Anthropic just dropped a free small business plugin inside Claude for Work.

The plugin is a library of 15 pre-built workflows built specifically for small business operators. Not enterprise teams. Not developers. Small business owners running payroll, fielding contracts, and trying to get marketing out the door without a full team.

Each workflow is a ready-to-run skill. You do not write a prompt. You open the workflow, answer a few questions, and Claude runs the task. The workflows are built on the same structured prompt architecture that Anthropic uses internally. The outputs are noticeably sharper than what most operators get from freehand prompts.

The partnership with PayPal also includes a free AI fluency course for small business owners. The course is short and practical. It is not a 40-module certification. It is the minimum you need to actually use the plugin well.

1. Sign in to Claude.ai. You need a Claude for Work account (not the free tier).
2. Click your profile picture in the top right corner.
3. Select "Integrations" from the dropdown.
4. Look for "Small Business" in the integrations list. Click it.
5. Click "Enable." The plugin activates immediately.
6. In any new chat, you will now see the Small Business workflows available in the tools panel on the left side of the chat window.

If you do not see "Small Business" in the integrations list, check that your Claude for Work account is active and that you are signed into the correct workspace.

The 15 workflows span the 4 biggest time sinks for small business operators:

Payroll and compliance Payroll period summaries, contractor vs employee classification checks, and a year-end payroll review template. These do not replace your payroll software. They handle the language-heavy parts: the memos, the classification rationale, the summaries your accountant asks for.

Contracts and legal language Plain-language contract review, a basic service agreement generator, and a vendor contract comparison tool. The contract review workflow flags unusual clauses and summarizes the key terms in plain English. It is not legal advice. It is the scan you would do before sending anything to a lawyer, which most operators skip because it takes too long.

Operations and hiring Job description generator, onboarding checklist builder, and a policy memo template. The job description workflow alone is worth installing the plugin. It interviews you about the role and outputs a post that actually attracts qualified applicants instead of everyone who applies to everything.

Marketing and customer communication Email campaign builder, social caption generator, customer reactivation sequence, and a promotional offer writer. These are the workflows you will use most often.

Run the marketing campaign workflow first.

Here is why: it is the highest-repetition task for most operators, it has the most immediately visible output, and it shows you exactly how the plugin works before you touch the more complex workflows like payroll summaries.

The marketing campaign workflow asks you 5 questions: your business type, the offer you are promoting, the audience you are reaching, the channel (email, SMS, or social), and the tone. It then outputs a full short campaign: a subject line, a primary message, a call to action, and a follow-up. Clean. Usable. Adjustable.

Most operators report getting a usable draft in under 3 minutes on the first run.

Once you have run the marketing campaign workflow twice, move to the contract review workflow. Upload a contract you already signed (not one you are about to sign) and let it run the review. That way you are calibrating the output on something with no stakes before you use it on live deals.

1. The workflows are built for your tasks.These are not general prompts. They are structured around the actual recurring tasks that eat operator time: payroll language, contract language, and outbound marketing. The specificity matters.
2. The free course is worth an hour.The PayPal fluency course is not deep content. It is practical. It shows you how to adjust the workflow outputs without breaking them. Watch it once. The hour compounds.
3. It lives inside your existing Claude workspace.You do not need a new tool, a new login, or a new browser tab. If you are already on Claude for Work, this adds 15 usable workflows to the interface you already have open.

It is not a replacement for your accountant, your lawyer, or your marketing agency. The contract review workflow will not catch everything. The payroll summary will not file anything.

What it does is cut the prep time. The 45 minutes you spend assembling context before a call with your accountant. The hour you spend writing a first draft for a campaign nobody will see until you have revised it three times anyway. That is the gap this fills.

Install it. Run the marketing campaign workflow once today. See what comes back.