Lesson 14
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Learning objectives
By the end of this lesson you'll be able to:
- Recall the arc of Cowork 101 and what each module gave you
- Pick the next moves that keep you using Cowork after the course ends
What you've covered
What you've covered
Module 1
Meet Claude Cowork
What Cowork is, how it differs from Chat and Code, the kinds of work it's built for, and your first real task.
Module 2
Make Claude Cowork Yours
Global instructions, projects, skills, and plugins — how much more capable Cowork becomes when it knows what you know, has access to what you have access to, and does things the way your team does.
Module 3
Use Claude wherever you work
Cowork in your browser via Claude in Chrome, and inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook via Claude in M365.
Module 4
Sharing and safety in Claude Cowork
Working with autonomy responsibly, validating what you build, and turning personal workflows into team infrastructure.
Hand off a task, get a polished deliverable.
The throughline: Cowork goes beyond chat to allow you to delegate real work. Everything else in the course builds on that.
Try it now
Pick one of these to do this week.
- Set up memory. Write a five-sentence global instructions block, or create a project for a stream of work you're already in.
- Schedule a task or run Cowork in the cloud. Take a recurring deliverable and put it on a cadence. Or run Cowork in the cloud (in beta, on eligible plans) so that the next time something comes to mind off-hours, you can hand it off from your phone.
- Install a plugin. Go to Customize → Plugins, install the plugin closest to your role, and run it against this week's version of your work.
- Try Claude in Chrome or M365. Pick the surface that aligns with where most of your real work happens, install it, and use it on one task.
- Share something you built. Share a use case you found valuable, a workflow that produced great results, or a skill you've built with your team. You could be the unlock they need to get more comfortable working with Claude.
Go deeper
A few learning paths worth knowing about:
- AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations. The foundations of working effectively with AI — prompting, evaluating output, knowing when AI is and isn't the right tool.
- AI Capabilities and Limitations. A deeper survey of what generative AI tools can do across modalities and surfaces.
- Claude 101. The companion course on using Claude across all surfaces.
- Claude use-case library. Filter to Claude Cowork for ideas and inspiration on what to delegate next.