Claude Code + Cowork Now Control Your Mac — What This Means for Developers

Claude Code + Cowork Now Control Your Mac — What This Means for Developers Anthropic just shipped something worth stopping and reading about. Claude Code and Cowork — the two AI agents most developers working in Claude's ecosystem already rely on — can now directly control a macOS computer. Open files, browse the web, run terminal commands, launch apps. All without any user scripting. All without you being at your desk. It's a research preview. It requires Claude Pro or Max. It only works on Mac for now. Those caveats matter. But the signal underneath them is loud. What's Actually Shipping The preview wires Claude's agents into the macOS accessibility and automation layer via the Claude desktop app, paired with the mobile app. Once paired, the agents can: Open and edit files across the filesystem Browse the web autonomously Execute terminal commands Launch and interact with desktop applications The "even when you're away from your computer" framing in Anthropic's announcement is delibe