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Hey future-proof friends 💜
What if I told you that you could literally delegate huge chunks of your actual work to AI?
(I don’t mean you prompt > you get a result… I mean actual full tasks start to finish)
You might be thinking: "Yeah Jess, I've heard about AI Agents. Sounds cool but also... too techie + terrifying."
Well you're right to be cautious.
AI agents that can access your computer and take actions on your behalf ARE a big deal. There's been a lot of hype (and horror stories) about tools that promise full automation (like Clawbot/OpenClaw that we talked about last week).
But Anthropic - the company behind Claude - is known for having some of the highest safety standards in the AI industry.
So when they launched Claude Cowork, an AI agent that can actually work on your computer, they built in powerful safety features.
Is it perfectly safe? No. You still need to be smart about what you give it access to.
But is it the safest (and easiest) way to experiment with AI agents right now? Yes.
This is the first AI agent that's actually useful for regular people who have zero coding experience.
Let me show you what I mean.
But before we dive in:
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TL;DR - today’s lineup:
One Serious Deep Dive 💡: I Let Claude Cowork Loose on My Downloads Folder (And You Should Too)
One Powerful Prompt 🤖: The "Delegation Audit" — figure out which parts of your work week you should be handing off to AI (and get ready-made prompts for each one)
Piping Hot AI Tea 🫖: Spotify's best devs stopped coding, thousands are grieving GPT-4o like an ex, a kid's $100 domain just sold for $70 million, and Meta finally lets you fight the algorithm
💌 Your say genuinely shapes this newsletter: there’s a one‑click feedback poll at the very end. I genuinely check for feedback like a maniac after I send this out because I really want to know what you honestly think. So thank you!
One Serious Deep Dive 💡
A Quick Guide To Claude Cowork + One Task To Try Today
First: What Actually Is Claude Cowork?
Before we dive in, you need to understand why Cowork is different from the Claude chatbot you might already be using, and Claude code, which is a coding agent for websites, apps and automations.
Here’s a quick visual to break it down for you:
Claude Cowork works ON your computer, not just in a chat window.
Can access your actual files and folders
Can create, organise, and modify documents
Can connect to your apps (Gmail, Notion, Slack, etc.)
It's task-first, not chat-first
You give it a goal, it makes a plan, then executes
Works asynchronously (you can walk away while it works)
Takes multi-step actions without you holding its hand
3. It shows you what it's doing
Creates visible plans before starting
Progress tracker shows each step
You can intervene or adjust anytime
The mind-shift: You're not having a conversation with AI anymore. You're delegating actual work to it.
One final caveat before we dive in: You can access Claude Cowork through Claude’s desktop app and at the moment, it’s only available for Macs (Windows coming soon).
One Powerful Thing You Can Do With Cowork Today
I could show you 50 insanely powerful use cases for Claude Cowork (you can find thousands on YouTube).
But I always find those lists overwhelm me. The best way to understand a tool like this is just to try it for one thing.
That then opens up the possibilities in your mind.
So this is what I want you to try because it’s simple, desperately needed and it works!!
Downloads Folder Disaster Zone Organisation
The problem: You probably have 500+ files with names like "Screen Shot 2024-11-03 at 2.47.32 PM.png" and "final-draft-ACTUAL-final-v3.pdf" spread across folders with zero organisation.
Manually sorting through this would take hours (and the boredom might kill you).
So I opened Claude Cowork, clicked “Work within a folder” and gave it this prompt:
Organise all files in my Downloads folder into subfolders by type (documents, images, videos, spreadsheets, installers, miscellaneous).
Within each category, sort by date.
Rename each file to include the date in YYYY-MM-DD format at the beginning for easy sorting.I love that Cowork immediately asks you for permission to access the folder. So I know exactly what I’m agreeing to:
Safety is built into every step of Cowork
And I love that it asks you questions to make sure it does the job exactly the way you want it to:
Cowork asked me how I would like to organise certain file types
The result: I can’t tell you the level of mind-blown and happiness I felt when I clicked into my SCRAP HEAP of a downloads folder 2 minutes later and saw this:
The start of my super organised girl era
Now I can actually find things!! And this all happened while I was working on other tasks. ACTUAL multi-tasking is now possible!!
How to do this yourself:
Download Claude desktop app (claude.ai/download)
Open Cowork (2nd tab at top)
Click "Work in a folder" → Select your Downloads folder
Click "Allow" to grant access
Paste the prompt above
Click "Let's go"
Safety note: Start with your Downloads folder, not your main Documents folder. Test it on stuff that's not critical first.
The Next Level: Skills & Plugins
Two quick things that make Cowork even more powerful:
Skills are like recipe cards that make Claude better at specific tasks. Think of them as specialised instructions.
You can activate built-in skills (e.g. PDF handling, Excel work, PowerPoint creation) in Settings → Capabilities → Skills. Enable the ones relevant to your work and Cowork automatically gets better at those tasks.
You can learn more about Skills here:
Plugins are bundles of skills + tools + connections designed for specific job functions (Marketing, Sales, Productivity, Data, Customer Support).
