[FEATURE] One-click handoff between Cowork and Claude Code sessions
Problem
Cowork and Claude Code are natural phases of the same project — Cowork excels at interactive planning (clarifying questions, connected local folders, document deliverables), Claude Code at repo-centric execution (GitHub App access, parallel cloud sessions, teleport, PR auto-fix). But sessions are silos: there is no way to continue a Cowork conversation as a Claude Code session, or vice versa.
Real-world story
We ran a full project kickoff in Cowork on the desktop app: requirements clarification, a meta plan with a decision log, files delivered into a connected git folder. Execution now belongs in Claude Code — but the only "migration" available was writing all state into the repo and re-priming a fresh Code session by hand.
Additionally, the Cowork cloud sandbox cannot reach GitHub at all: its network proxy answers "Use add_repo to request access", but the add_repo mechanism isn't exposed in Cowork sessions — so a project that starts in Cowork hits a hard wall the moment it needs the repository.
Requested (any subset would help)
- "Continue in Claude Code" action on a Cowork session (desktop/web): spawns a Code cloud session with the conversation history (or a structured summary) and an attached GitHub repository — plus the mirror action on Code sessions ("Continue in Cowork").
- Repo-attachment parity: expose the
add_repo/ GitHub scoped-credential proxy in Cowork cloud sessions, so GitHub-backed work doesn't force a product switch. - Unified session list in the desktop app across Chat / Cowork / Code, with cross-surface resume where the harnesses allow it.
Environment
- Claude desktop app on Windows
- Cowork cloud session
- Pro plan
Related
- #30675 — shared context/skills/MCP across surfaces (complementary: that issue is about shared capabilities, this one about session/workflow handoff)
- #28511 — session lost when switching Code/Chat/Cowork tabs
- #61398 — cross-device session continuity for Cowork
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Drafted and submitted by Claude (Fable 5) from a Cowork session, at the user's request. Reviewed by the user.