What Are Cowork Plugins?
Claude Cowork plugins are pre-built AI workflows designed for specific job functions. Instead of starting from scratch every time you open Claude, a plugin gives Claude the context, tools, and slash commands tailored to how you actually work, whether you’re closing deals, reviewing contracts, or triaging support tickets.
Each plugin connects to the tools you already use (Slack, HubSpot, Notion, Jira, etc.), comes with ready-to-use slash commands, and includes domain-specific skills so Claude understands the nuances of your role.
Think of it this way: Claude without a plugin is a generalist. Claude with a plugin is a trained teammate who already knows your stack.
How to Install Any Plugin
Installation is the same for all 11 plugins. Takes about 30 seconds.
- Open Claude Desktop and enter Cowork mode
- Click the + button in the sidebar
- Select “Plugin”
- Browse the available plugins from Anthropic’s marketplace
- Click the plugin you want, then Install
- Slash commands and skills become immediately available
Requirements:
- Claude Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise subscription
- Claude Desktop app (Cowork is a desktop feature)
Tip: You can install multiple plugins simultaneously. A sales lead who also manages pipeline reporting might install both the Sales and Data plugins.
01. Sales
What it is: A deal research and outreach engine. Researches prospects, preps you for calls, reviews your pipeline, drafts personalized outreach, and builds competitive battlecards, all without leaving Claude.
Who it’s for: SDRs, AEs, sales managers, revenue ops, founders doing their own sales.
Connected Tools: Slack, HubSpot, Close, Clay, ZoomInfo, Notion, Jira, Fireflies, Microsoft 365
Slash Commands
/pipeline-review— Analyze pipeline health, flag at-risk deals, surface next actions/forecast— Build a forecast based on deal stages, velocity, and historical patterns/call-summary— Pull key takeaways from a recorded call and generate follow-up actions
Key Skills
- Account Research — Deep research on companies and contacts using multiple data sources
- Call Prep — Pre-call briefs with account context, stakeholder mapping, and talking points
- Draft Outreach — Research-first, multi-channel personalized messaging
- Competitive Intelligence — Interactive battlecards comparing you vs. competitors
- Daily Briefing — Prioritized pipeline alerts and activity summaries
Best Use Cases
- Pre-call research: get a full account brief 10 minutes before your meeting
- Prospecting at scale: research a list of companies and draft tailored outreach for each
- Deal strategy: identify risks in your pipeline and get suggested next steps
- Competitive positioning: build a battlecard when a competitor keeps showing up in deals
Prompt Examples
- “Research Acme Corp. Tell me about their tech stack, recent funding, key decision-makers.”
- “I have a call with the VP of Engineering at Stripe in 30 minutes. Prep me.”
- “Draft a cold outreach sequence for Series B fintech companies. 3 emails, personalized.”
- “Review my pipeline in HubSpot. Which deals are at risk of slipping this quarter?”
- “Build me a competitive battlecard: us vs. Competitor X.”
02. Productivity
What it is: Your daily operating system inside Claude. Manages tasks, syncs with your calendar and chat, and builds a persistent memory of your work context so you stop repeating yourself every session.
Who it’s for: Anyone. This is the baseline plugin that makes every other plugin better.
Connected Tools: Slack, Notion, Asana, Linear, Jira, Monday, ClickUp, Microsoft 365
Slash Commands
/start— Kick off your day with a prioritized briefing based on your calendar, messages, and open tasks/update— Push status updates across your tools without switching tabs
Best Use Cases
- Morning standup prep: get a summary of what happened overnight across Slack, email, and your project board
- End-of-day wrap-up: log what you accomplished and queue up tomorrow’s priorities
- Context switching: when you jump between projects, Claude remembers where you left off
- Weekly planning: review what’s on your plate across all tools in one view
Prompt Examples
- “What’s on my plate today? Check my calendar, Slack mentions, and open Asana tasks.”
- “Summarize everything that happened in #product-updates and #engineering this morning.”
- “I’m switching to the Acme project. Remind me where I left off last session.”
- “Draft my weekly status update based on what I completed this week in Linear.”
- “What meetings do I have tomorrow and what should I prep for?“
03. Customer Support
What it is: A support ops copilot that triages incoming tickets, drafts responses in the right tone, packages escalations with full context, and turns resolved issues into reusable knowledge base articles.
Who it’s for: Support agents, support managers, CX leads, anyone running a help desk.
