Co-work, Connectors & Live Artifacts
Aliza turned Gmail, Drive, Calendar and Slack into a Cowork that reads firm data live and rebuilds itself.
May 20, 2026 · 90-minute live build · with Aliza Rizvi
What you take away
Six things you can use this week.
Connectors are bridges, not magic. Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Slack, and Microsoft 365 wire into Cowork once and Claude reads your firm's actual data from then on, no copy-paste, no exports.
The morning triage scheduled task. Pulls your last 24 hours of email plus today's calendar before you wake up, then delivers a ranked priority list to Slack or a Gmail draft. Aliza built it live in 90 seconds.
Live Artifacts vs static artifacts. A static artifact is a screenshot of your data at a moment in time. A live one re-pulls the source every time you open it, your intake-funnel dashboard updates itself whenever a new lead hits the spreadsheet. The difference between a report and a system.
The Gmail / Microsoft 365 gap. The Gmail connector can draft replies directly inside your inbox. The Microsoft 365 connector currently can't, same Claude, different permissions. Zapier's native Claude connector is the bridge until that closes.
Privacy in plain English. Zero Data Retention is Claude Enterprise only. Pro and Team default to a 30-day window. Verify your tier and data settings before you connect a Drive folder that holds client PII.
Andrey closing: AI is consistent practice over time, not a quick win. Show up every Wednesday, build one real thing each session, and three months in you have a firm running on Claude.
The framework
Six live artifacts to ship first
Morning Triage
Scheduled task that pulls the last 24 hours of Gmail and today's calendar before you wake up, ranks by priority, and delivers the brief to Slack or a Gmail draft. Aliza built it live in 90 seconds.
Intake Funnel Dashboard
Live artifact pointed at a Drive sheet, every new lead row rebuilds the dashboard on next open. Source of leads, conversion rate, response time, all without exporting anything.
Matter Recap
Live artifact that re-reads a matter folder every time it opens. Latest filings, last client touch, outstanding tasks. The status update you used to ask your paralegal for.
Ad Spend Watch
Connect a Sheet of campaign performance, watch CPL and conversion-rate drift in real time. The same place you used to open three browser tabs to compare. One live artifact instead.
Billing Nudge
Live list of invoices over 30 days unpaid, drafted as Gmail follow-ups your billing person can review and send. Built once, runs forever.
Partner Briefing
Scheduled artifact that rolls Calendar, Gmail, and Drive activity into one Monday-7am report. The meeting you don't need to call any more.
Season 2 is live
You watched it. Next week you build it with the room.
Season 1 is the archive. Season 2 is the live membership: a hands-on Lab every week, weekly Office Hours, the Bonus Portal and the private Slack. The first 50 attorneys lock $197/month for life.