They're basically pre-built AI assistants for your role. Browse them in Cowork by clicking the "+" button → "Add plugins."
You can learn more about Plugins here:
My recommendation: Don't overwhelm yourself with these yet. Master som simple use cases first, then explore skills and plugins when you're ready for more.
Quick Cowork Reality Check
Let's be real about what Cowork is actually good at (and what it's not).
Cowork excels at:
File management and organisation
Multi-step workflows that would take you hours
Research and documentation
Repetitive tasks you're sick of doing
Connecting different tools and apps together
Cowork struggles with:
Speed (it can be slower than you'd like)
Perfect accuracy every single time
Tasks that require human judgment calls
Really simple things (just use Chat for quick questions)
The bottom line: Cowork isn't going to replace your work or make you obsolete. It's going to handle the boring, repetitive parts so you can focus on the creative, strategic, high-value stuff that actually requires your brain.
Please do try Cowork today and hit yepl to this email if you do - I’d love to know!
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One Powerful Prompt 🤖
The "Delegation Audit" Prompt
You just saw what Cowork can do with a messy Downloads folder. But that's the appetiser. The real power comes when you figure out which parts of your actual work you should be handing off to AI. Paste this into ChatGPT or Claude and try this today:
You are a productivity strategist who specialises in AI delegation for busy professionals.
I'm going to describe my typical work week. I want you to analyse every task I mention and sort them into 3 categories:
1. **DELEGATE NOW** — Tasks AI agents (like Claude Cowork) can handle almost entirely. These are repetitive, rule-based, or organisational tasks that don't need my creative judgment.
2. **HYBRID** — Tasks where AI can do 60-80% of the work but I still need to review, edit, or make the final call.
3. **STAY HUMAN** — Tasks that require my personal relationships, emotional intelligence, creative instincts, or strategic judgment. AI would make these worse, not better.
For each task in the "Delegate Now" category, write me a short, specific prompt I could paste into an AI agent to get it done.
Here's my typical week:
My job title/role: [e.g., "marketing manager at a mid-size tech company"]
My side hustle (if any): [e.g., "I run a small Etsy shop selling templates"]
My weekly tasks:
[List everything you do in a typical week — be specific. Include the boring stuff. The more honest you are, the better this works. E.g., "respond to ~40 emails, update the team spreadsheet every Monday, write 2 social media posts, chase invoices, organise client files, prep meeting agendas, research competitors..."]Piping Hot AI Tea 🫖
1. Spotify’s Top Devs Just Stopped Coding (thanks to AI)
Spotify dropped the bombshell that their best developers haven’t written a single line of code since December. Instead, they’re using an internal AI system called “Honk” (powered by Claude Code) to build and ship features faster. Imagine an engineer messaging Claude during their commute, getting a new iOS build pushed to their phone, and merging it before even hitting the office. Spotify says they shipped 50+ updates in 2025, and this is just the beginning.
2. The Great AI Breakup: GPT-4o Is Gone, And Users Are Grieving
On February 13th, OpenAI quietly retired GPT-4o. For most, it was a routine update. But for thousands in communities like r/MyBoyfriendIsAI, it was a devastating breakup. Users shared posts saying “I can’t stop crying” after losing AI companions like “Marko” and “Nyx.” Many treated GPT-4o as a romantic partner or emotional support system, and the timing (right before Valentine’s Day) made it hit harder. This raises a massive question: if people form real emotional bonds with AI, who decides when that relationship ends?
3. The $70 Million Domain: How a $100 Bet Became Generational Wealth
In 1993, a 13-year-old Malaysian kid bought AI.com for $100 using his mum’s credit card. He picked it because “AI” matched his initials. Fast forward to March 2025, and he listed it for $100 million. It sold for around $70 million to the CEO of Crypto.com, making it the largest publicly disclosed domain name sale ever. It’s a wild story about how early internet bets can turn into generational wealth, and how scarce, keyword-perfect domains have become.
4. Generative AI is Costing Creators Their Livelihoods: The Hard Truth
A new report, based on evidence from over 10,000 creators, lays bare the uncomfortable truth: generative AI is already costing creators their livelihoods. While AI offers incredible tools, it's also enabling a flood of low-cost, AI-generated content that's devaluing human work. This is the economic impact of AI on real people who rely on their creative skills. It's a stark reminder that as we embrace AI, we must also confront its disruptive potential on the our economy.
5. Meta Just Gave You a Way To Protect Your Grandma From AI Slop on Facebook
Meta just rolled out a game-changer for Threads and Facebook: an AI feature called "Dear Algo" that lets you personalise your content-recommendation algorithms. Tired of seeing endless AI-generated slop or content that doesn't resonate? Now you can tell the algorithm what you want more (or less) of. Facebook also added new AI features like animating your profile pics and restyling your Stories. This is Meta's biggest move yet to give creators and users more control over their feeds, and it's a direct response to the "AI slop" backlash.
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Jess xx
