Claude Cowork can now run a task on a schedule in the cloud, which means a weekly chore can be set up once and repeated without anyone retyping the request. Anywhere you see a bracket like [business] or [paste], swap in your own details before you send the prompt.
Read this first: Cowork is rolling out gradually to paid plans (Pro, Max and Ultra on web, desktop and mobile), so you may not see it in your account yet. Every task counts toward your plan's usage limits, and tasks that touch files on your computer only work while the Claude desktop app is open. Claude drafts quickly but you are the editor, so read every number, name and email before anything reaches a client, and keep email drafts as drafts until a person approves them.
Turn a plain sales or bookings sheet into a one-page summary an owner will actually read.
Here is last week's data for [business]: [paste or attach the sheet]. Write a one-page recap in plain English that says what sold best, what slowed down, and one thing the owner could try this week. Keep it under 200 words and put any numbers in a small table at the top.
Prepare answers to the emails that arrive every week so the owner only has to review them.
Look at the emails in [inbox or label] from the past week that ask about [prices, opening hours or bookings]. For each one, write a short friendly reply in the voice of [business], using these facts: [paste details]. Save every reply as a draft and do not send anything.
Sort the month's invoices and receipts into folders the bookkeeper can find.
Look at the files in [folder name] and sort them into subfolders by month and by type, such as invoices and receipts. Rename each file to start with the date, and give me a short list of anything you were unsure about instead of moving it. Ask me before deleting anything.
Put the recap on a timer so it is waiting for the owner before the week starts.
Every Monday at [time], read [source, for example a shared sheet] and write the weekly recap for [business] using the same format as before. Put it in [document or folder] and add a short list of questions I should ask the owner on our next call.