The Drop

Anthropic launched Claude Duet, a proactive agent that works in the background across your connected apps. What it does, who can get it, and why it matters.

Claude Docs, Slides, and Design are out of beta on every plan, including Free. Claude Dashboards and Motion arrive in beta, Unified Claude has a November 10 date for organizations, and two desktop releases fix scheduled tasks, computer use, and Cowork startup problems.

New Cowork tasks on Pro and Max now run in the cloud, and the desktop app shipped fixes for scheduled tasks and background computer use. Claude Code gets mods, Claude for Government is generally available, startups get a free year of Claude Team, and Anthropic puts $100 million into training 10,000 engineers.

From October 6, new Cowork tasks on Pro and Max run in the cloud and the "Only on your computer" option goes away. Claude Sonnet 5.5 arrives, the Claude Marketplace puts 2,000+ connectors and plugins in one place, plugin builders get a submission portal, and Claude Tag can use your personal connectors in Slack channels.

Anthropic merges Cowork into the main Claude app and lets Claude decide whether a request is a chat or a task. Claude Docs and Claude Slides arrive in beta, the Small Business plugin grows to 43 workflows and 27 new integrations, and Claude Opus 5.5 lands at 40% lower cost with higher usage limits.

Cowork now has a browser built into the Claude desktop app - no extension, its own logins, and the same safeguards as Claude in Chrome. Plus Claude Fable 5.1 lands and runs at Medium effort in Cowork, and a new command shows what your installed skills cost in context.

Claude Cowork now shares the same memory you use in chat, and every topic Claude saves is a short file you can read, edit, or delete. Plus computer use, the browser use tool, the Skills API, and the Files API reach general availability on the Claude Platform.

The Claude in Chrome side panel is now a Claude Cowork session, so a task started in a browser tab can be finished on desktop. Plus Claude Tag reads whole Slack channels before deciding to speak, and Anthropic explains the text watermark coming to future Claude models.

Anthropic ships its own governance stack for Cowork: inference hooks bring real-time DLP to every prompt and tool call, skills and plugins get security scanning, and the Compliance API adds Cowork and Claude Code session coverage.

AI governance platform Opsin adds coverage for Claude Cowork, giving security teams visibility into sessions, risk alerts on sensitive tool calls, and governance over which connectors are actually in use.

Claude Opus 5 becomes the default model on Claude Max, and the MCP 2026-07-28 spec moves the Model Context Protocol to a stateless core with hardened auth.

Claude's Microsoft 365 connector gains write tools for email, calendar, and files, and a new Reflect dashboard shows how you've been using Claude each month.

Claude Cowork expands beyond the desktop to web and mobile, with cloud sessions that keep working after you close your laptop, plus new Anthropic data on what people actually hand off to Cowork.

Export controls on Claude Fable 5 are lifted and the model returns to Claude Cowork on July 1, while Claude Sonnet 5 launches as the most agentic Sonnet yet and becomes the default model — with higher rate limits across Cowork.

Chaser launches out of beta with a Model Context Protocol integration that lets Claude create, assign, and follow up on tasks directly in Slack - and propose tasks for Cowork users from their other connectors.

The US government clears Anthropic to release its powerful Mythos 5 model to a limited set of companies and federal agencies, weeks after an export block — plus a brief Claude outage on June 23.

Anthropic ships enterprise-managed authorization for MCP connectors — admins provision connectors once through Okta and they appear automatically on first login, across Claude chat, Claude Code, and Cowork.

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.