The Power Stack Tour

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01

Skills (the /command system)

A skill is a workflow you've named so you can run it again. Inside Cowork it shows up as a /command -- type a slash, pick the skill, fill in the blanks. The act of naming is what turns one good output into a repeatable capability.

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Open Cowork. Type "/" and look at the dropdown. Pick any skill, run it on a small task you'd otherwise hand-write. 60 seconds.

02

Agents

An agent makes its own decisions about which step to take next. Where a skill is one defined workflow, an agent decides whether to call one skill, then another, then maybe a third, based on what it sees. The Meeting Prep Agent (we'll see it in M6) is the worked example.

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In Cowork, ask Claude: "Look at my next meeting and tell me three things I should know before I walk in." Notice how it decides what to fetch.

03

Plugins

A plugin is a pre-built bundle of skills + commands + connectors -- one install, lots of capability. Mike's /ggp-sourcing-brief plugin is the kind of thing GGP could ship to the firm so every analyst has the same intake on their laptop.

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Look at the plugins panel in Cowork. Spot one you'd install for your role. Don't install it now -- just notice what's available.

04

MCP Connectors

MCP is the protocol that lets Claude reach into other tools -- read your Slack, write to HubSpot, pull a file from OneNote, query DealCloud. Pre-built connectors exist for the tools you use today; custom builds are Phase 2 territory.

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Pick the tool you'd most want Claude to read. Write one sentence: "If Claude could see my [tool], the first skill I'd build is...". Save the sentence -- it's a Phase 2 candidate.

05

Scheduled Tasks

Claude that runs on a clock. Daily news pull at 7am. Weekly portco summary every Monday. Compliance gates apply -- whatever can't go to Claude live, can't go on a schedule either.

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Imagine a task you do every Monday morning at the same time. Could a scheduled Claude do the first 70%? Write yes or no in one line, and the reason why.

06

CLAUDE.md & Memory

The file Claude reads at the start of every conversation. Put your firm's rules, your conventions, your no-go list in here once -- and Claude knows them every time. The memory/ folder is where skills that learn from past runs keep what they've learned.

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Write one rule you wish Claude knew about your work, every time, without you saying it. That's a CLAUDE.md candidate. The next topic page goes deep on this.