connect third party apps, if managed by your organization
Limitations for using the Zoom Whiteboard connector with Claude
- Whiteboards created through Claude follow Zoom Whiteboard permissions and account settings.
- You must have access to Zoom Whiteboard to open and edit generated boards.
- Some actions may be limited by your Zoom account settings, user permissions, or your organization's access restrictions.
How to add Zoom Whiteboard to Claude
- Sign in to Claude.
- In the left navigation, click Customize.
- Click Connectors.
- Click the add icon, then click Browse connectors.
- Search for and then click Zoom.
- Click Connect.
You will be redirected to the Zoom Whiteboard for Claude page of the Zoom Marketplace. - In the top right of your screen, click Add.
- Confirm the required app permissions and click Allow.
- Once redirected back to the Claude site, complete the authorization of the app.
How to use Claude with Zoom Whiteboard
The Zoom Whiteboard connector enables you to perform a wide range of whiteboard management tasks directly through Claude. Using natural language commands, you can create new whiteboards, manage existing ones, control collaborator access, and organize your whiteboard content efficiently. Some of the actions you can perform are:
- Create a new whiteboard
- Create a brainstorming whiteboard
- Create a meeting summary whiteboard
- Create a strategy analysis whiteboard
- Create a whiteboard from a diagram or script
- Find existing whiteboards
- Open whiteboard details
- Update a whiteboard's metadata
- Delete a whiteboard
- Add, update, or remove whiteboard collaborators, when supported
Launch the app in Claude
- Sign in to Claude.
- In the Claude text box, click the add icon.
- Click Connectors.
- Verify that the Zoom Whiteboard toggle is enabled.
Users can begin chatting with Claude for review and manage their Zoom meetings and meeting assets.
Claude generates the whiteboard content and shows a preview when available. You can open the whiteboard in Zoom Whiteboard to review, edit, and share it.
Example prompts and responses
Below are example prompts to begin using Claude with Zoom Whiteboard.
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“Create a business process flowchart in whiteboard.”
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Claude will create a persistent Zoom Whiteboard document with a diagram embedded. Once created, Claude will display a link to the whiteboard. The diagram follows Mermaid syntax.
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“List my whiteboards.”
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Claude will return a list of whiteboards the user can access.
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“Get details for this whiteboard.”
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Claude will return information about the selected whiteboard.
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How to remove Zoom Whiteboard in Claude
- Sign in to Claude.
- Go to Settings.
- Click Connectors.
- Find and select Zoom Whiteboard.
- Click Remove.
Data Security
This app stores access credentials in the local data store:
- Claude API tokens and Zoom OAuth credentials (both user-level only) are stored in an encrypted database.
How you data is used
Claude accesses and uses the following information from your Zoom account:
- View a user’s whiteboards [whiteboard:read:list_whiteboards]: Used to list your whiteboards so you can browse and select them in the app.
- View whiteboard content [whiteboard:read:whiteboard]: Used to retrieve the contents of a selected whiteboard so the app can answer questions or work with it.
- View whiteboard collaborators [whiteboard:read:list_collaborators]: Used to view who has access to a whiteboard and their permissions.
- Edit whiteboard content [whiteboard:write:whiteboard]: Used to create new whiteboards or update existing whiteboards based on your prompts.
- Add whiteboard collaborators [whiteboard:write:collaborator]: Used to share whiteboards by adding collaborators.
- Remove whiteboard collaborators [whiteboard:delete:collaborator]: Used to remove collaborators from whiteboards.
- Delete whiteboards [whiteboard:delete:whiteboard]: Used to delete whiteboards at your request.
- Update collaborator permissions [whiteboard:update:collaborator]: Used to change collaborator access levels (for example, viewer or editor).