Cowork
Breaks down Cowork, Anthropic's folder agent, showing how it brings Claude Code's reach to tasks like tidying files or turning receipts into tables, and where its platform and privacy limits lie.
Cowork is the folder agent Anthropic introduced in Claude Desktop, extending Claude Code's reach to daily office tasks. Once a folder is authorised, it can read, edit or create files there, sorting downloads, turning receipt screenshots into spreadsheets or drafting reports from notes, and it sets out a plan and asks before key actions. It is available mainly on macOS to Claude Max subscribers, with care over privacy and prompt-injection risk.
