Toronto Tech Week
Claude Cowork workshop
A full day learning how to work with Claude Cowork as your AI agent. For knowledge workers and technical non-developers, in any function.
- When
- Wednesday, May 27, 2026 (Toronto Tech Week)
- Where
- CSI Spadina, Toronto
- Seat
- $449 CAD · Introductory pricing for the inaugural cohort.
Led by Gabriel Cohen, founder of Antfluent.
What you leave with
Eight outcomes for one day in the room.
- 01
Have Claude Cowork installed, configured, and connected to the systems you use every day.
- 02
Move comfortably between chat, agent, and scheduled-task patterns without losing the thread.
- 03
Read an output and know whether to trust it, edit it, or send it back.
- 04
Run one real workflow from your own role end-to-end during the day.
- 05
Leave with a scheduled task running on your behalf when you walk out the door.
- 06
Recognise the working patterns that compound across a week of agent-assisted work.
- 07
Understand responsible-use practices for handling client and company data with Claude.
- 08
Join an alumni channel of Canadian operators using Cowork in production.
Full agenda
Six instruction blocks, plus pre-check and wrap.
Block 01
L100
The New Computer
Reframing the shift from "app you open" to "system you delegate to." Why Cowork is a new shape of computer and what that means for how you organise your work.
- What changed when the chat box grew arms and legs.
- Cowork in one diagram: model, surface, tools, memory.
- The job-shaped tasks that pay off first.
Block 02
L100 → L200 Bridge
From Chat to Agent
The pivot that confuses everyone the first time. A short, deliberate bridge from prompting-as-conversation to delegating-as-instruction.
- Where chat ends and agent begins.
- Writing the instruction the agent will follow when you are not watching.
- Reading agent transcripts: the four signals that matter.
Block 03
L200
Core Cowork Concepts
The handful of primitives you will reach for every day. Connections, tools, files, memory, scheduled tasks. Built in the order you will actually use them.
- Connections: bringing in the systems you already use.
- Tools: when to let the agent run, when to keep the human in the loop.
- Memory and projects: what to persist and what to discard.
Block 04
Hands-on #1
Connect Your World
Working session. You connect Cowork to your real accounts (mail, calendar, drive, the one tool that runs your week) under guidance, with safety rails.
- Pre-checked connector list for the room.
- Two grounding prompts to verify each connection is reading the right scope.
- A first useful pull: a one-paragraph weekly digest of your own data.
Block 05
L200
Working Patterns & Responsible Use
The week-shaped patterns that survive contact with real work, paired with the responsible-use practices Canadian organisations actually need.
- The Monday-morning, mid-week, and Friday patterns.
- Data handling for client and personal information.
- When to disclose AI-assisted output and how to do it well.
Block 06
Hands-on #2
Your Monday Morning Workflow
You leave the room with one scheduled task running on your behalf, written for your role, against your data. We pair on it.
- Pick the recurring task you would gladly hand off.
- Write it once, test it twice, schedule it.
- Read the first real run together before you walk out.
What's included
One seat. Everything in the room.
- Full day of instruction at CSI Spadina, including catering.
- Printed working materials and a digital playbook you keep.
- Scheduled-task setup support on your own data, in the room.
- Alumni access to the Antfluent operator channel.
- Post-workshop check-in two weeks out, to look at what is actually running.
Who this is for
Built for operators, not engineers.
Built for employed knowledge workers and technical non-developers. We have shaped the day for operators in:
If you write, decide, schedule, summarise, draft, or chase for a living, you are in the right room. Developers are welcome but the day is not pitched at engineering workflows.
- Operations
- Finance
- Marketing and Communications
- Sales and Business Development
- Product
- HR and People
- Legal
About the instructor
Gabriel Velazquez
Founder, Antfluent
Antfluent is led by Gabriel Velazquez, Anthropic's first go-to-market lead and applied AI solutions architect at AWS. From 2024 to April 2026, Gabriel launched every Claude product that reached enterprise. He built AWS's global technical guild of Claude specialists trained across the globe. He designed the Claude Code production guidance adopted by over 1,200 companies. He left AWS to bring that knowledge home.
Practitioner-led activation. Gabriel works inside client teams to land Claude as deployed, measured workflow.
FAQ
Anything else.
- Is this an application or a ticket?
- Both. You reserve a seat through Luma and we review applications quickly to keep the room balanced across functions. Most applications are approved within one business day.
- Do I need my own Claude subscription?
- Yes. You bring your own Claude account (Pro, Max, or company-issued). We do not pool accounts in the room. If you do not have one yet, we will tell you which plan to pick when we approve your seat.
- What is the refund policy?
- Full refund up to 14 days before the workshop. Inside 14 days, we transfer your seat to the next cohort or to a colleague.
- What should I bring?
- A laptop you actually work on, the credentials you would use on a normal Monday, and one recurring task you would happily hand off. We will do the rest.
- Is this CCA-F prep?
- No. This day is operator-focused and pitched at knowledge-worker use of Claude Cowork. Anthropic's certification programme is a separate track. Ask us if you want the readiness curriculum for your team.
Reserve your seat
One day. One agent running by the end of it.
Applications reviewed within one business day. Seats are kept balanced across functions so the room stays useful.