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⇱ Introduction to Claude Cowork


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About this course

Cowork is Claude working directly with your files, folders, and apps — reading, editing, and producing real outputs on your machine. Where Chat is a conversation, Cowork is a working session: you describe the task, Claude plans and executes it, and you steer along the way. 

This course gets you from first launch to confident daily use. You'll run your first end-to-end task, learn how context shapes Claude's plan, set up plugins and skills that match your work, and practice the kind of steering that keeps longer-running tasks on track.

Curriculum

  • Meet Claude Cowork
  • What is Claude Cowork
  • Setting up Claude Cowork
  • What Claude Cowork can do for you
  • Hand Claude Cowork your first task
  • Make Claude Cowork yours
  • Get better results faster
  • Standing context: Global instructions and projects
  • Skills: Teach Claude Cowork your way
  • Plugins: Encode your team's expertise
  • Use Claude wherever you work
  • Claude in Chrome
  • Claude for Microsoft 365
  • Sharing and safety in Claude Cowork
  • Best practices for working safely
  • Validating skills for plugins
  • Share what you build with your team
  • Wrap up and next steps
  • Check your understanding
  • Quiz on Claude Cowork

Cowork is Claude working directly with your files, folders, and apps — reading, editing, and producing real outputs on your machine. Where Chat is a conversation, Cowork is a working session: you describe the task, Claude plans and executes it, and you steer along the way. 

This course gets you from first launch to confident daily use. You'll run your first end-to-end task, learn how context shapes Claude's plan, set up plugins and skills that match your work, and practice the kind of steering that keeps longer-running tasks on track.

  • Meet Claude Cowork
  • What is Claude Cowork
  • Setting up Claude Cowork
  • What Claude Cowork can do for you
  • Hand Claude Cowork your first task
  • Make Claude Cowork yours
  • Get better results faster
  • Standing context: Global instructions and projects
  • Skills: Teach Claude Cowork your way
  • Plugins: Encode your team's expertise
  • Use Claude wherever you work
  • Claude in Chrome
  • Claude for Microsoft 365
  • Sharing and safety in Claude Cowork
  • Best practices for working safely
  • Validating skills for plugins
  • Share what you build with your team
  • Wrap up and next steps
  • Check your understanding
  • Quiz on Claude Cowork

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Skilljar collects basic learning analytics such as course progress, lesson completion status, quiz scores, and time spent on materials. This data helps us understand how you're progressing through the course and allows us to provide you with completion certificates. All data collection is focused on improving your learning experience, and is subject to Skilljar's Privacy Policy.

Skilljar only tracks your learning progress within this course platform, while your Anthropic account manages your access to the Anthropic Console and/or Claude AI services.

Yes, Skilljar employs industry-standard security measures including data encryption, secure hosting, and regular security audits. Your learning data is stored on secure servers with appropriate access controls. Skilljar is SOC 2 compliant and follows best practices for data protection to ensure your information remains safe and private.

To request deletion of your learning data or account, email academy-support@anthropic.com. Your request will be processed in accordance with applicable privacy laws and our data retention policies. Note that some data may need to be retained for legitimate business purposes, such as compliance or security, but we'll delete all personal information where legally permissible.

No, you don't need an Anthropic account to access this learning content. The course is hosted on Skilljar and only requires a Skilljar account for access. However, if you want to use Claude AI services after completing the course, you would need to create a separate Anthropic account at claude.ai.

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