Tool · 15 cases
Use cases: Claude Cowork
Claude Cowork is Anthropic's mode in which Claude works with files and folders on your computer to carry out longer tasks, such as organizing documents, building reports and cross-checking spreadsheets. The cases show people delegating office work that used to take hours. Because it acts on real files, the accounts recommend starting with copies and reviewing the result. See how each person structured the request.
15 cases, 1 of them from Brazil, from newest to oldest. The most common topics are productivity, personal finance, and marketing and content. People who show up most: parent, journalist, and consumer. Each case links to the original source, shows a verification date and includes a prompt we wrote.
The cases
15 cases
01Daily newsletters become a podcast at 5 a.m.
The agent reads the newsletters under a label, skips the weak ones, summarizes the rest and generates audio with a local voice.
02Personalized emails to recruiters from a spreadsheet
Pratyush uploaded a contact spreadsheet and his resume; the agent wrote one email per role and left them as drafts in Gmail.
03Registering a trademark in the US with an agent's help
An entrepreneur says Claude Cowork guided them through every step of the trademark application at the US patent office.
04A month of sending tasks from phone to computer
A Fortune journalist used Dispatch to request email summaries and meeting prep.
05Freelancer in Germany files overdue VAT returns
Claude organized invoices and receipts by quarter and filled in the forms on the German tax portal.
06Filling out insurance paperwork while caring for a newborn
Felix Rieseberg gave Claude the hospital PDFs and let the agent fill in the insurer's website.
07Tidying 2,200 files in the Downloads folder
A writer let Claude Cowork inventory and organize years of downloads, asking permission before deleting.
08Planning the family menu and entering recipes
The author gave Claude access to their pantry system to enter recipes and suggest the week's meals.
09Unsubscribing from newsletters in bulk in Gmail
A PCWorld journalist let Claude suggest what to cancel, asked for his approval, and then had it click the links.
10A full investment memo on a company
The author had Claude download Adyen's reports and build a business overview, an Excel model and a thesis.
11Requesting an exchange for defective clothing from a photo
A photo of the torn pants, a receipt found in Gmail and an email to the store, ready to review.
12A 12-day homeschool curriculum built from PDFs
Michael Crist uploaded the 12 PDFs his wife used to sort by hand, and Claude built the daily schedule.
13Hunting recurring subscriptions in your statements
The agent read statements in CSV, spreadsheet and PDF formats and listed charges that repeat, ignoring groceries and fees.
14Japanese writer plans article topics without repeating old pieces
The agent reads previous articles, flags overlap and suggests how to differentiate each new topic.
15Replace a paid blog tool with your own AI workflow
A professional canceled an automated article service and built a pipeline with Claude for the blog of a clinic management system.