DevOps / SRE / Platform · 25.08.2026, 17:16 UTC
Anthropic gives chat and Cowork one memory
| Schweregrad | info |
|---|---|
| Kategorie | DevOps / SRE / Platform |
| Quelle | The New Stack ↗ |
| Veröffentlicht | 25.08.2026 UTC |
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On Tuesday, Anthropic launched a major update to how Claude remembers things. The new system combines Claude’s memory in Cowork and chat into a single memory that now bridges both services. Previously, Cowork’s memory was bound to individual projects and had nothing to do with what Claude knew about you from chat.
It’s been a bit of an ongoing theme for Anthropic to bring Chat and Cowork closer together, and with this, Anthropic notes, Claude will remember what it knows about you no matter where you chat with it. That’s especially useful in Cowork, where you are more likely to do in-depth work. With the unified memory, Cowork can now remember important facts and, Anthropic argues, you won’t have to re-explain yourself as often.
Cowork gets memory
“Ask Cowork to draft an update for your manager, and it already knows who that is and how she likes updates written,” Anthropic explains. “Brainstorm the agenda in chat for a conference you’re organizing; when Cowork builds the budget and logistics doc, it knows the headcount, the city, and the speakers.”
Credit: Anthropic.
With this update, Claude now also updates the memory feature while you work with it. Previously, it would only do so after the chat ended. Since Cowork sessions could go on for hours or days, it makes sense to update these memories on the fly now.
“The context you’ve built up across months of conversations — for instance, your Q3 priorities and the status of your projects — is there the moment you hand Cowork a task, and what comes up in Cowork carries back to chat,” Anthropic says.
What Claude won’t …