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January 12, 2026

Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code

Built into the Claude Desktop app, Cowork lets users designate a specific folder where Claude can read or modify files, with further instructions given through the standard chat interface.

Anthropic’s new Cowork tool offers Claude Code without the code

TL;DR

  • Anthropic announced a new tool called Cowork, integrated into the Claude Desktop app.
  • Cowork allows users to designate a specific folder for Claude to read or modify files.
  • The tool is designed to be more accessible than Claude Code, requiring less technical expertise.
  • It is inspired by users treating Claude Code as a general-purpose agentic AI tool.
  • Cowork is built on the Claude Agent SDK and operates similarly to a sandboxed Claude Code instance.
  • Potential use cases include assembling expense reports from receipt photos or managing media files.
  • Anthropic warns about risks such as prompt injection and file deletion due to the tool's ability to take strings of actions.
  • Cowork is currently in research preview and available to Max subscribers, with a waitlist for other plans.

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