Claude Cowork: Inside the Agent Loop; How Claude Cowork Executes Tasks. Part 2.

Claude Cowork: What Claude Is Actually Doing While You Wait Part 2: The agent loop is just a plan, a tool call, and a check - repeated. Once you can see it, Cowork stops feeling like a black box. https://spillwave.com/ You have been staring at the spinner wondering if it is stuck. Once you understand the loop, you will know the difference. Demystifying what Claude Cowork actually does during a task, the plan, the tool choice, the loop; so you can read progress and write better tasks. In this video: You will learn exactly what happens between your prompt and your finished file: the plan Claude creates before acting, how it chooses between connectors, browser, and screen interaction, what it means for code to run in a sandbox, and how to tell whether a long-running task is healthy or stuck. Understanding this loop is what turns Cowork from something that sometimes does what you meant into a tool you can aim with confidence. Subscribe to Rick’s newsletter to see videos and guides. Rick is a Claude Certified Architect, AI systems practitioner, and builder of production multi-agent systems. He is currently working on authoring a book on Harness Engineering with Manning publishing. He created Skilz, a universal agent skill installer supporting 30+ coding agents including Claude Code, Gemini, Copilot, and Cursor, and co-founded one of the largest agentic skill marketplaces. Today, Rick and the Spillwave team works with leaders and teams who want to move beyond AI experiments and build real AI capability inside their companies. He helps organizations adopt AI safely, train their people, redesign workflows, and build practical AI systems that create measurable business value. Ready to make your company AI-first? Connect with Rick on LinkedIn, Substack or Medium, book him to speak or train your team, or visit Spillwave to explore mentoring, training, and custom AI solutions for your organization.   / rickhigh   https://substack.com/@rickhightower1   / richardhightower   https://spillwave.com/