The Claude Workspace Handbook
Chat, Cowork and Claude Code Explained: Projects, Skills, Sub-agents, Hooks, MCP and Plugins, with VS Code Folder Layouts
by Kapil Dev V
Each part of Claude explained in plain language: what it is, the problem it was made to solve, what Claude reads and when, where its file or setting lives, and how it differs from the feature people mistake it for. It moves from the Claude app to Cowork to Claude Code in VS Code, building one tidy workspace a component at a time.
The Kindle eBook. Amazon.in in India, Amazon.com outside India.
Inside the book
- Chat, Cowork and Claude Code: what each is for, and how to choose
- Projects, instructions and memory, and which layer a piece of knowledge belongs in
- Skills and connectors in the app, and how they map to Claude Code
- Cowork folders, instructions and scheduled tasks, set up safely
- How a Claude Code workspace is laid out in VS Code: CLAUDE.md, the .claude folder, settings, rules and .mcp.json
- Skills, sub-agents, hooks, MCP servers and plugins, each explained from the ground up
- A decision table for choosing the right component, and a complete workspace tree
Written for working professionals, analysts, consultants and developers on small teams. The first half needs no programming; the second asks only that you can read a short JSON or Markdown file. An independent guide, not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.
