SEARCH, ARTIFACTS, CONNECTORS AND SKILLS

BY THE END YOU CAN

• Choose between web search and Research
• Tell Projects, Connectors and Skills apart
• Know when to hand a whole task to Cowork, and how to check it

6 short lessons · about 7 minutes · 4-question quiz.

IN THIS CHAPTER

1. Web search and Research
2. Artifacts: things Claude builds for you
3. Connectors: key cards to your apps
4. Skills: recipe cards Claude can pick up
5. Projects vs Connectors vs Skills
6. Cowork: hand Claude a whole task

Plus a 4-question quiz with every answer explained.

GO DEEPER: FURTHER READING

Hand-picked guides, articles and videos on this chapter's topics. Links checked 2026-11-06.

• GUIDE
  Enable and use web search (Claude Help Center)

  How to switch on web search and read its sources.

• GUIDE
  Use Research on Claude (Claude Help Center)

  When to use Research and what the report looks like. Paid plans.

• GUIDE
  What are artifacts? (Claude Help Center)

  How artifacts work and how to edit, download and share them.

• GUIDE
  Use connectors (Claude Help Center)

  How to find, connect and remove connectors.

• ARTICLE
  Skills explained (Anthropic)

  How Skills, Projects and Connectors fit together, from Anthropic.

• GUIDE
  Get started with Cowork (Claude Help Center)

  How to start a Cowork task and what it can reach.

SOURCES · CHECKED 2026-11-06

• What are skills? (Claude Help Center)
• Skills explained (Anthropic)
• Use connectors (Claude Help Center)
• Release notes (Claude Help Center)
• Get started with Cowork (Claude Help Center)
• Use Cowork safely (Claude Help Center)