Anthropic's desktop AI agent for your file-heavy work.
Claude Cowork is Anthropic's desktop agent: it runs inside Claude Desktop on Mac or Windows, works across your local files and folders, and completes multi-step tasks — building Excel, PowerPoint, Word and PDF deliverables, browsing the web, and optionally controlling your computer. Included with Claude Pro and Max, it shines when your work lives on your own machine.
Builds Excel, PowerPoint, Word and PDF outputs, not just chat.
Reads and organizes your own folders — no cloud upload needed.
Plans and executes long tasks with browser access and optional computer control.
Included on Claude Pro and Max — no separate subscription.
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