Cowork handles more context than you'd have time to scan yourself: full conversation histories, not just recent messages, and related discussions you weren't explicitly part of. It reads your team dashboard directly from the browser, pulls from your messaging and task tools in parallel, and connects them. When something on your dashboard relates to an ongoing thread or a blocked task, you see the full picture in one place.
I need my morning briefing. Pull from Slack and Notion, and visit my team dashboard: https://metrics.acme-corp.com/ops-team
Structure it as:
For urgent items, pull the deeper context: who's involved, what's been discussed, what's still unresolved.
Cowork is a workspace in Claude for desktop that connects to your tools via connectors and reads from browser tabs via Claude in Chrome. Connect your messaging, tasks, and dashboards — Cowork queries them in parallel.
To get started:
Cowork creates a structured briefing organized by priority, with cross-platform context synthesized into single items where relevant.
Here's your morning briefing for January 22:
Get the full context behind a metric. Cowork pulls the related threads, tasks, and history so you understand what's driving the number.
"Tell me more about the pipeline velocity drop. Pull the full thread from #sales, any related tasks, and what's been discussed about those slipping deals."
Move from briefing to action. Cowork drafts a reply using everything it knows about the topic — the thread history, related tasks, and your current priorities.
"Draft a response to Lisa's vendor contract thread. I want to confirm we're moving forward but need to flag the budget dependency."
Pull together all mentions of a project, person, or issue across sources.
"What else has been said about headcount planning? Pull from Slack, Notion, and anything on the dashboard related to hiring or team size."
Cowork shows which connectors are being queried in real-time. If your briefing is taking longer than expected, you can see which platform is the bottleneck.
Your first briefing request establishes context. Follow-up prompts can refine without re-querying everything.
Cowork processes briefings locally. Internal Slack discussions, roadmap debates, and task details never leave your computer.