Chat and Cowork are now one Claude. One question is left, and this answers it for your task.
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In September, Anthropic announced that chat and Cowork are merging into one Claude, because, in its own words, the frustrating part was "deciding where a task belonged". Claude Code stays separate. This quiz tells you which of the two your task belongs in.
Claude is for an answer, a draft or a finished file: you talk it through, or you hand it the whole task. Claude Code is for something that keeps running without you: a tool, an automation, an app. You do not need a terminal for it anymore.
It is part of Claude now. On 16 September 2026 Anthropic announced that chat and Cowork are merging into one Claude, rolling out to Pro and Max first. Claude Code stays separate, in its own Code tab.
No. Claude Code runs in the Code tab of the Claude desktop app, on the web at claude.ai/code and in the mobile app. The terminal version is there for people who want more control.
Start from the result you want. An answer, a draft or a finished file: Claude. Something that keeps running without you: Claude Code. Whichever you pick, write the steps down as a playbook so the work carries over.
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