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Active·★ 33.4k·Apache-2.0·Updated 2026-10-27
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Knowledge Work Plugins is Anthropic's open-source collection of plugins that turn Claude into a specialist for a role, team or company. Built for Claude Cowork and also compatible with Claude Code, each plugin bundles the skills, connectors, slash commands and sub-agents for a specific job function, and is meant to be customised to your own tools and workflows.

Eleven plugins are included: productivity, sales, customer support, product management, marketing, legal, finance, data, enterprise search, bio-research, and a plugin-management plugin for creating or customising your own. Each connects to the tools that function typically uses, for example Slack, HubSpot and Clay for sales; Intercom for support; Linear, Asana and Jira for product; Snowflake, Databricks and BigQuery for finance and data; and PubMed for bio-research. Typical tasks range from prospect research and contract review to reconciling accounts and writing SQL.

Getting started: in Cowork, install plugins from claude.com/plugins. In Claude Code, run `claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins`, then install a plugin, for example `claude plugin install sales@knowledge-work-plugins`.

This write-up is based on the project's README and public repository data. We have not hand-tested the tool. Data as of 2026-10-24.

License
Apache-2.0
Latest release
No GitHub releases
Last commit
2026-10-24
Contributors
32
Forks
3,602
Open issues and PRs
141
First published
2026-01-23

Source: GitHub, npm and PyPI public APIs.

#workflow-automation
$ Install
$ claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins && claude plugin install sales@knowledge-work-plugins
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01

Features

0111 role-specific plugins: sales, marketing, legal, finance, data, product management, customer support, enterprise search, bio-research, and more
02Each plugin bundles domain skills, slash commands, and MCP connectors to external tools (HubSpot, Jira, Slack, Notion, Snowflake, etc.)
03Installable from Claude Cowork marketplace or via Claude Code CLI (`claude plugin install`)
04File-based plugin structure (plugin.json, .mcp.json, commands/, skills/) designed for easy customization
05Compatible with both Claude Cowork and Claude Code
02

Why choose it

+Ready-made starting points for many business roles, each bundling skills, connectors, commands and sub-agents.
+Designed to be customised, with a dedicated plugin for building your own.
+Works in both Claude Cowork and Claude Code.
+Apache-2.0 licensed and published by Anthropic.
03

Trade-offs

!Tied to Claude; the plugins are not designed for other assistants.
!Connectors require access to the corresponding business tools, and some connected services are paid products.
!Out-of-the-box behaviour is generic; the real value depends on customising plugins to your company's processes.
05

Maintenance check

ActiveChecked: 2026-10-26
Last commit
2026-10-22
Commits, last 90 days
100+
Releases, last 90 days
0
Latest release
—
Open issues
142
Recent issues with at least one comment
0/5
Commits per week, last 12 weeks
Commits per week, last 12 weeks: 80, 53, 12, 40, 49, 71, 21, 1, 5, 44, 3, 0

Oldest week on the left; the latest four weeks are orange. Source: GitHub commit activity.

Status rule: archived on GitHub = Archived; last commit within 90 days = Active; 91 to 365 days = Slowing; older = Stale. All figures come from the GitHub API on the date shown.

Most discussed open issues

  • #1297 Sarek FASTQ samplesheets fail validation because BAM and BAI are always required5 comments · 2026-10-10
  • #253 Add stability lifecycle frontmatter to skills (experimental/stable/deprecated)5 comments · 2026-05-25
  • #180 google-calendar MCP server turned down — productivity plugin broken5 comments · 2026-04-17
  • #267 [marketing] Add Chinese content quality / anti-AI-slop skill3 comments · 2026-05-27
  • #26 Built-in create-shortcut skill references non-existent set_scheduled_task tool3 comments · 2026-02-06

Issue titles are quoted from GitHub. Open the link to check whether a problem still applies to the version you use.

04

Who it fits

Pick it if
  • Your team uses Claude Cowork or Claude Code and wants turn-key domain plugins for Sales, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Product, and HR.
  • You want pre-configured skills, custom slash commands, and MCP connectors for tools like Slack, Notion, Jira, HubSpot, and Snowflake.
Look elsewhere if
  • Your daily workload is purely software development and code refactoring rather than knowledge work.
  • You run completely local models via Ollama and do not use Anthropic's Claude ecosystem.
06

How it differs

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07

Compatibility

Claude Cowork
Native
Verified via docs
Claude Code
CLI install
Verified via docs
MCP Protocol
Native
Verified via docs
Slack / Notion / Jira
Connectors
Verified via docs
Snowflake / BigQuery
Connectors
Verified via docs
08

Quick start

1
$ claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
2
$ claude plugin install sales@knowledge-work-plugins
09

Use cases

↳Deploy role-specific AI assistants for sales, legal, finance, or data teams with pre-built connectors to their existing tools
↳Customize plugins with company-specific terminology, workflows, and tool integrations for consistent AI-assisted outcomes
↳Build new plugins for custom job functions using the file-based plugin scaffold and MCP connector framework
10

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01Features02Why choose it03Trade-offs05Maintenance check04Who it fits06How it differs07Compatibility08Quick start09Use cases10Alternatives
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