Claude Cowork

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agentic AI for knowledge work. Anthropic describes it as using the same agentic approach as Claude Code, aimed at research, analysis, document creation and other multi-step tasks rather than software. The user describes the outcome, and Cowork plans the steps and works inside the folders, connectors and tools it has been given while showing its progress. By default it asks before taking an action, and users can switch that to check-ins only when something needs a closer look. Large jobs are broken up and the parts run at the same time, and tasks can be scheduled at any cadence and keep running after the laptop is closed. Anthropic's help center lists Cowork in the Claude desktop app for macOS and Windows, on the web at claude.ai and in the Claude apps for iOS and Android, and the product page still labels web and mobile as beta. The desktop app is the full experience, because local files and Claude's built-in browser need it. Since September 16, 2026, Anthropic has been combining Cowork and chat in one Claude app, rolling out on Pro and Max plans first, with Team and Free plans to follow. Organizations can also run Cowork through their own cloud provider: Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud or Microsoft Foundry. Connectors are built on the Model Context Protocol, in Anthropic's own words, and Cowork consumes them rather than exposing a server of its own, which makes it an MCP client. Anthropic documents first-party connectors for Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, Microsoft 365, GitHub and Slack, and the product page uses Amplitude and Microsoft 365 in its examples. When a task needs a website, Claude uses its own browser inside Cowork (announced August 26, 2026) or the Claude in Chrome extension, and Anthropic sets the order of preference: connectors and integrations first, the browser next, the screen only as a last resort. Plugins bundle skills, connectors and sub-agents so a team can make Cowork a specialist for a role, and admins can run private plugin marketplaces. Pricing, read from the vendor's own served HTML rather than the geo-converted rendering. Cowork works only with a paid plan. Pro is $17 per month on an annual subscription, billed $200 up front, or $20 billed monthly, and Anthropic warns on the card that Cowork consumes limits faster than Chat. Max 5x is $100 per month and Max 20x is $200 per month. Team, for teams of 2 to 150, includes Cowork and the Slack connector on both standard seats ($20 per seat per month billed annually, $25 monthly) and premium seats ($100 and $125). Enterprise is $20 per seat per month billed annually, with usage billed at API rates, an annual commitment and a 20-seat minimum, and Anthropic also offers a conversation with a buying specialist. Security is confirmed on trust.anthropic.com and on the enterprise page. The trust portal's product-scoped table lists SOC 2 Type 2, ISO 27001, ISO 42001, CSA STAR, HIPAA and NIST 800-171 for Claude Enterprise, and claude.com/solutions/enterprise states "SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, and CCPA compliance". Claude Enterprise organizations with a Business Associate Agreement can apply a HIPAA configuration that covers Cowork in local mode and restricts some features. Compliance API coverage of Cowork sessions on desktop, web and mobile became generally available on August 26, 2026, so compliance teams can pull session content and metadata alongside Claude chats, and Team and Enterprise admins can also export Cowork events through OpenTelemetry. Cowork is offered in Claude for Government too, which runs in a FedRAMP High authorized environment and became generally available on September 30, 2026. Teams that already work in ChatGPT can look at ChatGPT Work, OpenAI's agent for finished documents, sheets, slides and Sites, and organizations that already license Microsoft 365 Copilot can look at Microsoft Copilot Cowork, which Microsoft says it built with the technology that powers Claude Cowork. Current state Q4 2026: the Cowork and chat merge that began September 16, 2026 is still rolling out, starting with Pro and Max, and Claude Docs and Claude Slides launched the same day in beta on paid plans. The built-in browser began rolling out to Pro, Max and Team plans in the desktop app on August 26, 2026, and Enterprise admins can turn it on. Compliance API coverage for Cowork became generally available on August 26, 2026.