Automatic snapshots for Claude Cowork project folders

Hey IH 👋 I’m excited to introduce CoworkRestore!

I've been using Claude Cowork for lots of small non-coding projects: documents, notes, exports, little experiments, website copy, random folders of work-in-progress files.

In my experience "undo that" is not something Claude can reliably do. I've accepted this for coding projects where Git is set up - I can review the diff, restore files, or roll back.

But for smaller Claude Cowork projects, Git feels like too much - I don't want to interact with Git every time I let Claude touch a random folder.

So I built CoworkRestore https://coworkrestore.com to automatically snapshot project folders before and after Claude works on a task. Pick a project folder and you are done. Changes are reviewable and reversible.

Under the hood, CoworkRestore sets up its own Git repo for the project folder - separate from any Git repo you may already have in that project.

For Claude Cowork, there is a Claude Desktop extension that lets CoworkRestore know when Claude starts and finishes a task, so snapshots can happen automatically.

There is also an MCP server for Claude Code, so Claude Code can do the same thing.

It's mostly for:

• non-technical people using Claude Cowork on real files

• people working on documents, notes, folders, exports, content, etc.

• anyone who wants a simple "what changed?" and "restore this" button

• technical people who cannot be bothered to set up Git for every tiny Claude Cowork folder

It's local-only, macOS-only for now, and free for one project.

I've also seen people mention losing files or having Claude make unexpected changes in Cowork. The tool will make that less scary: let Claude work, but keep a reviewable, reversible history of what happened.

Would love feedback, especially from people using Claude Cowork for non-coding work.

How do you currently review and roll back Claude Cowork changes outside of proper coding projects?