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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

  • Day 1: From Request to Completed Deliverable
    • Transitioning from Chat to Delegation
      • Overview of Cowork and how it differs from standard chat and Claude Code
      • Managing folder access, execution plans, progress tracking, and interim results
      • Identifying suitable versus unsuitable tasks for delegation
      • Exercise: Categorize three tasks from your current week to determine their suitability for Cowork.
    • Crafting Effective Assignments
      • Defining goals, materials, constraints, approval points, and acceptance criteria
      • Reviewing the proposed plan before execution and monitoring progress
      • Guiding the AI during the workflow
      • Exercise: Draft an assignment for a real task and collectively evaluate the proposed plan.
    • Document and File Management
      • Organizing folders, renaming files, and structuring directories
      • Consolidating data from multiple files into unified reports
      • Generating Excel tables and PowerPoint drafts
      • Validating outputs against source documents
      • Exercise: Generate a status report with a task list from a folder of meeting minutes.
    • Research to Report
      • Conducting web research with specific source inclusion and exclusion rules
      • Using Claude in Chrome for website-based research
      • Verifying sources and extracting supporting evidence
      • Exercise: Delegate market or vendor research to generate a sourced table and perform spot-checks.
    • Plugins, Skills, Connectors, and Automation
      • Leveraging plugins and skills for repetitive workflows
      • Integrating with mail, calendar, and file storage via connectors
      • Configuring scheduled tasks, such as a weekly Friday report
      • Exercise: Set up a scheduled task for a recurring reporting requirement.
    • Security Best Practices
      • Restricting access to authorized folders and implementing backups before significant changes
      • Enforcing approval gates for deletions and data transmission
      • Identifying hidden instructions in files and web pages
      • Exercise: Document three security rules for Cowork applicable to your work context.
    • Outcome: Each participant will have delegated three real-world tasks to Cowork, reviewed the results, and established a scheduled task.

Requirements

  • A Claude account with Cowork access (Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise), the Claude desktop app, and a test folder containing anonymized work files.
  • Familiarity with basic Claude functionalities.

Target Audience

  • Knowledge workers, assistants, and project or department leads who aim to delegate entire tasks to Claude rather than managing them through incremental chat interactions.

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