On Monday, Adobe's stock dropped 4%. Atlassian dropped 8.6%. Salesforce dropped 6%. All on the same day. Not because of bad earnings. Not because of a recession.
Because Anthropic announced that Claude can now control your computer.
Not write for you. Not answer your questions. Actually sit at your desk and do the work while you're not in the room.
I want to explain exactly what this means in plain English, what it can do right now, what it can't do yet, and three practical ways you can try it this week if you're a Pro subscriber.
What actually happened
Until Monday, AI could talk to you. It could write things, summarise things, and help you think. But there was always a wall between what AI suggested and what actually happened. You still had to copy the output, open the app, paste it in, format it, and send it yourself.
That wall came down on Monday.
Claude can now open your apps. Navigate your browser. Fill in your spreadsheets. Move your mouse. Click your buttons. Complete a task from start to finish, while you're on the school run, on a call, or asleep.
Here's the example Anthropic demonstrated: a user running late for a meeting sends a message from their phone: "Export my pitch deck as a PDF and attach it to the meeting invite." They put their phone away. Claude opens the file, exports it, and attaches it to the calendar invite. The user arrives at the meeting to find it done.
That is not a future vision. That happened on Monday. It is live right now.
A few things to be clear about, because I want you to go in with the right expectations:
It's a research preview. This means it works well for straightforward tasks, but it can make mistakes on longer or more complex ones. Always watch what it's doing the first few times.
It's macOS only right now. Windows support is expected but not available yet.
You need a Claude Pro or Max subscription. Pro is $20 a month. Max starts at $100 a month. The feature is inside Claude Cowork and Claude Code.
You stay in control. Claude will show you its plan before it does anything and ask you to confirm. You can stop it at any point. It doesn't go rogue, at least that is what Anthropic says. 🙂
Three practical things to try this week
These are the most useful starting points for a business professional, no technical background needed:
1. The morning briefing. Open Claude Cowork on your Mac before you leave the house. Ask it: "Check my emails, identify anything that needs a response today, and write me a three-line briefing of what I'm walking into this morning." Come back to your desk, and it's done.
2. The recurring report. If you pull the same data or compile the same report every week, analytics, numbers, updates, describe the task to Claude in detail once. Ask it to do it now while you watch. If it gets it right, you now have a workflow you can repeat every week without touching it.
3. The file task you keep putting off. You know the one. The thing that involves opening three different apps, copying information between them, and formatting something. The task that takes 45 minutes, and you dread it every time. Give it to Claude. Describe exactly what needs to happen. Watch it work. See how far it gets.
The honest answer is, it won't be perfect every time. Not yet. But even 70% of the way there is 70% of your time back on that task.
Prompt of the Week
Use case: You want to give Claude a task on your computer, but you're not sure how to describe it clearly enough for it to work properly.
Copy and paste this first:
"Before you start, I want to make sure we're aligned. Here is the task I need you to complete on my computer: [describe it]. Before you do anything, tell me: what steps will you take, in what order, and what will the finished result look like? I'll confirm before you begin."
Why it works: Claude works best when the task is unambiguous. This prompt forces it to show you its plan before it acts, which means you catch any misunderstanding before it does something you didn't intend. It also helps you spot if your description was too vague. Getting the task description right is 80% of the work.
The Bottom Line
The market didn’t wipe billions off software stocks because of a rumour. It did it because investors saw something most people haven’t fully processed yet:
AI is no longer just helping humans use software.
It is starting to use the software itself.
And once that happens, the question changes.
It’s no longer:
“Should I learn AI?”
It becomes:
“How long can I afford not to?”
Because this is how every big shift works.
At first, it sounds exaggerated. Then it feels optional. Then suddenly, the people who started early are operating with a completely different level of speed, leverage, and confidence, and everyone else is trying to catch up.
That’s why I built AI, Done Properly.
Not to teach people how to write cute prompts. Not to impress you with 50 tools you’ll forget by next month. I built it for this exact moment.
My current cohort has already started.
But the next one begins on 1 May, which is when I release the first module with recorded lessons, to be watched at your own time.
Then our first live call is on 6 May, with two sessions so people can join at a time that actually works:
12:30 PM
8:00 PM
It’s small on purpose. Because I work with people on their actual role, their actual week, and the actual tasks that are wasting their time.
By the end, the goal is simple: Not that you “know about AI.” But that you’ve built a working system around it that genuinely helps you think better, work faster, and stop feeling behind.
If that sounds like what you need, just reply to this email, and I’ll send you the details.
Or you can have a look here: configurai.com
And if now isn’t the moment, that’s okay too. But I would pay attention to how quickly this gap is opening. Because the people who wait for certainty usually arrive after the advantage has already gone.
Thanks for reading,
See you next week with more ways to use AI without losing your mind (or your credibility).
Orgesa Meli
P.S. If this saved you from a future hallucination disaster, forward it to someone who's using ChatGPT for proposals, reports, or client work. They'll thank you later. Subscribe to my community here.
