I spent 30 minutes in Claude's Settings today and realized most people have no idea what these toggles do. Do you know which ones matter for Chat vs Cowork? Here's the breakdown most tutorials skip. ↓ Claude's desktop app has a Settings > Capabilities page with 8 settings. They look like they apply everywhere. They don't. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: ▶️ 𝗠𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 & 𝗣𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀 Chat uses this heavily. Cowork? It starts fresh every session. Your real context engine in Cowork is your folder files — CLAUDE.md, about-me.md, working-rules.md. Memory helps, but those files are what make Cowork actually know you. ▶️ 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 (𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀) Both modes. But Cowork uses connectors more aggressively because it's running multi-step workflows autonomously. Slack, Calendar, Notion — these become Cowork's information sources, not just features you can ask about. ▶️ 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗔𝗜-𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀, 𝗜𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 All three are Chat features. They render content in the conversation panel. Cowork doesn't use any of them — it creates actual .docx, .xlsx, .pptx files saved directly to your project folder. Having these on won't hurt Cowork, but it's not what Cowork uses. ▶️ 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 This is where it gets interesting. In Chat, Claude runs code in a cloud sandbox. In Cowork, it runs in a local VM on your machine. Same toggle, completely different architecture underneath. ▶️ 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗘𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 Both modes. Controls what domains Claude can reach when it needs to install packages or access external resources. ▶️ 𝗦𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀 Both modes, but they've moved to Customize now. Skills are especially powerful in Cowork where Claude is creating actual deliverables, not just generating text. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗽: Chat and Cowork share the same intelligence. They differ in capabilities. Chat is a conversation. Cowork is delegation. Same brain. Different relationship. If you're setting up Claude for the first time (or resetting to get it right), this is the map that saves you from toggling settings that don't apply to how you actually work. And if you're ready to go deeper, we're running a 3-day Cowork bootcamp next week. We're building real workflows, setting up your workspace brain, and walking out with systems running on your PC. Spots are limited. Link in comments. Let's build.