Local Cowork is gone tomorrow. Moving to Claude Code or staying in the app?

Starting October 6, new tasks on pro/max will run in the cloud, with the "only on your computer" toggle being removed. Existing local tasks will remain, but all new tasks will be processed on Anthropic's servers. The only fully local option left will be Claude Code in a terminal, as detailed in a write-up found at bensimon.dev/posts/where-claude-lives-now.

This report details the shift of new tasks to cloud processing for Claude Pro/Max users, unlike the previous local-only option, leaving Claude Code as the sole fully local alternative.