10-step workflow to set up Claude Cowork as a personal AI workspace in 2 hours
nikola_mr64990 · x · 2026-10-20
A widely shared tutorial walks through setting up Claude Cowork in 2 hours across 10 steps: install the desktop app, subscribe to Pro ($20/mo) and reserve Opus for complex tasks, create a Cowork folder with ABOUT ME/OUTPUTS/TEMPLATES subfolders, feed in context files (about-me.md, my-company.md, anti-ai-writing-style.md), have Claude interview you and write answers to file, set global instructions so Claude reads all ABOUT ME files, pick Opus 4.7 with Extended Thinking for hard tasks and Sonnet for short ones, mount the folder as an Obsidian vault to edit .md files directly, run a first session with "Read my folder. Help me with [task]", and save reusable templates after each productive session.
The core idea: persistent context plus templates makes every new session smarter, so you never start from scratch.
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