Learn personal scripts from a tools folder
Case study takeaway: tomasz Tunguz pointed Claude Cowork at a local folder holding dozens of personal scripts he had assembled over a year for email, CRM updates, startup research, and drafting replies. Cowork read the folder, parsed each script, and added the logic to its memory across eleven steps so the workflows ran in the Cowork interface instead of the terminal. The same capabilities now worked in the new interface with no loss of function.
- Agent or tool
- Claude Cowork
- Topic
- Email & Inbox
- Reported on
- X
- Added
- 2026-10-15
Why it matters
Email is where a lot of admin quietly piles up. An agent that can read, sort, draft and follow up turns an inbox from a to-do list into something closer to a summary. It is one of 106 sightings filed under Email & Inbox on Agent Sightings (number 96 by interest), and one of 33 involving Claude Cowork.
How you could try it
Here is a reusable prompt, written by us in our own words, that captures the task. Paste it into Claude Cowork or any similar agent and adjust the details to your situation.
Go through my mail for this goal: learn personal scripts from a tools folder. Propose labels, drafts, and unsubscribes as a checklist; change nothing until I approve.
Tip: Start with read-only access or 'draft, don't send', and check a few drafts before trusting it to send anything.
Source
Read the original first-hand account on X: https://x.com/ttunguz/status/2011189040591319304. Our summary is a paraphrase; details are in the source.
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