Claude Code, Cowork and Codex #6: Claude Code Auto Use and Full Cowork Computer Use

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A practitioner-focused LessWrong post in a series documenting real-world use of agentic AI coding tools; relevant for those tracking how autonomous AI capabilities are being used and what oversight challenges emerge in practice.

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This LessWrong post appears to be part of a series documenting practical experiences and updates with AI coding assistants, specifically Claude Code, with a focus on autonomous usage modes and computer use capabilities. The post likely covers hands-on observations about agentic AI systems performing coding and computer tasks with varying levels of autonomy.

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•Covers Claude Code's 'auto use' feature, enabling more autonomous operation in coding workflows
•Discusses 'full cowork' computer use, where AI systems take broader control of computer tasks
•Part of an ongoing series tracking practical deployment and capabilities of AI coding assistants
•Likely includes observations relevant to agentic AI safety, including autonomy and oversight considerations
•Reflects real-world deployment experiences with frontier AI tools like Claude Code and OpenAI Codex

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# Claude Code, Cowork and Codex #6: Claude Code Auto Use and Full Cowork Computer Use
By Zvi
Published: 2026-03-25
Whatever else you think about Anthropic’s agentic coding department, they ship.

The highlights of this edition are three related big upgrades.

You can use Dispatch to command Claude Code and Claude Cowork from your phone, or use channels to do it via places such as Telegram or Discord.

Claude Cowork now can outright use your keyboard and mouse, giving it access to actual everything one can do with a computer if it is competent to do so.

Claude Code now has auto mode, where a classifier checks commands and you only get asked for permission when something seems genuinely risky.

These are rather large quality of life improvements.

#### Table of Contents

1.  [Claude Auto Code.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/claude-auto-code)
2.  [Claude Work.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/claude-work)
3.  [Never Go Full Computer Use.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/never-go-full-computer-use)
4.  [Get Yourself A Desktop.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/get-yourself-a-desktop)
5.  [Okay Computer.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/okay-computer)
6.  [Super App.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/super-app)
7.  [Huh, Additional Upgrades.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/huh-additional-upgrades)
8.  [Agentic Coding Offers Mundane Utility.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/agentic-coding-offers-mundane-utility)
9.  [Agentic Coding Doesn’t Offer Mundane Utility.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/agentic-coding-doesn-t-offer-mundane-utility)
10.  [Coding Agents Everywhere.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/coding-agents-everywhere)
11.  [Worth It.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/worth-it)
12.  [Choose Your Fighter.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/choose-your-fighter)
13.  [Code Review.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/code-review)
14.  [There’s An App For That.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/there-s-an-app-for-that)
15.  [In Or Out.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/in-or-out)
16.  [Bulking Up.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/bulking-up)
17.  [Skilling Up.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/skilling-up)
18.  [Unless That Claw.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/unless-that-claw)
19.  [The Lighter Side.](https://thezvi.substack.com/i/190641984/the-lighter-side)

#### Claude Auto Code

[This is very obviously The Way, if done properly](https://claude.com/blog/auto-mode).

> [Adam Wolff](https://x.com/dmwlff/status/2036529069253431625): Auto mode has been a total game-changer and become core to how I work with Claude. I can’t recommend this feature highly enough.

You enable with claude —enable-auto-mode.

Right now it is available only for Claude Team and soon Enterprise and API, so us Max users still have to wait a bit. Is Adam torturing us with the new hotness, or trying to convince us to for once take a few day

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