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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

  • Day 1: From request to completed task
    • Transitioning from chat to delegation
      • Overview of Cowork and its distinctions from chat interfaces and Claude Code
      • Managing folder access, execution plans, progress tracking, and interim results
      • Identifying suitable versus unsuitable tasks for delegation
      • Exercise: Categorize three tasks from your current week based on their compatibility with Cowork.
    • Composing effective assignments
      • Defining goals, resources, constraints, approval points, and acceptance criteria
      • Reviewing the proposed plan before initiating execution
      • Steering the process during active work
      • Exercise: Draft an assignment for a real task and collaboratively evaluate the proposed plan.
    • Managing documents and files
      • Organizing folders, renaming, and archiving files
      • Synthesizing reports from multiple source files
      • Generating Excel tables and PowerPoint drafts
      • Validating results against original source files
      • Exercise: Create a status report with a task list from a folder of meeting minutes.
    • End-to-end research and reporting
      • Conducting web research with source verification and exclusion filters
      • Utilizing Claude in Chrome for website-based research
      • Verifying sources and requesting specific supporting passages
      • Exercise: Delegate market or vendor research to produce a table with sources, then perform spot-checks.
    • Integrating plugins, skills, connectors, and scheduled tasks
      • Implementing plugins and skills for recurring workflows
      • Connecting to email, calendar, and file storage services
      • Configuring scheduled tasks, such as automated weekly reports
      • Exercise: Set up a scheduled task for a recurring report.
    • Security and safe operations
      • Restricting access to approved folders and backing up data before major changes
      • Enforcing approval protocols for deletions and data transmission
      • Mitigating risks from hidden instructions in files and web pages
      • Exercise: Define three safety rules for Cowork within your specific work context.
    • Outcome: Each participant will have delegated three real-world tasks to Cowork, reviewed the outcomes, and implemented a scheduled task.

Requirements

  • A Claude account with access to Cowork (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise), the Claude desktop application, and a test folder containing anonymized work files.
  • Familiarity with basic Claude functionalities.

Target Audience

  • Knowledge workers, assistants, and project or department leads aiming to delegate complete tasks to Claude instead of conducting iterative conversations.

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