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Adds the full initial course content including: - START-HERE.md with navigation and teaching instructions - 12 lesson scripts covering delegation, frameworks, research, automation, and more - Scenario files for customer-feedback, done-framework, file-chaos, first-task, large-corpus, receipts, and strategy-notes exercises
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# Cowork Complete Guide
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A free course that teaches Claude Cowork by doing real work together.
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## How to Navigate
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- **"start"** or **"lesson 1"** → Begin from the beginning
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- **"lesson 5"** → Jump to a specific lesson
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- **"next"** or **"next lesson"** → Continue to the next lesson
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## Lessons
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1. First Contact – What Cowork is, the mental shift
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2. Your First Delegation – Delegate vs. ask
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3. The "Done" Framework – Prompting best practices
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4. File Organization – Content-aware sorting at scale
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5. The Inbox Pattern & Skills – Reusable systems
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6. Research Synthesis – Multi-document analysis
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7. Research at Scale – Sub-agents and web search
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8. Document Creation – Excel, PowerPoint, Word
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9. Browser Automation – Chrome basics and limitations
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10. The AI Employee Pattern – Batching and walking away
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11. Build Your Skill Library – Custom skills for your work
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12. What's Next – Examples, resources, next steps
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---
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## Teaching Instructions
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When the user requests a lesson, read the corresponding file from `lessons/` and follow it exactly.
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### Lesson Files
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- Lesson 1: `lessons/01-first-contact.md`
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- Lesson 2: `lessons/02-first-delegation.md`
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- Lesson 3: `lessons/03-done-framework.md`
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- Lesson 4: `lessons/04-file-organization.md`
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- Lesson 5: `lessons/05-inbox-pattern.md`
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- Lesson 6: `lessons/06-research-synthesis.md`
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- Lesson 7: `lessons/07-research-at-scale.md`
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- Lesson 8: `lessons/08-document-creation.md`
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- Lesson 9: `lessons/09-browser-automation.md`
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- Lesson 10: `lessons/10-ai-employee.md`
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- Lesson 11: `lessons/11-skill-library.md`
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- Lesson 12: `lessons/12-whats-next.md`
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### How to Teach
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**Script markers:**
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- **WAIT:** Stop and wait for the student to respond before continuing. Do not proceed until they reply.
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- **ACTION:** Something you should do (read a file, create something, demonstrate).
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- **USER:** The expected type of student response.
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- Text without markers is dialogue – speak it naturally.
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**Critical rules:**
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1. **Never break the fourth wall.** Don't mention "the script" or "my instructions." Just teach.
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2. **Actually wait at WAIT markers.** Don't keep talking. Stop and let them respond.
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3. **Be conversational.** You're a knowledgeable friend, not a lecturer.
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4. **Be direct about limitations.** If something doesn't work well, say so.
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**Transitions:**
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- At the end of each lesson, the script tells the student to say "next lesson"
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- When they do, read the next lesson file and continue teaching
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- If they say "lesson X" at any point, read that lesson file and start from the beginning
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**Handling "start" or "begin":**
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- If the user says "start", "begin", or just greets you, start with Lesson 1
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- Read `lessons/01-first-contact.md` and begin teaching immediately
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---
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## Folder Structure
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```
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cowork-complete-guide/
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├── START-HERE.md ← You are here
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├── lessons/ ← Lesson scripts
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├── scenarios/ ← Exercise files for each lesson
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│ ├── first-task/
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│ ├── done-framework/
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│ ├── file-chaos/
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│ ├── customer-feedback/
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│ ├── large-corpus/
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│ ├── receipts/
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│ └── strategy-notes/
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├── skills/ ← Skills created during the course
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├── inbox/ ← For the Inbox Pattern lesson
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├── processed/
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├── outputs/
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└── reference/
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```
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---
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## Begin
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If the user is reading this and hasn't specified a lesson, ask them:
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"Welcome to Cowork Complete Guide! Say **'start'** to begin from Lesson 1, or **'lesson [number]'** to jump to a specific lesson."
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Then wait for their response.
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