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Hi friends 👋
A lot of people say the same lately:
"I know Claude is powerful, but I genuinely don't know what workflows to set up."
And honestly? Same. Or, well, same until recently.
When I first started using Claude seriously, I was overwhelmed. There's so much it can do that I'd just open a new chat, stare at it, and think... okay, but what workflow do I actually want to build?
I've been slowly figuring it out, building small workflows one at a time, and learning more every day.
So I figured, a fair amount of things and here are the 3 you need to start exploring in Claude this weekend, even if you're still figuring out your workflow:
1. Plugins
This is like Claude pre-loaded with expertise for the role you need help with.
If you’re using Claude Cowork (the desktop app), there’s a plugins library you can browse and install in one click.
The idea: instead of you explaining your workflow every time you open Claude, a plugin does it for you. Each one bundles together a set of domain-specific skills, slash commands, and tool connections — all configured for a specific role.
There's a Marketing plugin, a Finance plugin, a Sales plugin, a Legal plugin, and several others — 11 official ones from Anthropic so far, all free and customizable.
More are being added by third parties and you can create your own as well.
For example, if we look at the marketing plugin, it includes skills like drafting content, planning campaigns, running SEO audits, and analyzing performance across channels.
The low-effort, yet practical thing to do right now: open Cowork, go to the Plugins section in the sidebar, and just browse. Even just seeing what's in there will give you ideas for how you could be working differently.
2. Scheduled tasks
This one literally just launched in the last couple of days and I immediately knew I had to share it.
If you remember me talking about Grok’s scheduled tasks, this one is pretty much the same. But you won’t have to use Grok just for that and you can centralize all your AI use cases in Claude.
Claude Cowork now has scheduled tasks. You write a prompt once, tell it how often to run, and Claude handles it automatically every time.
Here’s an example of how to use it in content creation process:
Every Saturday evening, while you’re doing something else, Claude searches Reddit for the questions and frustrations your audience is posting that week. It scans the relevant subreddits, finds recurring themes, surfaces the real pain points people are writing about, and drops a clean summary into a Google Drive doc.
So when Sunday (or whatever day works for you) rolls around and you sit down to prepare your content for the week, the research is already done.
Imagine how much time you can save by not going through all those Reddit threads manually?!
Apparently, since this is a fresh feature, I don’t have access to it yet. But you can find the instructions here. And I hope it rolls out to me soon as well.
Note that market research is just one example of what task you can schedule. You can schedule anything that you do repetitively every day, week, or month. Like reporting or YouTube video to LinkedIn post repurposing.
3. Skills
Skills are what make Claude so powerful.
A skill is a set of custom instructions, written in plain language, that tells Claude exactly how to approach a specific task.
You add them inside the Settings > Capabilities. From there, Create new skills for certain tasks you’d like to regularly use Claude for.
For example, I explained how I created my first Skill inside Claude that helps with LinkedIn post writing in my previous newsletter.
If you don’t know what skills to set up, literally use Claude to figure it out. Give it as much context as possible about you and what you do. Then ask it to give you suggestions of what skills and workflows would benefit you the most.
That’s exactly what I did too.
I exported my ChatGPT memory, but you can provide all that information by just typing your story or talking it out loud.
I usually recommend using speech-to-text features for giving AI tools context, because that’s how you can convey the most information without thinking how to formulate it.
Speaking of, I also tested Wispr Flow this week after seeing a lot of hype around it. I was sooo skeptical about it, because what do you mean there’s an AI tool that can type for you when you speak? Like, there’s already a voice typing function on any smartphone or laptop, so why would I need an external tool?
OMG I WAS SO WRONG!
Why Wispr is better than built-in speech-to-text features:
It edits your speech in real time. For example, if you use filler words like umm-s or accidentally make a mistake while speaking, it will fix those. Maybe you said something and then corrected yourself? Wispr will only register the correct version.
It understands you even if you whisper.
It understands technical terms or tool names better, and if you use unique words while speaking, you can add those in the vocabulary so it doesn’t autocorrect them
And it’s free. So, use it and let me know what you think.
Speak naturally. Send without fixing.
Wispr Flow turns your voice into clean, professional text you can send the moment you stop talking. Not rough transcription you have to clean up. Actual polished text - ready for email, Slack, or any app.
Reid Hoffman sends 89% of his messages with zero edits using Flow. Millions of people worldwide have made it part of how they work, including teams at OpenAI, Vercel, and Clay.
Speak the way you think. Go on tangents. Change your mind mid-sentence. Flow strips the filler, fixes the grammar, and gives you text that reads like you spent five minutes writing it.
Works on Mac, Windows, iPhone, and now Android - free and unlimited on Android during launch.
See you next week,
Kate 🌟
