Can Claude Cowork make videos? Yes, through a connector

Yes, if you give it a video tool. Claude Cowork runs on Claude models, which output text, and the deliverables Anthropic's Cowork article names are spreadsheets, presentations, and documents, not video. But Anthropic says custom connectors using remote MCP work in Cowork. Add a video tool as a connector and a Cowork task can render clips and images, which come back as links you can open or download.

Cowork's side comes from Anthropic's Get started with Claude Cowork, custom connectors article, and models overview. The tool side comes from Sume's MCP overview and MCP tools and gates. All were read on 2026-09-29. Sume has no official Cowork connector: this is its hosted MCP server added as a custom connector, and Sume's basics page says hosted MCP still works but is not the primary path today.

Which plans have Cowork, and is it still separate from chat?

Anthropic says Cowork is available on paid plans (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise), and custom connectors are available in Claude, Cowork, and Claude Desktop. Its article also notes that Cowork is becoming "just Claude", rolling out gradually to Pro and Max, so you may not see a separate Cowork option; the same connector works in either case. Cowork runs sessions remotely in the cloud, which Anthropic marks as beta.

How do I add a video tool to Cowork?

The same way as in chat, because connectors belong to your Claude account. Anthropic says Claude connects to a remote MCP server from Anthropic's cloud on every client, Cowork included, and that local MCP servers configured in Claude Desktop aren't available in Cowork.

• Pro or Max: go to Customize > Connectors, click +, then Add custom connector, and enter https://mcp.sume.com/mcp. On Team and Enterprise, an Owner adds it and members connect.
• Sign in on Sume's consent page. Read is locked on and Write is off by default; turn Write on if you want the task to generate, because paid tools stay hidden without mcp:write.
• Enable the connector for the task from the + menu in the chat box. Add Sume to Claude as a custom connector has the details.

Will Cowork ask before it spends money?

That depends on the mode you pick. generate_video and generate_image are paid Sume tools billed to your Sume wallet at each model's rate, plus a 5.5% agent fee by default. Cowork has three modes that decide when Claude asks before using a connector tool:

• For paid generation, Manual keeps you in the loop. Anthropic says to stay close for work with real consequences, money included.
• On Sume's side, dry_run=true previews cost without submitting, and max_spend_usd caps a call when you send it. Ask the task to dry-run first.

Can Cowork send my local files to the video tool?

No. Cowork can read local files on desktop, but Sume's docs say hosted MCP cannot read files from your laptop. Give the task a public HTTPS image link for a first frame or reference, or reuse an earlier Sume output on media.sume.com.

Expect several waits on a video. generate_video returns a job id, and one jobs_wait call holds at most 55 seconds, so the task calls it again until the job finishes, then reads the link from jobs_result. MCP tool call timeouts on long video jobs explains the loop.