Do research with Claude Cowork driving data portals

Link a real folder, let Cowork drive Chrome to pull MAST and ExoFOP data, and give it computer access to run the analysis.

by samsonfraser9 Oct 2026

Prompt for your agent

Goal: Run an astronomy research project with Claude Cowork.
Setup: agents used in source: Claude; tools/MCPs stated: Chrome, MAST, ExoFOP.
Steps:
1. Link a real project folder on your PC to Cowork.
2. Let it drive Chrome to fetch data from archives (MAST, ExoFOP).
3. Give it computer access to run the analysis code.
4. Talk to it like a coworker, or hand it a /goal.
Rules: ask me before anything irreversible (sending, posting, paying, deleting); don’t invent data, results or tools I haven’t given you; tell me what you couldn’t verify.
Based on: samsonfraser — https://x.com/samsonfraser_/status/2108580741873561993 (summarised from source; the source has no explicit step list)

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Agents, models and tools only what the source states

Agents
Claude
Tools
  • Chrome
  • MAST
  • ExoFOP

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