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name: cowork-integration
description: "Offload a task to Cowork and bring the result back into #drop; now proactively suggests Cowork for high-volume, mechanical, low-judgment-per-item work instead of waiting to be asked. Use when a person asks to install or apply \"Cowork Integration\" (FTR-20) in a project, or when working in a project that has it installed."
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# Cowork Integration (FTR-20, version 1.1)

> Generated from library record FTR-20 version 1.1, publish 20261102a. Review status: unreviewed. The complete specification is in references/spec.md and is the authority; this file is the operating procedure drawn from it.

## What this does

Offload a task to Cowork and bring the result back into #drop; now proactively suggests Cowork for high-volume, mechanical, low-judgment-per-item work instead of waiting to be asked

## When to use this skill

- A person asks to install, apply or update "Cowork Integration" (FTR-20) in a project.
- A project's agent instructions list cowork-integration as installed and the task touches what it covers.
- Requires first: FTR-06 (skill file-storage-and-transfer).

## Install procedure

Steps run in order. Assess comes first, every question in the Ask step is answered by the person before anything is written, and every write merges additively into the existing project files (read the file first, update an existing section in place, never overwrite).

### Assess first
- Confirm the canonical path and `#drop\` folder are established (from File Storage & Transfer). Cowork output must land in the canonical `#drop\`.
- Check whether `admin\AGENT_INSTRUCTIONS.md` already has a COWORK INTEGRATION section.

### Ask, only if needed
Nothing to ask at install time — proceed directly to Write. (At use time, the agent offers to draft the Cowork prompt before the user switches tabs.)

### Write

The full Write payload is in references/write-payload.md. It is applied exactly as written, with the merge rule above.

### Confirm
Confirm: Cowork Integration is installed — the agent will assemble your Cowork starting prompt (with the drop-folder path baked in), pick up whatever you bring back into #drop, and now proactively flag when a task looks like a better fit for Cowork (high-volume, mechanical, low judgment-per-item work), offering to build the prompt rather than waiting to be asked. Want to install another, or is that everything for now?

## Files in this skill

- references/spec.md: the complete specification, unabridged.
- references/write-payload.md: the Write step on its own.