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Cowork Enterprise Search Plugin

Connector Productivity Solid

Cross-platform search across email, chat, docs, and wikis. Connectors: Slack, Notion, Guru, Jira, Asana, Microsoft 365. Claude synthesizes results from multiple tools into a single answer.

10,917 starsApache-2.0 (commercial OK)FreeNo code needed
Built and maintained by Anthropic, the makers of Claude.
Reviewed 2026/04 ·
Why it matters

The universal search plugin — instead of switching between 6 tabs, ask Claude one question and get a synthesized answer from all your tools.

Best for

Knowledge workers drowning in information across multiple platforms. Most valuable in organizations with 5+ collaboration tools.

Works in
Claude Code Claude Cowork Claude Chat
Source

https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins

By Anthropic

How to Get It

Option 1: Claude Desktop AppOpen the Customize panel in the sidebar → browse connectors → search and add. Works in Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and Claude Chat.
Option 2: Paste into Claude CodeCopy the command below and paste it into a Claude Code conversation. Claude will run it for you.
Command
claude plugin install enterprise-search@knowledge-work-plugins

Tip: Paste this into a Claude Code conversation. Verify command matches your Claude Code version.

PrerequisitesClaude Cowork (Team/Enterprise recommended for org-wide rollout).Time to functional~30 min (connect all tools)CostFree — Requires Claude Team ($30/user/mo) or higher for best results

Trust Signals Source Reviewed

Stars10,917Contributors16Last updated2026-04-04LicenseApache-2.0 (OK for commercial use)Known CVEsNone found

Data & Access

Data processingProcessed by Anthropic (the makers of Claude)

Reviewer notes

Source Reviewed review. These are observations, not a security certification.

Anthropic-official. Near-universal use case. Extremely high leverage. Scales with connector count.

Anthropic-official knowledge-work-plugins repo. 10.8K stars. Connectors are account-scoped, not workspace-scoped (JJ Englert finding).

2026-04-02: LIMITATION: Effectiveness scales with how many connectors you configure. Out-of-box scope is only as good as your .mcp.json setup. Requires manual connector wiring.

2026-03-29: Connectors: Slack, Notion, Guru, Jira, Asana, Microsoft 365. Official repo: https://github.com/anthropics/knowledge-work-plugins/tree/main/enterprise-search

2026-03-29: SECURITY FINDING (JJ Englert, Mar 2026): Cowork connectors are scoped at the Anthropic account level, NOT the workspace level. A connector added in one Cowork workspace is accessible in ALL workspaces under the same Anthropic account. This means: (1) connectors with sensitive access (email, calendar, CRM) bleed across all projects/workspaces; (2) multi-tenant setups sharing an Anthropic account are NOT isolated at the connector level; (3) evaluate connector blast radius across the full account, not just the workspace being configured. Source: https://github.com/JJenglert1/getting-started-with-claude-cowork

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Evaluation Scores

Evaluation

Ease of Use
4/5
Versatility
5/5
Reliability
4/5
Security
3/5
Overall score4.10 / 5.00 SolidEvaluatedApr 2026
Anthropic-official. Near-universal use case. Extremely high leverage. Scales with connector count.

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