Cowork

Overview

Cowork is Anthropic's product for non-technical work — planning, research, writing, strategy. It shares the same brain as Claude Code through ~/.claude/ (agents, memory, settings). The distinction: Cowork thinks, Claude Code acts. Abdout switches between them like switching between planning and doing. Both read the same dispatches, memory, and GitHub issues.

Current Progress

• Cowork ↔ Code bridge documented in rules/cowork-bridge.md
• Shared state via ~/.claude/ working
• Dispatch handoff protocol defined and tested

Areas of Improvement

• Cowork not yet used by other team members — only Abdout
• Handoff from Cowork to Code still requires manual issue creation
• Could automate Cowork → GitHub Issue → Code pipeline
• Need to evaluate Cowork's latest features — Anthropic updates frequently

References

Setup

1. Cowork and Claude Code share ~/.claude/ configuration
2. Agents, memory, and settings work in both modes
3. Use Dispatch for handoff between Cowork and Code
4. Create GitHub issues in Cowork for Code to execute

Usage

• Cowork: Plan architecture, research patterns, write strategies
• Code: Execute plans, build features, deploy
• Handoff: Cowork creates issues -> Code picks them up
• Voice: Use voice in Cowork for quick planning sessions
• Both modes see the same memory and dispatch state

Config Files