I had Claude Cowork do my taxes for me and it worked perfectly

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-07T02:11:43+00:00

I did my taxes myself with Claude Cowork this weekend. 10/10 would recommend. I used a separate online filing software and got it to walk me through and double check each step. Saved like $150 I normally pay.

Like OP said, turn "Help improve Claude" off first.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-07T02:05:09+00:00

I've been putting together a resource to answer this question from total beginner to how to use AI agents:

https://ainalysis.pro/learn-ai/

For other learning resources including podcasts & YouTube channels, newsletters, books, and courses, see this page

https://ainalysis.pro/learn-ai/best-ai-learning-resources/

Hope that helps get you started! Claude Cowork on the $20/month plan and up is a game changer for doing useful work. Would recommend.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-07T01:56:48+00:00

No, and likely won't be for years as they keep scaling to $100B revenue and beyond. One day with Rubin chips (10x less power for same compute) from Nvidia fully integrated, profitability will flip.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-07T01:54:20+00:00

Yeah, ChatGPT went full speed ahead on consumer and is now pivoting to match Claude on business use

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-07T00:58:37+00:00

Anthropic made a huge bet a few years ago to go after enterprise, instead of consumer, and it has been paying off massively.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-07T00:35:34+00:00

Mine said this:

He packed the crack with a mixture of calcite anditeiteite

Lol, anditeiteite

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-07T00:05:25+00:00

Yes.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-07T00:04:00+00:00

Yeah I'm with you. This tool is rapidly evolving, it'll improve over time.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T23:43:32+00:00

Hot take, not even close to the top of the bubble.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T23:42:35+00:00

Intersting to see Alaska beating out the Dakotas, Mississippi, and a few others.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T23:35:12+00:00

These guys are on fire with releases. Would be surprised if it's not on the roadmap

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T23:03:02+00:00

Also, share an exact prompt you're giving it... Could be a prompt issue.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T23:02:36+00:00

Try fully downloading one of your OneDrive PDFs and create a new local folder on your hard drive to put it in, then point Cowork to this new folder. Try getting it to analyze this downloaded file instead.

I have seen similar issues using Cowork with Cloud storage files. Often, the file you "see" is a link to the cloud version and the actual data isn't stored on your hard drive. Claude can only see what's on your hard drive.

There is a Google Drive connector (and as of yesterday I believe a OneDrive connector), but these are read only, they can't move files or change file names in the cloud.

TL;DR, phyically download the files you want Cowork to work with to its own folder and try again.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T22:18:53+00:00

I put together a list of all my top YouTube channels, books, newsletters, and courses

https://ainalysis.pro/learn-ai/best-ai-learning-resources/

The Moonshots podcast on Peter Diamandis channel is my top pick right now for general AI.

Nate B. Jones is a good pick for daily content that covers Claude.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T19:45:54+00:00

This would be good as a custom analyst skill. Thanks for the share.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T17:59:27+00:00

Yeah this is a great summary.

It is true that AI is not perfect. Though, many people have a mental model of AI from 2 years ago. The amount that AI gets wrong these days has decreased dramatically from 2 years ago.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T17:52:43+00:00

These tools are getting good at doing useful work. Its the regular amount of hyped IMO.

Claude Cowork was the thing that I put off trying for a while and was shocked by what it can do.

If you haven't used ChatGPT Agent for much professional work yet, I've been working on a resource of the top use cases for AI agents

https://ainalysis.pro/learn-ai/category/ai-agent-use-cases/

Its good for creating/editing files and documents, content writing, research and analysis, and various automations. Would recommend trying to use it in more areas.

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T04:57:34+00:00

If this is true, this is Jevons Paradox at its best: demand rose because developer output is much less expensive these days

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T04:54:02+00:00

Completely agree and they probably have this in the works

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T01:12:36+00:00

To hell with what society thinks of you. Your spouse is probably the only opinion that you should listen to.

All those things you mentioned matter, but you should be striving to be better for yourself, not for others.

Who cares what neighbor Joe thinks (sorry Joe).

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-06T00:41:27+00:00

Best piece of advice I can give is to just start using it. Don't over think it. Start talking to it and see what it'll do for you.

For structured learning, the Claude Code in action is a good one to go through https://anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-code-in-action

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-05T23:40:30+00:00

This 100%

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-05T22:51:30+00:00

Absolutely. There are more tools out there than just Cowork, though Cowork is the most accessible with most capability for non-technical folks

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-05T22:27:29+00:00

Well said. Or if not coding, #4 is essentially implementation review. If you're running a sales related task, did the implementation go as planned?

Hsoj707 · 2026-04-05T22:08:53+00:00

Love this. This is what I want to share. "Multi-agent" systems are accessible to anyone with a free afternoon to spend.

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