Anthropic Previews Cowork, a Claude Desktop Agent Workspace
Anthropic launched Cowork in research preview, letting Claude work inside a user-selected folder. It’s initially available to Claude Max users on macOS.
Anthropic announced today that Cowork is available as a research preview, positioning it as a “Claude Code”-style workflow aimed at non-developer tasks. Cowork launches for Claude Max subscribers inside the Claude macOS app, where it appears in the sidebar as “Cowork.”
Cowork works by granting Claude explicit access to a folder you select, allowing it to read, edit, and create files within that directory. Anthropic says Cowork can also use existing connectors and adds an initial set of skills geared toward producing documents, presentations, and other files.
For browser-dependent tasks, Anthropic states Cowork can be paired with Claude in Chrome. Anthropic also says the preview is released early to learn how people use it, with planned improvements that include cross-device sync and a Windows version, while access for non-Max users starts with a waitlist.