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Anthropic has launched beta support for running endpoint detection and response (EDR) sensors within Claude Cowork’s local virtual machine.

This enhancement gives enterprise security teams visibility into AI agent activity that traditional host-based monitoring cannot detect. The new feature is compatible with Claude Desktop on both Windows and macOS for Team and Enterprise customers.

According to Anthropic’s deployment documentation, the integration also works with Claude Desktop connected to Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, or Microsoft Foundry. It targets a specific visibility gap: Cowork executes shell commands and code inside an isolated VM, beyond the view of the computer’s existing EDR sensor.

Whenever the Cowork VM starts, Claude Desktop copies the configured vendor sensor package into the environment. It verifies its signature against that vendor’s approved signing key. A valid package triggers the vendor’s installation script, which runs at most once per VM startup. Without configuration, nothing is installed.

The VM typically starts when a user opens Cowork and remains active until Claude quits or the user signs out. Once installed, the sensor connects to its vendor’s cloud and reports activity to the security console defenders already use.

Approved vendors currently include CrowdStrike, Evoke Security, Neo, Palo Alto Networks, Pluto Security, SentinelOne, and Tanium. Claude Desktop rejects packages lacking an approved vendor signature.

This endpoint-level telemetry complements broader Claude Compliance API monitoring, which exposes supported conversations, files, transcripts, and administrative events for enterprise investigations.

Administrators need Claude Desktop version 4.4212.0 or later. Windows deployments specifically require the .msix build, Windows 10 or 11, hardware virtualization, and the Virtual Machine Platform feature. Configuration requires macOS mobile device management or Windows registry policy management through tools such as Group Policy or Intune.

The integration covers only the VM running locally on the user’s computer. Sensors cannot be installed in Anthropic-hosted cloud sessions, an important distinction as Cowork expands across web and mobile workflows.

Security teams must also account for data handling. Sensors can inspect prompts, files, responses, and other VM content, then transmit information to their vendor outside Cowork’s network allowlist. Anthropic says it neither receives nor controls that data. This warrants scrutiny where AI agent workflows expose credentials through logs, command arguments, or transcripts.

Removing management settings stops future package execution but does not uninstall an existing sensor. Package signatures exclude subsequent sensor-downloaded updates and expire within two years, requiring re-signed packages.

Organizations must test integrations before deployment and after Claude or sensor updates. Anthropic charges no additional integration fee during beta, although vendors may charge separately.

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