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01 · Title 02 · Who is Wan Wei? 03 · Three Ways to Use Claude 04 · Claude Chat 05 · Chatbots vs AI Agents 06 · Progression of AI Access 07 · Claude Code 08 · Claude CoWork 09 · Chat vs CoWork vs Code 10 · What CoWork Unlocks 11 · Skills.md 12 · Anatomy of a Skill 13 · The PR Agent 14 · Live Demo 15 · More Things to Build 16 · Join the Community
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About the Presenter — Wan Wei
Three Ways to Use Claude
01 Claude Chat

Claude Chat

The familiar starting point — and where most people stay

What it is

Conversational AI in your browser

Chat with Claude like you'd message a very smart colleague. Ask questions, get drafts, brainstorm. No setup required.

Works great for
  • One-off drafts, summaries, explanations
  • Quick research and brainstorming
  • Learning something new
  • Casual use — anything, anytime
The limits
  • Forgets everything between sessions
  • No consistent style or voice
  • You re-explain context every time
  • Cannot connect to your actual tools
  • Output quality varies with how you prompt
The real issue: Every conversation starts from zero. You are the memory. You are the instructions. That's exhausting at scale.
How Chatbots and AI Agents Differ
5 Types of AI Access
03 Claude Code

Claude Code

Full agentic control — for developers who live in the terminal

What it is

A developer agent with full computer access

Reads and writes files on your computer, runs automated tasks, calls external services, manages code. Thinks like a senior engineer.

Built for
  • Software developers
  • Multi-file codebase changes
  • Running automated workflows and checks
  • Building production-grade tools
What's the same as CoWork
  • CLAUDE.md for identity & rules
  • MEMORY/ for persistent memory
  • Skills.md for reusable behaviours
  • App connectors for external tools
The key difference: Claude Code requires comfort with developer tools and technical workflows. CoWork gives you the same power through a friendly, point-and-click interface — no coding required.
02 Claude CoWork · Today's Focus

Claude CoWork

Your personal AI workspace — specialised, persistent, connected

🧠 Brain
Claude model you choose (Sonnet 4.6 / Opus)
🪪 Memory
CLAUDE.md + MEMORY.md + Memory/ folder
🔧 Tools
App Connectors · Local system access CoWork
📋 Tasks
Project instructions + /Commands + Skills CoWork
Think of each CoWork plugin as a purpose-built specialist — not a generalist chatbot. Same brain, but trained to your specific workflow.
Co-work Plugin

A self-contained agent with its own memory, skills, and tool connections. You have multiple plugins for different roles.

💬
Chat
Generalist
CoWork
Specialist
Side-by-side

Chat vs CoWork vs Code

Claude Chat

💬 Generalist

Starts fresh every session
No persistent memory
No connected tools
Output quality depends on prompting
Good for one-off tasks
Curious Tourist
Who it's for
Anyone, anytime
Claude CoWork · Today

⚡ Specialist

Remembers context across sessions
Custom Skills.md encode your style
Connected tools: Gmail, Notion, Calendar…
Consistent output, every time
Point-and-click — no coding required
Claude CoWork Specialist
Who it's for
Professionals & power users
Claude Code

💻 Developer

Same memory + skills architecture
Reads/writes files on your machine
Runs automated tasks directly on your computer
Manages git, CI/CD, deployments
Requires terminal comfort
Tech Wizard
Who it's for
Developers & technical builders
02 Claude CoWork

What CoWork Unlocks

The gap between "Claude helped me" and "Claude works for me"

Memory that persists

No more re-explaining yourself

CLAUDE.md tells your agent who you are, what you do, and how you work. Memory/ stores facts that grow over time. You set it up once.

Consistent output

Skills that encode your standards

Instead of re-prompting every time, your expertise lives in a Skills.md file. Same quality, automatically, every time the skill is triggered.

Connected tools

Claude reaches into your actual stack

Claude connects directly to your Gmail, updates Notion, checks your calendar, and queries your database — not just talks about them.

The result
From assistant to co-worker

Chat needs you to drive every conversation. CoWork handles recurring work the way you'd expect a trained team member to.