Anthropic recently introduced a Claude Cowork feature that lets users narrate a screen recording to create a Claude skill, which is a detailed canned prompt run like a program. The author tested the new Record-a-Skill feature and created a complex skill in one evening, finding the process easier than complex scripting but fussy and requiring tweaks. The skill was used for a tedious task involving two services, HARO and Qwoted, which connect experts with journalists. The author places queries on these services to describe questions and set limits on who should respond, always requesting the primary responder rather than a PR agent. The article notes that while the skill is powerful, the magic has limits and comes with a price, as placing a query on HARO or Qwoted results in a deluge of responses. The author also discusses other Claude Cowork capabilities, such as controlling a computer, moving between apps, browsing web pages, and making decisions, comparing it to running powerful batch scripts. Previous automation attempts were fragile and often broke after UI changes, and it remains to be seen if AI automations can adapt dynamically.