Connected Tools: Slack, Intercom, HubSpot, Guru, Jira, Notion, Microsoft 365
Slash Commands
/triage— Categorize and prioritize incoming tickets using a P1-P4 framework/research— Pull customer context from across your tools before responding/draft-response— Generate a reply matched to the situation’s tone and urgency/escalate— Package an issue for engineering with full context and business impact/kb-article— Turn a resolved ticket into a structured knowledge base article
Key Skills
- Ticket Triage — P1-P4 priority framework with category taxonomy
- Customer Research — Multi-source context gathering with confidence scoring
- Response Drafting — Situation-specific tone guidelines
- Escalation — Structured format with business impact assessment
- Knowledge Management — Article structure standards optimized for searchability
Best Use Cases
- Inbox zero workflows: triage a batch of tickets and get suggested responses
- Escalation documentation: package a complex issue for engineering
- Knowledge base building: convert your best replies into searchable articles
- Customer health checks: research an account’s full support history before a renewal call
Prompt Examples
- “Here are 12 tickets that came in overnight. Triage them by priority.”
- “Customer says data export has been failing for 3 days. Research and draft a response.”
- “This bug affects 50+ customers. Package an escalation for engineering.”
- “Turn my resolution of the SSO login issue into a KB article.”
04. Product Management
What it is: Your PM command center. Writes feature specs, manages roadmap updates, synthesizes user research, drafts stakeholder communications, and tracks the competitive landscape.
Who it’s for: Product managers, product leads, TPMs, founders wearing the PM hat.
Connected Tools: Slack, Linear, Asana, Monday, ClickUp, Jira, Notion, Figma, Amplitude, Pendo, Intercom, Fireflies
Slash Commands
/write-spec— Generate a feature spec from a rough idea or user feedback/roadmap-update— Create a roadmap status update across all active workstreams/stakeholder-update— Draft a stakeholder email or Slack post summarizing progress/competitive-brief— Research a competitor and produce an actionable brief/synthesize-research— Combine user interviews, feedback, and data into a synthesis/metrics-review— Pull and analyze product metrics across your analytics tools
Best Use Cases
- Spec writing: go from a rough idea to a structured spec with user stories and edge cases
- Research synthesis: combine 10 user interviews into clear themes and recommendations
- Sprint planning: review what shipped, what slipped, and what’s next
- Stakeholder comms: draft a monthly update focused on outcomes
Prompt Examples
- “I have a rough idea for in-app notifications. Write a feature spec.”
- “Synthesize these 8 user interview transcripts. Top 3 themes?”
- “Draft a stakeholder update. Pull status from Linear.”
- “Do a competitive brief on Competitor X’s latest product launch.”
05. Marketing
What it is: A content and campaign engine. Drafts content in your brand voice, plans campaigns, runs competitive analysis, audits SEO, and reports on channel performance.
Who it’s for: Content marketers, demand gen, brand managers, CMOs, solo marketers doing it all.
Connected Tools: Slack, Canva, Figma, HubSpot, Amplitude, Notion, Ahrefs, SimilarWeb, Klaviyo
Slash Commands
/draft-content— Write blog posts, social copy, landing pages, or email/campaign-plan— Build a campaign brief with timeline, channels, messaging, and KPIs/email-sequence— Design a multi-touch email flow with subject lines and send schedule/competitive-brief— Research competitor positioning and content strategy/seo-audit— Analyze search performance and identify keyword opportunities
Best Use Cases
- Content production: draft blog posts, carousels, or email sequences with brand voice
- Campaign planning: build a full launch campaign from positioning through channels
- SEO strategy: audit rankings and find keyword gaps vs. competitors
- Performance reporting: pull metrics into a single narrative report
Prompt Examples
- “Draft a blog post about [topic]. Professional but conversational, no jargon.”
- “Plan a product launch campaign. Timeline, channels, messaging, KPIs.”
- “Build a 5-email nurture sequence for trial users who haven’t converted.”
- “Run an SEO audit. Where are we losing ground?“
06. Legal
What it is: A legal workflow accelerator. Reviews contracts, triages NDAs, runs compliance checks, assesses risk, preps meeting briefings, and drafts templated responses.
Who it’s for: In-house counsel, legal ops, paralegals, contract managers, compliance officers.
