cowork-complete-guide

Practices on Complete Guide to Claude Cowork

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File Processing System

A simple, repeatable system for managing files with Claude.

How It Works

Files flow through four folders:

inbox/      ← Drop new files here (the chaos landing zone)
processed/  ← Files Claude has organized, renamed, and sorted
outputs/    ← Reports and new files Claude creates
reference/  ← Read-only context (templates, guidelines, etc.)

How to Use It

1. Drop files into inbox/
2. Tell Claude: "Read the file-processor skill and process my inbox"
3. Check processed/ for organized files and outputs/ for the processing log

Skills

Skills live in skills/ — they're instruction files Claude follows.

• skills/file-processor.md – Instructions for processing the inbox

Edit any skill file to customize behavior for your needs.