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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
      • Folder access permissions, execution plans, progress tracking, and interim deliverables
      • Identifying suitable versus unsuitable tasks for Cowork
      • Exercise: Categorize three tasks from your current workload based on their suitability for Cowork.
    • Crafting Effective Assignments
      • Defining objectives, source materials, constraints, approval checkpoints, and acceptance criteria
      • Reviewing the proposed plan before initiating execution
      • Guiding the process during active work
      • Exercise: Draft an assignment for a real-world task and collaboratively assess the proposed plan.
    • Document and File Management
      • Organizing folders, renaming files, and systematic filing
      • Synthesizing reports from multiple source files
      • Generating Excel tables and PowerPoint drafts
      • Verifying outputs against original source files
      • Exercise: Generate a status report with a task list from a folder of meeting minutes.
    • Research to Final Report
      • Conducting web research with specified sources and exclusion criteria
      • Utilizing Claude in Chrome for website-specific research
      • Validating sources and requesting supporting evidence
      • Exercise: Delegate market or vendor research, output as a sourced table, and perform spot checks.
    • Plugins, Skills, Connectors, and Scheduled Tasks
      • Configuring plugins and skills for repetitive workflows
      • Integrating connectors for email, calendars, and file storage
      • Setting up scheduled tasks, such as generating a weekly report every Friday
      • Exercise: Configure a scheduled task for a recurring report.
    • Safe Working Practices
      • Restricting access to released folders and executing backups before major modifications
      • Enforcing approval before deletion or external data transmission
      • Mitigating risks from hidden instructions in files and web pages
      • Exercise: Define three security rules for Cowork aligned with your work context.
    • Outcome: Each participant will have successfully delegated three real-world tasks to Cowork, evaluated the results, and implemented a scheduled task.

Requirements

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

Target Audience

  • Knowledge workers, assistants, and project or department leads seeking to delegate entire tasks to Claude instead of engaging in step-by-step dialogue.

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