Hard Fork AI Anthropic's New Plugins and $3 Billion Lawsuit
Jan 30, 2026
They dig into Anthropic’s new CoWork plugins that let non-developers automate departmental workflows and build customizable tooling. They cover how plugins can teach models company-specific processes and the rollout to paying enterprise customers. They also discuss a $3 billion copyright lawsuit from music publishers over alleged use of tens of thousands of musical works.
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CoWork Compared To Cloud Code
- Jaeden compares CoWork to Anthropic's Cloud Code and explains his startup, AIbox.ai, uses Cloud Code heavily for developers.
- He frames CoWork as a user-friendly, general-purpose version of those developer tools aimed at non-developers.
Plugins Bring Enterprise Automation To CoWork
- Anthropic expanded CoWork with customizable plugins to automate department-specific workflows like legal review and marketing copy.
- Plugins let companies formalize tools, data sources, and critical workflow handling to increase consistency and optimization.
Capture Workflows With Customizable Plugins
- Use customizable plugins to capture and share your company's best practices so Claude can optimize workflows as it learns.
- Start with local plugin use and plan for upcoming organization-wide sharing to scale consistent automation.