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Cowork lets you describe complex tasks and let the agent handle them end-to-end. Combine browser automation with local file operations—research on the web, then save reports directly to your folder.

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Why Cowork?

Without Cowork, the agent can only interact with browser tabs. With Cowork enabled, it can:
  • Read files from your selected folder
  • Write files like reports, spreadsheets, or markdown
  • Run shell commands within the folder
The real power: do both browser automation AND file operations in a single task. Describe what you want, step away, and come back to finished work.

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Setting Up Cowork

Select a folder for the agent to operate in
  1. Click the Cowork dropdown (next to the prompt input)
  2. Select a recent folder or click Choose a different folder
  3. Grant BrowserOS access to that folder when prompted
The agent is sandboxed to your selected folder—it cannot access files outside of it. To disable file access, select No folder and the agent will work with browser tabs only.

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Try It: Research and Create a Report

With Cowork enabled, try this prompt: 
Read the top 3 stories on Hacker News, read the comments too, and write an HTML report.
The agent will:
  1. Navigate to Hacker News
  2. Read each top story and its comments
  3. Generate an HTML report summarizing the findings
  4. Save the report to your selected folder
Agent researching Hacker News and generating an HTML report

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Example Use Cases

Organize your downloads
Go through my Downloads folder and organize files by type—documents, images, videos, archives.
Competitive research report
Research key trends about [topic] on Reddit, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Create an HTML report with your findings.
Web scraping to files
Visit these 10 product pages, extract the name, price, and description, and save the results as a markdown file.
Content aggregation
Find the top posts from these 5 subreddits today and compile them into a daily digest document.

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Security

  • The agent can only access the folder you select—no parent directories or other locations
  • You can revoke access anytime by selecting No folder
  • All file operations happen locally on your machine

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Feedback

Cowork is a new feature. If you have feedback or feature requests, open a GitHub issue.