Connected Tools: Slack, Box, Egnyte, Jira, Microsoft 365
Slash Commands
/review-contract— Analyze a contract for key terms, risks, and deviations/triage-nda— Quickly assess an NDA and flag non-standard provisions/vendor-check— Run a vendor risk assessment against your compliance framework/respond— Draft a templated legal response/brief— Prep a briefing document for a legal meeting or board review
Key Skills
- Contract Review — Clause-by-clause analysis with risk scoring
- NDA Triage — Fast-track standard NDAs, flag exceptions
- Compliance — Check against your compliance framework and flag gaps
- Legal Risk Assessment — Structured risk analysis with recommended actions
- Meeting Briefing — Pre-meeting prep with key issues and recommended positions
Best Use Cases
- Contract review pipeline: process a batch and flag ones needing human attention
- NDA fast-tracking: triage incoming NDAs and auto-approve standard ones
- Compliance monitoring: check vendor agreements against your requirements
- Board prep: build briefing documents with key issues and positions
Prompt Examples
- “Review this vendor agreement. Flag non-standard clauses and liability concerns.”
- “Triage this NDA. Standard template or modifications to review?”
- “Run a vendor risk assessment. Check their DPA against our requirements.”
- “We got 5 NDAs this week. Which can we sign as-is?“
07. Finance
What it is: A finance operations copilot. Preps journal entries, reconciles accounts, generates financial statements, analyzes variances, manages the close process, and supports audit readiness.
Who it’s for: Controllers, staff accountants, FP&A analysts, finance managers, CFOs.
Connected Tools: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Slack, Microsoft 365
Slash Commands
/journal-entry— Prep a journal entry with proper coding and documentation/reconciliation— Walk through an account reconciliation with variance identification/income-statement— Generate formatted financial statements from your data/variance-analysis— Analyze budget vs. actual variances and surface drivers/sox-testing— Prepare SOX testing documentation and control evidence
Best Use Cases
- Month-end close: manage tasks, prep entries, and reconcile accounts
- Variance reporting: identify and explain budget-to-actual variances
- Audit prep: organize documentation and evidence for internal or external audit
- SOX compliance: prepare testing documentation and control evidence
Prompt Examples
- “Prep a journal entry for the Q4 accrual adjustment. $150K across 3 cost centers.”
- “Reconcile the AR aging report against the GL. Flag variances above $5K.”
- “Generate the monthly income statement. Top 3 variance drivers?”
- “Run a variance analysis on SG&A spend. Q4 actuals vs. plan.”
08. Data
What it is: A data analyst in your sidebar. Writes SQL, explores datasets, runs statistical analysis, builds visualizations, creates dashboards, and validates results.
Who it’s for: Data analysts, analytics engineers, data scientists, anyone who writes SQL or builds dashboards.
Connected Tools: Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Hex, Amplitude, Jira
Slash Commands
/explore-data— Profile a dataset: schema, distributions, data quality, relationships/write-query— Generate SQL from a natural language question/analyze— Run statistical analysis on a dataset/create-viz— Build a chart or visualization from your data/build-dashboard— Create an interactive dashboard with multiple views/validate— Check your query results for accuracy and edge cases
Best Use Cases
- Ad-hoc analysis: ask a question in plain English and get the SQL + results
- Data exploration: profile a new dataset before diving in
- Dashboard creation: build an interactive dashboard from metrics
- Data quality checks: validate a query before sharing with stakeholders
Prompt Examples
- “Write SQL: monthly recurring revenue by customer segment, last 12 months.”
- “Explore the events table. Schema, data quality, key dimensions?”
- “Build a dashboard: DAU, retention, and feature adoption.”
- “Is the conversion rate difference between cohort A and B significant?“
09. Enterprise Search
What it is: One search bar across your entire company’s tools. Query email, Slack, docs, wikis, and project boards simultaneously, and get a synthesized answer, not just a list of links.
Who it’s for: Anyone at a company with more than 3 tools who’s tired of searching each one separately.
Connected Tools: Slack, Notion, Guru, Jira, Asana, Microsoft 365
Slash Commands
/search— Search across all connected tools with a single query/digest— Create a digest summary of recent activity across topics or projects
Key Skills
- Search Strategy — Decomposes your query and translates it for each tool’s search syntax
- Knowledge Synthesis — Deduplicates results, scores confidence, and synthesizes findings
- Source Management — Handles 6+ tool types in parallel for comprehensive results
Best Use Cases
- Onboarding: quickly find all docs, decisions, and context about a project
- Decision archaeology: find the original discussion and rationale
- Cross-team visibility: search across engineering, product, and design
- Knowledge recovery: find that message or doc you vaguely remember
Prompt Examples
- “Find everything related to the API migration — Slack, Jira, Notion, all of it.”
- “When did we decide to switch from Postgres to DynamoDB? Find the discussion.”
