The Cowork rescue
Fixed.
Cowork disappeared from my Claude app. I spent one long session getting it back, with Claude as my tech support.
- Why
- Cowork is where my Build window lived. Without it, my whole setup stopped.
How I built it
- I backed up my old Cowork work first.
- Claude had me read the app's own logs. They said my computer did not support Cowork.
- We turned on the computer features Cowork needs, one by one.
- We found the real cause: a startup setting was missing entirely. We added it.
- We installed an add-on Cowork uses.
- I reinstalled the app one last time. Cowork came back.
- To copy it you need
- Claude, or the AI of your choice. The gotcha: back up your work before any reset, and look everywhere on screen before you assume it is broken.
Try it yourself
Copy this prompt and paste it into ChatGPT or Claude to try it yourself.
Marty Stevens-Heebner fixed a vanished feature in her AI app by having her AI read the app's logs with her (see her What Are We Building? page). Something in my app stopped working. Walk me through it one step at a time. First tell me how to back up my work. Then tell me where the app keeps its logs and what to look for. Her gotcha: after a full day of fixes, the button was there all along, in a spot she was not looking. Start by asking what disappeared. Ask me for anything you need.
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