Claude Cowork 101

Claude Cowork is a powerful mode inside the Claude Desktop app built for complex, multi-step tasks. And one of its most underused features? Skills. Custom instructions you write once, so Claude handles your recurring work exactly the way you want it — every single time, without re-explaining a thing. This guide is for Claude Cowork Skills not Claude Code Skills. Yes, there is a difference.

Inside, you'll learn:

• What Claude Cowork actually is and how it's different from Claude.ai
• How to access Cowork on Mac or Windows
• The two types of "skills" in Claude (Claude Cowork Skills and Claude Code Skills)
• How to build your first skill — two easy paths, no coding required
• How to find, edit, toggle, or delete your skills after they're set up
• Three practical tips to make your skills work better from day one

Whether you process reports, draft client updates, summarize meetings, or manage any repeated workflow — this guide shows you how to hand those tasks off to Claude for good.

No tech background needed. Just your process, written down once.

Perfect for business owners, team leads, operations managers, and anyone ready to stop re-explaining their work to AI.

8 pages.