Mastering Claude Cowork for Daily Automation

Live Class 1: Introduction to Claude Cowork & Autonomous Task Execution

Topics: Introduction to Claude Cowork | Claude Plans & Features | Claude Desktop Setup | Understanding Cowork Sessions | Task Planning & Autonomous Execution | Best Practices for Delegating Work | AI Thinking Modes | Security & Permissions

Hands-on Project

Build your Personal AI Executive Assistant that can: Research any topic | Draft emails | Generate reports | Create presentations | Prepare meeting briefs

Assignment

Identify one repetitive task from your daily work and automate it using Claude Cowork.

Live Class 2: Projects, Memory & Knowledge Management

Topics: Claude Projects | Project Instructions | Memory & Context Management | Building Knowledge Bases | Organizing Company Documents | Long Context Handling | Reusable AI Workspaces

Hands-on Project

Build a Company Knowledge Assistant trained on your own documents | Examples: HR Knowledge Base | Marketing Playbook | Product Documentation | Company SOP assistant

Assignment

Automate one document-based workflow from your profession. | Examples: Resume Screening | SOP Creation

Contract Review | Customer FAQ | Internal Documentation

Live Class 1: Artifacts: Build Interactive AI Applications

Topics: Understanding Artifacts | Interactive Documents | HTML Applications | Dashboards | Spreadsheet Generation | Presentation Creation | Internal Business Tools

Hands-on Project: Build an interactive business application. | Examples: KPI Dashboard | Invoice Generator | Proposal Generator | Resume Builder | CRM Dashboard | Business Calculator

Assignment: Replace one manual spreadsheet or document workflow with an AI-powered Artifact.

Live Class 2: Browser Actions & Computer Use

Topics: Browser Automation | Computer Use | Multi-step Task Execution | File Management | Form Filling | Website Navigation | Web Research Automation

Hands-on Project: Build an AI Research Assistant capable of: Competitor Analysis | Market Research | Lead Research | Price Monitoring | Website Monitoring

Assignment: Automate one browser-based workflow you perform regularly. | Examples: LinkedIn Research | Job Hunting | Product Research | Government Services | Vendor Comparison

Live Class 1: Connectors & MCP

Topics: Introduction to MCP | Claude Connectors | Google Drive | Gmail | Google Calendar | Slack | Notion | GitHub | Figma | Connecting External Knowledge

Hands-on Project: Build a Connected AI Workspace that works across multiple business applications. | Examples: Gmail → Meeting Summary | Drive → Report Analysis | Slack → Weekly Updates | Calendar → Daily Briefing | Notion → Knowledge Assistant

Assignment: Automate one cross-platform workflow using Claude Connectors.

Live Class 2: Skills, Prompt Libraries & Scheduled Tasks

Topics: Claude Skills | Prompt Libraries | Reusable Workflows | Scheduled Tasks | Building AI Employees | AI Governance & Best Practices

Hands-on Project: Build a reusable AI employee. | Examples: AI Executive Assistant | AI Marketing Manager | AI HR Assistant | AI Sales Assistant | AI Research Assistant

Assignment: Automate one recurring business process. | Examples: Daily CEO Brief | Weekly KPI Report | Morning News Summary | Sales Dashboard | Content Calendar

Live Class 1: Build Your Industry-Specific AI Coworker

Topics: Designing AI Employees | Workflow Mapping | Prompt Engineering for Different Roles | Human-in-the-Loop Workflows | Optimizing AI Performance | Scaling AI Across Teams

Hands-on Project: Build an AI Coworker tailored to your profession. | Examples: Founder / CEO | HR Manager | Recruiter | Marketing Manager | Sales Executive | Financial Analyst | Customer Support Agent | Lawyer | Teacher | Software Engineer | Product Manager | UI/UX Designer | Content Creator | Freelancer | Agency Owner

Assignment: Automate one complete workflow from your own profession using your AI Coworker.

Live Class 2: Capstone: Build Your AI Department

Topics: Designing End-to-End AI Systems | Multi-Role AI Collaboration | AI Workflow Architecture | Human Approval Processes | Workflow Optimization | Deployment Best Practices

Hands-on Project: Build a complete AI-powered department. | Choose one: AI Marketing Department | AI HR Department | AI Sales Department | AI Customer Support Department | AI Operations Department | AI Content Studio | AI Recruitment Agency | AI Executive Office

The system should include: Multiple AI Coworkers | Shared Knowledge Base | Skills Library | Connectors | Scheduled Tasks | End-to-End Workflow Automation

Final Assignment: Build and present a production-ready AI system that automates a real workflow from your business or profession.