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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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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.

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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.

Skills.md — Encode Your Expertise
03 Skills & Memory

Anatomy of a Skill

A plain markdown file that gives Claude exactly the right instructions for a task

.claude/skills/email-voice.md
--- name: email-voice description: Write emails in my voice trigger: When drafting email replies --- # My Email Voice ## Tone - Direct, warm, no filler phrases - Short paragraphs (2–3 lines max) - End with ONE clear action item ## Never use - "Hope this finds you well" - Passive voice - More than 3 bullet points ## Always include - My name at the end - A specific next step with date
  • 1
    Name + DescriptionWhat the skill is called and when Claude uses it.
  • 2
    Trigger conditionThe situation that activates this skill automatically.
  • 3
    Rules & constraintsExplicit dos and don'ts — your expertise encoded.
  • 4
    Examples (optional)Sample inputs/outputs to demonstrate the pattern.
💡 Invoke with /skill-name or Claude activates it automatically when it detects the trigger.
05 Skill Demo · Public Relations Agent

The PR Agent

A skill that handles public relations tasks in your brand voice — press releases, media pitches, crisis responses — consistently every time

.claude/skills/pr-agent.md
--- name: pr-agent description: Handle public relations tasks — press releases, media pitches, spokesperson statements, crisis comms trigger: When user asks to draft a press release, media pitch, or official statement, or invokes /pr --- # Public Relations Agent ## Brand Voice - Confident, human, not corporate-stiff - Lead with the news, not the company name - Active voice, present tense where possible - No jargon — write for a journalist on deadline ## Press Release Structure FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Headline (verb-led, newsworthy) Dateline — One-sentence lead (who, what, why it matters) Body: context → quote → supporting facts Boilerplate → Contact info ## Media Pitch Rules - Subject line under 8 words - First line = the angle, not the background - One story, one journalist, one ask - End with: "Happy to provide more — [name]" ## Crisis Statement Rules - Acknowledge first, explain second - Never say "no comment" - One spokesperson voice only
What this skill does
  • Drafts press releases in AP Style format
  • Writes personalised media pitches by beat
  • Drafts crisis statements with correct tone
  • Consistent brand voice — not generic AI output
  • Knows your boilerplate, spokespeople, contacts
Trigger methods
/pr "draft a press release" "pitch this story" "we need a statement"
The skill stores your boilerplate, spokesperson bios, and brand voice in CLAUDE.md — so every output is already on-brand without extra prompting.
05 Skill Demo · Live

Live Demo

Live

How to create a new skill for public relations and media pitching

What's Possible

More Things to Build

The Public Relations AI Agent Skill is one pattern. The same structure works for any repeatable task with judgment.

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Skill

Email Voice Agent

Replies in your exact tone, ends with one action item, never says "Hope this finds you well." Triggered on any email draft request.

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Skill

Weekly Report Agent

Pulls data from Notion or Sheets via app connectors, formats it into your standard report structure, drafts the narrative in your analytical style.

📋
Skill

Meeting Notes Agent

Takes a raw transcript, extracts action items, formats into your team's standard template, creates Notion tasks with owners and dates.

⚖️
Skill

Contract Review Agent

Reads a contract, flags clauses that deviate from your standard terms, scores risk level, suggests specific redline language.

🎙️
Skill

Content Week Agent

Turn one YouTube video into a full week of content — Instagram carousels, LinkedIn posts, email newsletter. With Blotato visuals, scheduled automatically.

The pattern is always the same: name → trigger → rules → output format. Write it once in markdown. Run it forever.
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