Anthropic Knowledge Work Plugins — Open Source
Source: GitHub: anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins Announced: Threads post by @felix_c888
What It Is
Anthropic open-sourced 11 role-specific plugins for Claude Cowork (also compatible with Claude Code). Each plugin bundles skills, MCP connectors, slash commands, and domain knowledge for a specific job function.
“Plugins that turn Claude into a specialist for your role, team, and company.”
The 11 Plugins
| Plugin | Covers | Connectors |
|---|---|---|
| productivity | Tasks, calendars, daily workflows, personal context | Slack, Notion, Asana, Linear, Jira, Monday, ClickUp, M365 |
| sales | Prospect research, call prep, pipeline review, outreach, battlecards | Slack, HubSpot, Close, Clay, ZoomInfo, Notion, Jira, Fireflies, M365 |
| customer-support | Triage, responses, escalations, KB articles | Slack, Intercom, HubSpot, Guru, Jira, Notion, M365 |
| product-management | Specs, roadmaps, user research, stakeholder updates, competitive tracking | Slack, Linear, Asana, Monday, ClickUp, Jira, Notion, Figma, Amplitude, Pendo, Intercom, Fireflies |
| marketing | Content, campaigns, brand voice, competitors, performance reporting | Slack, Canva, Figma, HubSpot, Amplitude, Notion, Ahrefs, SimilarWeb, Klaviyo |
| legal | Contract review, NDA triage, compliance, risk assessment | Slack, Box, Egnyte, Jira, M365 |
| finance | Journal entries, reconciliation, financial statements, close, audit | Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Slack, M365 |
| data | SQL queries, statistical analysis, dashboards, validation | Snowflake, Databricks, BigQuery, Definite, Hex, Amplitude, Jira |
| enterprise-search | Cross-tool search across email, chat, docs, wikis | Slack, Notion, Guru, Jira, Asana, M365 |
| bio-research | Literature search, genomics, target prioritization, preclinical R&D | PubMed, BioRender, bioRxiv, ClinicalTrials.gov, ChEMBL, Synapse, Wiley, Owkin, Open Targets, Benchling |
| cowork-plugin-management | Create/customize plugins for your org | — |
How It Works
Each plugin follows the same structure:
plugin-name/
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json # Manifest
├── .mcp.json # Tool connections
├── commands/ # Slash commands (e.g., /sales:call-prep)
└── skills/ # Domain knowledge Claude uses automatically
- Skills — domain expertise + best practices + step-by-step workflows
- Commands — explicit actions you trigger via slash commands
- Connectors — MCP servers to your real tool stack
Everything is file-based: markdown and JSON, no code, no infrastructure, no build steps.
Install
Claude Code
claude plugin marketplace add anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins
claude plugin install sales@knowledge-work-pluginsClaude Cowork
Install from claude.com/plugins
Key Insight
“Skills encode the domain expertise. Commands are explicit actions. Connectors wire Claude to your real tools.”
The real power comes from customizing these for your company — your tools, terminology, processes — so Claude works like it was built for your team.