Claude
Rook works in all three tabs of the Claude desktop app: Chat, Cowork, and Code. You set it up once, without a terminal.
| Rook’s tools | Rook’s skills | Asks before using a tool | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chat | ✅ | ✅ | Yes: Allow once, Always allow (per tool), or Deny |
| Cowork (tasks on your computer) | ✅ | ✅ | No |
| Code tab | ✅ | ✅ | Follows the Code tab’s permission mode |
How it’s set up
Section titled “How it’s set up”- The Rook installer connects Rook to Claude. It registers Rook in Claude’s settings, and all three tabs share that one connection. Install Claude before Rook: the installer connects to Claude only if Claude is already installed. If you install Claude later, Rook may work in the Code tab but not in Chat or Cowork. To fix it, open Claude once, fully quit it, run the Rook installer again with the Claude component selected, then reopen Claude.
- You add the skills from Claude itself: Customize → Plugins → Add → Add
marketplace, type
bringfire/rook-release, select Sync, then add Rook. The plugin is saved to your Claude account, so the skills appear in Chat, Cowork, and the Code tab.
Install Rook walks through both, and Set Up & Verify has the prompts that check them.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- Fully quit Claude after installing or updating Rook. Right-click the Claude icon near the clock and choose Quit, then reopen it. Claude reads its connections when it starts.
- Cowork doesn’t ask before using Rook’s tools. Work on a saved copy of your model; Rhino’s Undo reverses model changes but not exported files. Rook works in Cowork tasks that run on your computer, not in cloud sessions.
- The Code tab doesn’t need Git for ordinary sessions. Anthropic only requires Git for worktree sessions.
- You never need screen-control extensions. Rook works entirely through its own tools, so don’t turn on computer-use or “Windows control” extensions for it.
- Updates: after a Rook release, the plugin updates from its marketplace. To check now, open Customize → Plugins → Rook and choose Check for updates.
To see Rook’s tools in Claude
Section titled “To see Rook’s tools in Claude”In a Chat conversation, select + (Add files, connectors, and more) at the bottom left of the message box, then Connectors → Manage connectors. rook is listed there with its tools.
Command line
Section titled “Command line”If you use the Claude Code command line instead of the desktop app, see Command Line & Manual Setup.