Claude Cowork: The #1 Thing To Know

If you're prompting #ClaudeCowork the same way you prompt #Claude Chat, you're doing it wrong. Claude Chat uses task-first language. You guide every step: "Do this first. Now format it like that." Cowork uses outcome-first language. You describe the end result and let it figure out the approach. For example, with Claude Chat: "I have 15 raw thumbnail images. What naming convention would you recommend?" You get a recommendation, then do the work yourself. With Claude Cowork on the other hand: "Rename each photo based on what's in it and sort them into subfolders by type." Two minutes late…