Here's what Claude's Analysis Tool is actually good for

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Another week, another update to Claude.

All the hype aside, what is it good for?

By now, you should know that every time I see a promising AI tool, I get an irresistible urge to f*ck around and found out. So, that’s what I did.

Let’s dive in.

“Hey Claude, please explain Analysis Tool without PR-speak”

First, some context: Claude now has a built-in JavaScript environment. Think of it as a code sandbox where it can crunch numbers and create visualizations.

You just need to turn the Analysis Tool “on” from your homepage — if you have Claude Pro. From then on, it’s just a matter of prompting.

So, what did I do with it?

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Let me show you instead of telling you

I took our product's user analytics (engagement scores, login patterns - the usual SaaS metrics) and dropped the CSV into Claude.

"Show me user engagement patterns," I said.

60 seconds later:

• Got an interactive dashboard

• Found our onboarding-to-active conversion rate

• Spotted exactly which behaviors predict long-term retention

• Identified where users typically drop off

No SQL queries. No Excel pivot tables. No "let me figure out which visualization library to use."

The best part is: It now suggests prompts automatically based on the context. Take a look:

But here's what actually matters:

Our weekly sync meetings used to start with "So, how are things going?" Now they start with "I see we've got a drop-off here - what changed?"

Instead of spending hours preparing for those meetings, I spend 5 minutes asking Claude questions like:

• "What's changed in user behavior over the last 30 days?"

• "Show me patterns in feature usage"

• "Which user segments are growing fastest?"

Here's why I'm sharing this:

We've all been in those meetings where someone asks for data, and the response is "Let me get back to you on that."

Or worse: You spend hours preparing charts and tables, only to have someone ask a question from a different angle - sending you back to Excel.

This tool eliminates that. You can explore data in real-time, during the conversation.

Want to try it?

1. Export whatever data you track (users, sales, support tickets - anything)

2. Feed it to Claude

3. Ask questions in plain English

4. Get insights you can actually use

That's it. No complicated setup needed.

Pro tip: I did this inside a Claude Project where I've added context about our product. Makes the insights more relevant because Claude understands our metrics and benchmarks. Not essential, but worth the 5 minutes it takes to set up.

Until next week, Junaid

P.S. Found any interesting uses for the Analysis Tool? Hit reply and let me know. Always curious to learn from real use-cases.