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Your First Real Task
Watch a full Cowork task from handoff to deliverable: messy folder in, organized expense summary out.
The best first tasks share a shape: clear inputs (files in the folder), a clear deliverable (a file that doesn't exist yet), and criteria you can check by opening the result. Below is a replay of a classic — receipts to expense report. Notice how Claude pauses to ask one clarifying question instead of guessing, and how the final answer is a file, not a paragraph.
Sandbox transcript
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The transcript is canned — no real API calls. The point is to internalize the loop: user → plan → tool → result → answer.
Check your understanding
Q1. Why did Claude stop mid-task instead of finishing in one run?
Q2. What made "build me an expense report" a good first task?
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