# Claude Cowork

Tool · [Standard tools and platforms](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tools)

Also called: Cowork, Claude co-work, Claude cowork, co-work

[Anthropic](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/claude)'s name for Claude carrying out multi-step tasks across a person's files and tools, such as organizing folders or assembling a report, and returning finished work to review. It began as a separate mode and is now part of the main Claude app.

**For example:** A [founder](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/founder) points Claude Cowork at a folder of receipts and asks for a [spreadsheet](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/spreadsheet) of expenses by month.

Official site: <https://claude.com/product/cowork>

## Connects to (6)

- [AI agent](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/ai-agent): An AI tool that does more than answer a question.
- [Claude](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/claude): An AI chat assistant made by Anthropic.
- [Claude Code](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/claude-code): An AI coding agent made by Anthropic.
- [Tool use](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/tool-use): A way for a model to ask the software around it to run a defined action, such as a search or a database lookup, and send back the result.
- [Startup ecosystem](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/startup-ecosystem): The people, money and organizations in one place that help new companies start and grow.
- [HeyClicky](https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/heyclicky): An AI assistant app for Mac and Windows that sits on the desktop and helps with what is on the screen.

## Sources

- <https://claude.com/product/cowork>


Map view: https://ecosystem.samcarlton.com/claude-cowork