Delegating Real Work to Claude: Tasks, Files and Apps

What's inside

1. Level 1: Chat Versus Task WorkFree
   Establishes that this course is independent of Anthropic and distinguishes a chat answer from a delegated multi-step task.
2. Level 2: The Plan-Act-Check LoopFree
   Explains how Claude carries out a task by planning steps, acting with tools, checking results and repeating until done.
3. Level 3: Cowork Is Becoming Claude: Names and Plans
   Maps the current naming, as Anthropic's help pages describe Cowork becoming simply Claude in a gradual rollout, and shows how to confirm which plan and surface (desktop, web, mobile) has each feature.
4. Level 4: Briefing a Task: Outcome to Definition of Done
   Teaches a four-part brief (outcome, inputs, constraints, definition of done) that gives Claude enough to work without constant correction.
5. Level 5: Real Files In, Finished Files Out
   Covers connecting a local folder in the desktop app so Claude can read real files and return finished documents, spreadsheets and presentations.
6. Level 6: Approval Gates, Folder Limits and Tool Limits
   Shows how to control what Claude may do without asking, using the approval modes and limits on folders and tools.
7. Level 7: Scheduled Tasks
   Explains how to set a task to run on a recurring schedule and what conditions a scheduled run depends on.
8. Level 8: Parallel Tasks, Phone Start and Where Tasks Run
   Covers splitting independent work into parallel tasks, starting a task from the mobile app, and the difference between cloud and on-computer runs.
9. Level 9: Browser Use and Hidden Instructions
   Explains how Claude operates a browser to complete web steps and the risk of instructions hidden in web pages (prompt injection).
10. Level 10: Computer Use and Irreversible Actions
    Covers Claude controlling desktop applications by clicking and typing on screen, its preview status, and the risk of actions that cannot be undone.
11. Level 11: Claude in Chrome
    Teaches setting up and using the Claude in Chrome extension to work inside your own browser, with site permissions and its current beta status.
12. Level 12: Claude in Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Slack
    Covers using Claude inside Microsoft Office apps with reviewable, tracked edits and tagging @Claude in Slack threads, noting plan and admin requirements.
13. Level 13: Connectors and Interactive Apps
    Explains connectors that link Claude to services such as email, drives and Slack, and interactive apps that show a service's interface inside the conversation.
14. Level 14: Plugins, the Marketplace and Their Permissions
    Covers plugins as bundles of skills, connectors and commands for a role or function, and how to vet one from a marketplace before installing it.
15. Level 15: Skills as Saved Workflows
    Teaches turning a repeatable task brief into a Skill so Claude follows the same steps and standards every time.
16. Level 16: Reviewing What Claude Did
    Sets out a review routine for finished work: read the changes, check the numbers against sources, and keep a record.
17. Level 17: What Never to Delegate, Usage Limits and Cost
    Defines the work that stays with a human (payments, credentials, regulated data outside policy) and explains how multi-step tasks consume plan usage.
18. Level 18: Final Challenge: Delegate a Job End to End Exam
    Reviews the whole course through one scenario that requires choosing the surface, briefing, limiting, running, extending and reviewing a delegated task.

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