- “Create a digest of everything on the Platform team this week.”
- “I’m onboarding onto Payments. Find me all the key docs and open projects.”
10. Bio Research
What it is: A preclinical research assistant. Connects to 10+ scientific databases and research platforms to accelerate literature search, genomics analysis, target prioritization, and early-stage R&D workflows.
Who it’s for: Research scientists, bioinformaticians, biotech R&D teams, computational biologists.
Connected Tools: PubMed, BioRender, bioRxiv, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL, Synapse, Wiley, Owkin, Open Targets, Benchling
Key Skills
- Literature Search — Structured searches across PubMed and bioRxiv with relevance scoring
- Genomics Analysis — Single-cell RNA-seq QC, scVI tools for ML on single-cell data
- Target Prioritization — Evidence-based assessment using Open Targets and ChEMBL
- Pipeline Development — Nextflow pipeline development for bioinformatics workflows
- Data Standards — Instrument data conversion to Allotrope format
Best Use Cases
- Literature review: comprehensive search with structured summaries
- Target identification: cross-reference genomics, pharmacology, and clinical evidence
- Clinical trial monitoring: track trials for a disease area or mechanism
- Data analysis pipelines: build Nextflow pipelines for sequencing data
Prompt Examples
- “Search PubMed for recent papers on CRISPR gene therapy for sickle cell disease.”
- “What does Open Targets evidence look like for JAK2 in myelofibrosis?”
- “Find active clinical trials for GLP-1 receptor agonists in NASH. Phase 2+.”
- “Build a Nextflow pipeline for bulk RNA-seq. QC, alignment, differential expression.”
11. Plugin Management
What it is: The meta-plugin. Lets you create new plugins from scratch or customize existing ones for your organization’s specific tools, workflows, and terminology.
Who it’s for: Ops leaders, team leads, admins, and power users who want to tailor plugins to how their company actually works.
Connected Tools: Configures how other plugins connect to your tools via MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers.
Key Skills
- Plugin Customizer — Modify existing plugins to swap tools, adjust prompts, add org context
- MCP Configuration — Set up and configure tool integrations
- Workflow Adaptation — Adapt plugin templates to match your team’s processes
Best Use Cases
- Tool swaps: your company uses Salesforce instead of HubSpot? Swap it in.
- Building custom plugins: create a role-specific plugin for Recruiting, HR, etc.
- Org-specific language: add your company’s terminology and templates
- Team rollout: configure a plugin for your team, then share it
Prompt Examples
- “Customize the Sales plugin. We use Salesforce instead of HubSpot.”
- “Create a new plugin for our Recruiting team. Greenhouse, Slack, Notion.”
- “Add our brand guidelines and templates to the Marketing plugin.”
- “Build a plugin for Client Success. Slack, HubSpot, internal wiki.”
Quick Reference: Which Plugin Is for You?
| If you are a… | Install this plugin |
|---|---|
| Anyone who uses multiple tools daily | Productivity |
| SDR, AE, or Sales Manager | Sales |
| Support Agent or CX Lead | Customer Support |
| Product Manager or Technical PM | Product Management |
| Content Marketer or Demand Gen | Marketing |
| In-House Counsel or Paralegal | Legal |
| Controller, Accountant, or FP&A | Finance |
| Data Analyst or Analytics Engineer | Data |
| Anyone tired of searching 6 tools | Enterprise Search |
| Research Scientist or Bioinformatician | Bio Research |
| Team Lead or Admin customizing plugins | Plugin Management |
Plugins That Work Well Together
You’re not limited to one plugin. Here are high-impact combos:
Sales + Data — Run pipeline analysis and build custom dashboards on top of your CRM data.
Product Mgmt + Enterprise Search — Search across Slack, Notion, and Jira simultaneously when writing specs.
Marketing + Sales — Draft content while pulling from the same competitive intelligence Sales uses.
Customer Support + Product Mgmt — Route support ticket patterns directly into product specs.
Finance + Data — Query your data warehouse directly while prepping journal entries.
Productivity + Any Plugin — Gives Claude persistent memory, making every other plugin smarter.
Getting Started
- Pick one plugin that matches your primary role
- Install it (+ button, then Plugin, then select, then install)
- Try a slash command to see it in action
- Connect your tools when prompted; the plugin gets better with each integration
- Experiment with prompts; the examples above are starting points, not limits
The plugins are free, open-source, and actively maintained by Anthropic. Install one, try it for a day, and you’ll see why this changes how you work with AI.