Danny and Ritu dive deep into Anthropic's new Cowork feature in Claude Desktop - the good, the bad, and the ugly. Ritu shares a cautionary tale about file deletion gone wrong, while Danny demonstrates his custom skills pack that protects users from common pitfalls.

What You'll Learn:

What Cowork is and how it differs from Claude Code and Claude Desktop
Why the rm -rf command can permanently delete your files (and how to prevent it)
How to set up deny lists in your Claude settings to protect critical files
The power of skills and bootstrap files for consistent, reliable outputs
Decision panels: letting Claude guide you through complex choices
Cascade skills: research to article to slides in one automated flow

Key Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction to Cowork
02:13 - Ritu's file deletion disaster story
08:37 - Understanding rm vs rm -rf commands
10:01 - Setting up deny lists for protection
16:00 - Evolution from Claude Desktop to Claude Code to Cowork
25:55 - Skills deep dive: orchestrator, quality gate, flow state
39:48 - Research cascade skill demonstration
43:18 - Decision panels walkthrough
48:58 - 2026 predictions: Ambient AI and pixel-free interfaces

Resources Mentioned:

Danny's Skills Pack (available to listeners)
Typora - Markdown editor ($14 lifetime)
Time Machine backup for Mac users
Git for version control

Connect with Ritu Java: LinkedIn

Connect with Danny McMillan: LinkedIn | Seller Sessions

Go With The Flow: Cowork Deep Dive - Skills, Guardrails, and Avoiding Disaster