Plug-ins make Cowork a more user-friendly AI automation tool

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The plug-in launch marks a step forward in Anthropic’s mission to bring AI utility to a broader audience. Unlike Claude Code, which is coding-focused, Cowork targets non-technical users while retaining the same agentic automation capabilities.

Anthropic emphasizes the UI-centric design, allowing teams to interact with AI in a more intuitive way. Users can build, edit, and share plug-ins to optimize workflows across departments without needing extensive programming skills.

As enterprise users adopt plug-ins, Claude learns more about company processes, enhancing efficiency. Cowork remains in research preview, with wider availability expected in future updates.

[bonk]

cool idea but i always worry about people over-automating stuff they don’t fully understand