Cowork Academy is guided Claude Cowork training for professionals who are not developers. A structured course, ready-to-run plugins built for your profession, and a private community take you from a blank screen to a working Claude Cowork system. No code required, and the program is designed so you get a working result in your first session.
Doors are open. Membership is free for business owners and professionals, with a short application. Once you are approved you get the Foundation Plugin, the classes, and the community the day you join. Persona Packs for your profession are separate at $99 each, one-time. Application required. No card.
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Built for Professionals Who Are Not Developers
If you can open a browser and describe your business, you can do this. Twelve professions have a dedicated Persona Pack, live and ready to install today. Each one is a custom Claude Cowork plugin built for a specific profession:
What is Claude Cowork Training at the Cowork Academy?
Structured, self-paced learning for non-technical knowledge workers who want results from Claude Cowork, not another stack of tutorials. The program runs on the Guided Build System: 80% building, 20% watching. The file is the course. Your workspace is the classroom. The hard part was never the software. It is knowing where to start. That is exactly what the Academy solves.
What You Get Inside the Academy
- The Foundation Plugin on day one. A custom onboarding plugin drops straight into Claude Cowork and builds you a real, working workspace. No blank screen, ever.
- Four core classes. Foundations, Build Your System, Teach Claude Your Business, Run It Own It.
- 58 guided lessons. Each with a lesson video, a walkthrough, and a drop-in .md lesson file that loads straight into your own Claude Cowork workspace.
- Persona Packs for your profession. Twelve custom Claude Cowork plugins, from marketing agencies to accountants to real estate, all live and ready to install.
- Live sessions every week. Guided labs, peer working sessions, and office hours with founder Michael Robichaud. They run continuously, so you never wait for a start date.
- A private community and the Cowork Academy certification path. Cowork Foundation, Practitioner, and Architect milestones as you build.
Who’s Behind Cowork Academy
Cowork Academy was founded by Michael Robichaud, a Chicago-based digital marketing strategist with nearly three decades scaling growth for brands and clients. He teaches the same systems he runs in his own businesses. LinkedIn
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cowork Academy?
Cowork Academy is guided Claude Cowork training for non-technical professionals: a structured course, profession-specific Persona Packs, drop-in lesson files that run inside your own Claude Cowork workspace, a private community, and the Cowork Academy certification path. It opened for enrollment in August 2026 and is available now on Skool.
How do I join Cowork Academy?
Join on Skool. Membership is free for business owners and professionals, with a short application. You get the Foundation Plugin, the full classroom, and the community immediately after you are approved. The Persona Pack for your profession is separate at $99, one-time.
Is Cowork Academy open now?
Yes. Cowork Academy opened for enrollment in August 2026. There is no waitlist and no start date to wait for. You begin the moment you join.
Do I need to be technical to join the Cowork Academy?
No. The Academy was built specifically for non-developer professionals. If you can open a browser and hold a focused conversation about your business, you can complete the curriculum.
How long does the program take to complete?
The program is designed so you get a working result in your first session. Most professionals then complete the four core classes in 4 to 8 weeks at a sustainable pace. You set the pace, and live office hours and peer working sessions run every week.
What if I have never used Claude Cowork before?
The Academy welcomes both Cowork-curious professionals and current users. Class 1 (Foundations) covers the orientation context you need before configuring anything. You can learn the methodology before you commit deeply to the tool.