It keeps going after you close the laptop, even offline.
Anthropic just expanded Claude Cowork off the desktop, to your phone, your browser, wherever you are.
What it actually does
Long tasks run in the background, turning folders of contracts into renewal trackers, compiling scattered updates into one report, managing spreadsheets. No one babysitting it.
The part production people should notice
The single biggest real-world use category isn't code. It's business process work, call sheets, contracts, status reports. That's exactly what this is built for.
It doesn't stop when you do
Scheduled tasks run with zero device online, the work continues after you close the laptop.
The catch
Still beta. Still Max-plan-first. Rolling out over weeks, not available to everyone yet, worth knowing before you build a workflow around it.
Worth Testing Before Your Next Deadline
A tool built for the paperwork side of production, not just the code side.