Anthropic has enabled a Bluetooth application programming interface (API) that allows makers and developers to build hardware devices that interact directly with Claude, the company's conversational AI model.
The tool was announced by Anthropic engineer Felix Rieseberg, who posted details and a link to example devices on GitHub via X.
The move formalises a connection between Anthropic's software and the physical world, following a wave of independent hardware projects built on top of Claude that caught the company's attention.
Among them is Schematik, an AI assistant created by Samuel Beek that turns natural-language prompts into wiring diagrams, parts lists and step-by-step assembly guides for platforms including Arduino, ESP32 and Raspberry Pi.
Beek, a former chief product officer at video editing platform VEED, describes Schematik as a "Cursor for Hardware" and recently raised $4.6 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners to fund further development.
He says his motivation came from a near-miss during an early experiment using ChatGPT to guide a wiring project, which tripped his household fuses.
"That's the difference: your fuses blow out, or you have a solid product," Beek says.
Schematik currently focuses on low-voltage devices, limited to 3 or 5 volts, and Beek is working to add a shopping-list feature and monetisation options.
Rieseberg's GitHub example resembles projects made by users, including Marc Vermeeren, who has built MP3 players and a Tamagotchi-style gadget called Clawy using Schematik.
The Bluetooth API fits within Anthropic's broader push to extend Claude's capabilities beyond text-based conversation and into practical, task-oriented applications, alongside recent launches including Claude Code for software development, Claude Design for visual assets and Cowork for general knowledge work.
Industry figures say tools like Schematik and the new Bluetooth API could meaningfully lower barriers for hobbyists and small hardware developers.
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Kyle Wiens, chief executive of iFixit, the electronics repair company, says electronics design involves sorting through vast numbers of component SKUs and compatibility checks, a task well suited to AI.
"This kind of scale is the sort of thing that AIs are good at," Wiens says.
The recap
- Anthropic enabled a Bluetooth API for hardware integration.
- Schematik raised $4.6 million from Lightspeed Venture Partners.
- Schematik currently limits builds to 3 or 5 volts.
