Claude Cowork adds recurring scheduled tasks
Anthropic updated Claude Cowork with scheduled tasks that let users save instructions once and run them on demand or on a recurring cadence. The feature is available in Claude Desktop on paid plans and supports the same connectors, plugins, and tools as regular Cowork sessions.
This pushes Cowork from one-off assistant behavior toward real workflow automation for teams that live in recurring reports and briefings.
- –Reusable prompts plus recurring cadence reduce repetitive prompt-writing and manual follow-ups.
- –Scheduled runs can pull from connected systems like Slack and files, making Cowork more useful for operational reporting.
- –Each run is its own Cowork session, which keeps outputs reviewable and easier to audit.
- –Desktop-only execution while the app is open and the computer is awake is a practical constraint for always-on automation use cases.
DISCOVERED
75d ago
2026-03-14
PUBLISHED
75d ago
2026-03-14
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AUTHOR
Rob The AI Guy