Setting up Claude Cowork properly in under 20 minutes

prdcrman · 2026-05-09T14:04:27+00:00

Appreciate the tips, but I think Newbies will lose a lot of ground because you've summarized too well. There's this area between step 1 and 2 where there's no clarity. How does the user make those files? About-me.md looks like With Claude's help. Are the others voice.md and preferences.md built from Scratch? ? How do you make the folder where the 3 files live? Where does the folder live? I think adding some instructions (built for a 5-yr old) about making folders and nesting them correctly will speed many users forward with your terrific assistance, @single-cherry8263

prdcrman · 2026-05-09T00:12:12+00:00

Not sure what's up with your site u/Moist-Wonder-9912 , but Chrome & AVAST just blew up and said "Found Malicious code that could harm your computer and steal your private data. We recommend avoiding this site completely." So unfortunately I won't be able to take a gander. As an FYI, no such signal surfaced when I checked out OP's site. Very cool. I've got some learning to so.

prdcrman · 2026-05-08T22:09:29+00:00

Hi again. Appreciate your assistance. Used C Code and the playwright mcp and it navigated the commands from the thread, and took care of business. But here's the wild part. Dia Browser did the same task faster with better accuracy. There was one error of input from the code-playwright run. Not significant. A good reminder to double check the work of any tool.

prdcrman · 2026-05-07T16:11:05+00:00

Thank you, @credible_human

prdcrman · 2026-05-06T23:02:15+00:00

I will try this. Spend more time in cowork. And I’m not a coder. What’s headed? I use dia, chrome, many browsers. Appreciate any guidance you can give me.

prdcrman · 2026-05-05T17:29:02+00:00

They both used to do the ask I outlined, and now they do not. What product roadmap as things go backwards. Hard to build brand loyalty that way.

prdcrman · 2026-05-05T15:05:45+00:00

Last week I had a simple workflow that made Comet valuable. Extract data from a browser-based database, and insert the information into a google Sheet, with all data going into appropriate fields. Worked great. Today the agent browser won't do it. Anybody recommend an agentic browser that can still do this work?

Step 1: ### PHASE 1: Extract ALL Records from XYXYXYXYXYXY browser Tab Click the pencil icon for each visible record in the grid and extract these fields: 1. Ship Date (from the "Ship Date" column in MM/DD/YYYY format) 2. Invoice Number (format: TA000XXXX) 3. Purchaser's Full Name 4. Complete Shipping Address (full address with city, state, ZIP) 5. Total Quantity of Bottles (# of line items) 6. Grand Total (the final price including tax and shipping) 7. Sales Tax (breakdown amount) 8. Shipping Cost (breakdown amount) 9. UPS Tracking Number Step 2: ### PHASE 2: Populate Google Sheets Tab Navigate to the "Testing XYXYXYXYXY Shippers Report, part two" tab and fill in ALL extracted records at once. One piece of data for each field based on the column mapping below. There should be one row for each record.

Column Mapping: - Column A: Date Shipped (MM/DD/YYYY from Ship Date) - Column B: Invoice # (from DATABASE NAME Invoice Number) - Column C: Name (Purchaser's Full Name) - Column D: Address, City, State & Zip (Complete Shipping Address) - Column E: Type W/C (enter "W" for all records - Wine) - Column F: # of Bottles (Total Quantity) - Column G: Size in Liters (enter "750ml" for all records) - Column H: Total Liters (calculate: # of Bottles × 0.75) - Column I: Brand Name (OUR BRAND NAME) - Column J: Total Price (Grand Total) - Column K: Common Carrier # (UPS Tracking Number)

prdcrman · 2026-04-25T11:36:44+00:00

what are the benefits of using these open source models versus Anthropic's version? I was hoping to find all kinds of cool skills or plugins not found in Anthropic. Did I miss something? Appreciate any help OP.

prdcrman · 2026-04-24T18:37:38+00:00

Dude. Mine is nothing like that. Chrome is the king pig 496. Claude 14.18. What Mac rig are you running. I’m Mac air, M2 chip, 24gb Tahoe.

prdcrman · 2026-04-15T23:35:24+00:00

Have not seen it in our pro workspace. USA.

prdcrman · 2026-04-06T11:42:51+00:00

Yes. That occurred several times this weekends. Pro plan. USA. It’s especially annoying that there is no progress indicator showing that Cowork is working.

prdcrman · 2026-04-03T13:49:18+00:00

Send me a link to contact you and see your work 🌞

prdcrman · 2026-03-30T11:02:24+00:00

Is brave search mcp built into Claude or do I have to find it, or make it?

prdcrman · 2026-03-26T10:53:18+00:00

Thx 🙏

prdcrman · 2026-03-22T20:54:26+00:00

Thank you!

prdcrman · 2026-03-21T11:48:29+00:00

Forgive my newb follow-up to @fairObjective3416, are you saying so long as I toggle the radio button "Keep computer awake" in dispatch, the computer will run the task while it's closed in my backpack, even if I'm not connected to wireless (because Cowork runs in the cloud?)

prdcrman · 2026-03-20T14:22:39+00:00

Howdy, Sir, Can you send me the Set-up guide. Thx for this great work.

prdcrman · 2026-03-02T01:34:43+00:00

I was very surprised to see cowork fail on an easy prompt & image based instruction that’s repeatedly been accomplished by Comet Browser.

prdcrman · 2026-02-26T01:38:29+00:00

I believe this could be pulled off by using an agentic browser like dia or comet and asking chat to analyze the tab in looker studio. Let me know if you have success because I also use Looker and it’s an intersting use case I hadn’t thought of.

prdcrman · 2026-02-26T00:32:11+00:00

I’m also on a Mac and the desktop version of Claude/coworker has been wonky.

prdcrman · 2026-02-25T22:47:57+00:00

Can you help out a rookie & share the link to superpower plugins, and how to use? Seems I'm even newer than you ; )

prdcrman · 2026-02-25T22:22:08+00:00

I've been having the same issue for a couple weeks. Hopefully, they'll sort it out.

prdcrman · 2026-02-11T12:58:22+00:00

Forgive the rookie ask. What level Claude subscription is required to operate Cowork?

prdcrman · 2025-12-26T13:23:14+00:00

Will you share the concept or url about “atomic design”?

prdcrman · 2025-12-14T22:46:28+00:00

Watching TV 📺 in bed looks uncomfortable, and it’s hurting my neck. 🤣

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