Complete documentation for Claude Cowork - 43 workflows, 70 prompts for knowledge workers and small businesses
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Complete guide to Claude's desktop assistant for knowledge workers and small businesses. Invoices, quotes, follow-ups, prospecting — automated without coding.
Settings → Features → Enable Cowork → Grant folder access
mkdir -p ~/Cowork-Workspace/{input,output}
# Add files to input/, then:
"Organize the files in ~/Cowork-Workspace/input/ by type"
The problem: Official docs are dense. Tutorials get outdated quickly. You need ready-to-use workflows, not feature lists.
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This guide: 28 business workflows, 70 copy-paste prompts, 11 official plugins documented, Desktop Commander guide, Skills/Customize Tab documentation, practical examples.
Reading time: Getting started 5 min | Complete guide 45 min
Claude Code is the guide for developers — same AI, terminal interface, code execution.
Complete Capabilities — Feature matrix
All Workflows — 28 step-by-step guides
Troubleshooting — Error resolution
FAQ — 20+ questions
Advanced Prompts — Research and synthesis
Glossary — Terminology
| Guide | What you'll learn | Time | |-------|-------------------|------| | Overview | What Cowork can do | 5 min | | Getting Started | Installation, first workflow | 10 min | | Capabilities | What works, what doesn't | 8 min | | Security | Best practices | 12 min | | Troubleshooting | Common issues | 8 min |
Claude Cowork supports 11 official plugins: Asana, Canva, Cloudflare, Figma, GitHub, Google Drive, Jira, Linear, Notion, Sentry, Slack. Plugins extend Cowork's capabilities by connecting to external tools directly.
📋 Administrative (6)
💼 Sales & Marketing (5)
🔧 Operations (5)
📣 Communication (6)
🗂️ Organization (6)
| Collection | Count | Examples | |------------|-------|----------| | Files | 20 | Organize, rename, deduplicate | | Documents | 15 | Reports, summaries, Excel | | Extraction | 15 | PDF, OCR, images | | Research | 17 | Web, synthesis |
| Resource | Description | |----------|-------------| | Cheatsheet | 1-page printable | | Comparison | vs Copilot, Gemini, ChatGPT | | FAQ | 20+ questions | | Glossary | Cowork terminology |
See Security Guide for detailed practices.
This guide exists because official docs are dense and tutorials get outdated quickly.
Philosophy: Practical over theoretical. Real workflows, not feature lists.
Focus v1.1: Small businesses and knowledge workers worldwide.
Created with Claude Code. Maintained by Florian BRUNIAUX.
Related: Claude Code Guide — For developers
Cowork sends prompts, files, and results to Anthropic servers.
| Plan | Retention | Training | |------|-----------|----------| | Default | 5 years | Yes | | Opt-out | 30 days | No | | Enterprise | 0 | No |
Action: Disable training
Platform: macOS and Windows
Known issues:
Status: Research p