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Field note 01 · Claude Cowork

All about Cowork

Every function, in one place.

The tool in front of you is already more capable than most of your work asks of it. What's usually missing isn't the tool - it's a clear picture of the parts and how they fit. Cowork is where you hand Claude a whole task instead of one message at a time. The cards below are the pieces that make that possible. Tap any one to open it.

Claude Cowork brings Claude Code's agentic engine to everyday knowledge work, with no terminal. You describe an outcome, step away, and come back to finished work: formatted documents, organized files, synthesized research.

Sessions run remotely on Anthropic's servers, so the work keeps going after you close your laptop and follows you across desktop, web, and mobile. When a task needs something on your machine, like a local file or your browser, Claude reaches it through the open desktop app.

The parts, laid side by side

Ten functions, one workspace

A quick way in

Which piece do I actually need?

Pick what you're trying to do. I'll point you to the part that carries it.

Choose one above - the answer grows here.
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