Claude Cowork guide: login, download, setup, and connectors
Learn what Claude Cowork is, use the official web login or desktop download, complete your first setup, and build practical workflows with connectors and tested prompts.
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What is Claude Cowork?
Claude Cowork is Claude's agentic mode — available in the Claude desktop, web, and mobile apps — that lets Claude work directly with your files and connected apps to complete multi-step tasks — instead of just answering questions in chat. You point it at a folder or a connector, describe the outcome you want, and Claude does the work.
What can Claude Cowork do?
In practice, people use Claude Cowork to:
- Organize, rename, and clean up files and folders
- Draft, format, and edit documents and spreadsheets
- Pull data from connected apps like Gmail, Google Drive, and GitHub
- Run multi-step workflows that chain several tools together
- Automate repetitive tasks so they happen on a schedule
New to it? Start with the getting-started guide, then browse ready-made workflows and connector setup guides.
Get started in 3 steps
Everything you need to go from zero to your first Cowork task.
Subscribe to a paid plan
Cowork is included with Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans. Not included in the free tier.
Open Claude Cowork
On desktop for macOS and Windows at claude.com/download, on the web at claude.ai, or in the Claude mobile app.
Hand over your first task
Open the Cowork tab, pick a folder or connector, and describe the outcome you want. Claude handles the rest.
Use cases by team
Claude Cowork guides for real operating work
Start with a workflow designed around your team's inputs, review points, and safety requirements.
Claude Cowork for nonprofits
Grant research, donor drafts, board reporting, volunteer coordination, and safer data practices.
Read the nonprofit guide →Claude Cowork for transport and logistics
Exception briefs, document intake, customer updates, carrier review, and controlled operations.
Read the logistics guide →Claude Cowork for business and sales
Account research, meeting preparation, pipeline review, and follow-up workflows.
Read the sales guide →Claude Cowork for marketing
Research, briefs, repurposing, campaign operations, and reviewable content systems.
Read the marketing guide →Frequently asked questions
How do I get Claude Cowork?
Subscribe to a paid Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise), then switch to Cowork mode in the desktop app (macOS or Windows), on the web, or in the Claude mobile app. See the getting-started guide.
How much does Claude Cowork cost?
Cowork is included with Claude's paid plans — Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise. It is not available on the free tier.
What connectors does Claude Cowork support?
Cowork supports connectors for tools like Gmail, Google Drive, GitHub, and many others, so Claude can read from and act across your apps. Browse our connector setup guides.