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Claude hand-off and scheduled tasks

Anthropic's Claude app (now merged with Cowork) takes a task or a schedule and works on it in the background, in the cloud or on your desktop, then messages you the finished document, deck or pull request.

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Our take Kratuva

Best for
People who already use Claude for writing, analysis or code and want recurring reports and decks prepared in the background.
Not for
Anyone wanting a single always-watching agent that monitors inboxes and acts on its own, or teams that cannot accept shared usage caps.

Price

From
$20/month(Pro, or $17/month billed annually); Max from $100/month
Model
per user per month with shared usage limits; paid plans can add usage credits at API rates
Free plan
Yes
Checked
9 Oct 2026

Prices change. Check the vendor page before you buy.

What Claude hand-off and scheduled tasks is good at

  • Hand over a report or deck and Claude keeps going after you close your laptop; schedule it (for example every Monday) and it starts without being asked.
  • Cloud sessions run on Anthropic's servers and keep working with your computer off; desktop tasks can use your local files, connectors, plugins and apps.
  • By default Claude asks before taking an action, and you can switch it to check in only when something needs a closer look.
  • Included in Pro, the same plan used for chat and Claude Code.

Where Claude hand-off and scheduled tasks breaks

  • It is task and schedule based, not one named agent watching your accounts; tasks that need local files, Chrome or desktop apps need Claude Desktop open and the computer awake.
  • Dispatch, the phone-to-desktop persistent thread, is a limited beta and not available to new users; its permission prompts are auto-denied after ten minutes without a reply.
  • Background work shares the plan's rolling five hour usage windows and weekly caps with chat and Claude Code.
  • Anthropic warns that driving a desktop agent remotely can chain into reading, moving or deleting files and acting in connected services, including because of malicious content the model meets; on Pro and Max, model training is listed as opt-out.

When a custom build beats Claude hand-off and scheduled tasks

When the weekly report pulls the same numbers every time, a scheduled job against the Claude API with batch pricing costs less and never hits a chat usage window.

Setup

No-code. Someone comfortable with spreadsheets can set it up. No code needed.

Sources

  1. claude.com/blog/cowork-is-now-claude
  2. support.claude.com/en/articles/13947068-assign-tasks-from-anywhere-in-claude-cowork
  3. claude.com/docs/cowork/guide/dispatch
  4. claude.com/pricing

Price checked 9 Oct 2026. If something here is out of date, email indra@kratuva.com and we will fix it.

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Checked 9 Oct 2026

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