Claude Cowork (incl. Computer Use / Claude in Chrome) · Anthropic

confidence: highactive

Anthropic's non-technical desktop agent built on the Claude Code harness (no terminal required) that works over local folders, browsers (Claude in Chrome), and full computer use, with MCP connectors, Agent Skills, and plugins — expanded to web and mobile in July 2026 with cloud-run sessions for Max subscribers.

Identity

Homepage	https://www.anthropic.com/product/claude-cowork
License	proprietary
Domain	general
Form factor	desktop-app · web-app · chat-integration

Model support

Model-agnostic	○ no
Native models	Claude Opus 4.x · Claude Sonnet 4.x
Local models	○ no
Pricing	subscription

Extensibility

MCP client	✓ yes
Agent Skills support	✓ yes
Plugins / hooks	✓ yes

Execution & safety

Sandboxing	optional
Autonomy spectrum	supervised → semi-autonomous → autonomous-local → background-cloud
Subagents	✓ yes
Parallel sessions	✓ yes
Context management	compaction · persistent-memory

Integration & evidence

Headless / API	○ no
GitHub integration	✓ yes
Sources	https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13345190-get-started-with-claude-cowork https://www.anthropic.com/product/claude-cowork https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/07/the-coding-agent-wars-are-spilling-into-the-rest-of-the-office-claude-cowork/ https://the-decoder.com/anthropics-claude-cowork-ai-agent-is-now-available-on-mobile-and-web/

✓ profile last verified 2026-07-08 · benchmark figures are vendor-reported unless a source states otherwise