- Claude Cowork brings Claude Code’s agentic AI powers to all workers via the Claude Desktop app
- It runs separately from your work on a VM, but the app and computer must be awake
- All paid plans can access the research preview tool today
Anthropic has announced its latest addition to Claude Cowork, bringing some of the autonomous agentic AI features of Claude Code to regular users, so instead of chatting, they can use Claude for multi-step tasks.
Cowork now also integrates with third-party apps and at the system level, so it can do things like read, edit, create and organize files, create daily briefings based on past Slack messages and emails, or conduct regular research like competitor analysis or industry news.
To initiate planned work, a user’s prompt is stored in Claude, with additional details, including cadence, providing additional instructions to the autonomous elements.
Claude Cowork is an agent AI colleague for everyone
Antropisk emphasizes that Claude Cowork operates in a dedicated VM to isolate itself from a user’s main operating system, and that it requires explicit permission before taking significant actions such as deleting files. Users also have control over which MCP integrations Claude can access.
A separate guide also advertises Claude Cowork as a way to interact with the Claude Code-inspired agent AI from the more familiar user interface rather than via the terminal.
Recurring tasks can be configured from the ‘Schedule’ tab in the left sidebar or by typing ‘/schedule’ in the task command line. Task management, such as pausing, deleting or running schedules as needed, can only be done through the left sidebar.
It’s worth noting that Claude Cowork requires the Claude Desktop app to be open on an active/awake computer. If these requirements are not met, tasks will be skipped and then run again when the device wakes and the app opens.
The research preview feature is now available for all paid plans, including Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise.
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