---
id: "prereq-claude-desktop"
type: "prereq"
source_timestamps: ["00:01:31"]
tags: ["software-requirements"]
related: ["concept-claude-cowork", "entity-claude"]
reason: "The 'Cowork' agentic features are only available within the native desktop application, not the web browser interface."
sources: ["dara"]
sourceVaultSlug: "claude-cowork-creative-strategy-2026May14"
originDay: 6
---
# Claude Desktop App

## Requirement

The native **Claude Desktop application** (macOS or Windows).

## Why

The [[concept-claude-cowork|Cowork]] agentic feature — autonomous task completion, browser navigation, file reading — is **only available within the native desktop application**, not the web browser interface.

## How To Get It

Download from Anthropic's desktop page: https://www.anthropic.com/desktop

## Related

- [[entity-claude-d6]]
- [[prereq-claude-pro]] — paid plan also required.
- [[prereq-chrome-connector]] — connectors must be enabled inside the desktop app.


## Related across days
- [[prereq-claude-cowork-access]]
- [[prereq-claude-pro]]
- [[arc-desktop-cli-prerequisite-gate]]