The Drop

Anthropic ships Claude Opus 4.8 with stronger benchmarks and a new effort control for Cowork. The same day, Anthropic closes a $65 billion Series H round at a $965 billion valuation.

Code with Claude 2026 ships multi-agent orchestration and Remote Agents. Claude for Small Business launches with 8 connectors. Anthropic announces new Agent SDK billing starting June 15.

Anthropic ships 9 new connectors for creative pros including Adobe, Blender, Ableton and Autodesk Fusion. Claude Security enters public beta with Opus 4.7 vulnerability scanning. Plus a tip on chaining connectors for real workflows.

Computer use just landed in Cowork — Claude can now open apps, navigate browsers, and finish work on your machine. Plus: scheduled tasks, what to read this week, and a tip for writing task prompts that actually work.

Learn how to build skills that interact with external systems safely using context: fork, plus a curated collection of Claude Code docs and guides worth bookmarking.

After one week with Computer Use in Cowork, here is what people are actually doing with it — plus cross-app Excel-to-PowerPoint workflows and a weekend automation tip.

Enterprise Cowork plugins expand with private marketplaces, and Google Calendar gets a connector.

Claude is now on iOS and Android with interactive apps, and Claude Code ships Auto Mode for hands-free coding workflows.

Claude can now click, scroll, and type on your computer. This week: Computer Use launches in Cowork research preview, plus a tip for your first computer use task.

Dispatch goes live for phone-based Cowork control.

Cowork Projects launch with persistent workspaces, Microsoft goes all-in on Claude with Copilot Cowork, and the 1M token context window is now free for all paid plans.

Dispatch fully rolls out to all Pro and Max subscribers, Claude now generates charts right in chat, and Excel/PowerPoint add-ins get upgraded. Plus a tip on Global Instructions to save time every session.

Dispatch launches, Sonnet 4.6 is out, Enterprise goes self-serve, and a tip on context files.

Welcome to the first ClaudeCowork Drop — a weekly roundup of news, resources, and practical tips for getting the most out of Claude Cowork. This week: Windows launch, scheduled tasks, and how to set up your first automation.