Hey all - hope you’re enjoying the summer season and whatever festivities you enjoy. Been watching some FIFA World Cup here :) Question specifically for those who continue learning, growing and sharpening their AI skills with : - Claude Cowork Or - Claude Code Or - something else? - Answer the poll & Share why you make your choice. Totally personal opinion - Claude Cowork is awesome - and still I lately rarely use it because Claude Code is that much better. For me, it’s my AI Chief of Staff and runs / routes tasks to my 145+ AI agents as needed. Which is kinda crazy because Claude Cowork is also so incredibly powerful when you know how to use it - and you actually don’t really need to be technically at all to use it. Claude Code - it definitely helps to be more technical. BUT frankly once you get over the learning curve of connecting with a GitHub repository from the Claude Desktop and pair it with an AICOS Atlas Folder, and if you’re willing to learn a *little bit* about how to use it in Terminal, Obsidian, and other tools like Cursor… It makes Cowork look like child’s play. Which must then mean that regular Claude Chat is like an infant baby by comparison. Which is quite aligned with its relationship with Cowork. Cowork is like Claude Chat’s slightly older brother who figured out how to do a lot more and Chat is still in diapers always forgetting where it left its toys. AKA AI amnesia. Cowork is already figuring this out once you take the time to train it. Like you would a new hire. But (IMO) it’s still looking up to its bigger older smarter better brother Claude Code. Who’s can run laps around Cowork when it’s focused and not distracted building new shiny toys that it can sometimes make on its own or if left without proper direction. But - and this is a serious caveat - a lot of people do not really need to be using Claude Code. Especially when they are getting started. Just getting good and comfortable with Claude Cowork is often far more than enough to do what the majority of people need - obviously this depends heavily on the person or company goals.

What useful AI skills did you build this week? Anything cool that helped grow your business or make your life easier?

“It’s remarkable that in a day and a half... my morning briefing, my email triage, my comms engine, all of that is fully built.” — @Adelle Archer, Co-founder & CEO of Eterneva. New case study interview just published on YouTube and Substack (read article) with a full breakdown of Adelle's interview of her experience in automating 25% of her week by building her AI Chief of Staff in 48 hours. Wild - what a time to be alive! Sharing for inspiration on what's possible and for those founders who want to BUY BACK their time, Adelle is a great example of a specific use case for doing this for herself. Darby PS What would life look like if you automated 25% of your week with an AI Chief of Staff? I am booking a few more GenAIU VIP Day workshops for summer. If you want to chat about doing one for you or if you know someone who wants to buy back their time and grow their business w/ an AI Chief of Staff customized to them... and NOT do it all yourself... ...reach out and let's chat.

For those asking about if you can build your Atlas Folder in Google Drive, I've tested the AICOS V3 plugin buildout by pointing it to my Google Drive installed to my desktop, and Claude Cowork & Code can indeed see and build in my Drive. Obsidian can reference this, too. I'll still be keeping my local folder as my main hub, but for those who want to keep everything in Google Drive, this option may make sense for you.

I use Claude with almost everything now. Since it connects to almost everything. We've got three sessions left this month for wrapping up a full three months of Claude focus in Q1 this year. How are you liking the focus on Claude with different sessions on different integrations? Digging into more of Claude Code today, too. Should we keep the Claude Mastery Series going as the primary focus for the next year? Please answer the poll to let me know and comment if you have any thoughts you want to share on WHY yes or no.