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# Claude Cowork (OpenTelemetry)

Claude Cowork can't run Nightfall hooks, so it's monitored through Anthropic's built-in OpenTelemetry (OTel) integration instead. You configure it once from the Anthropic admin console — not per device or per user — and it captures prompts, tool calls, file access, and session metadata across every Team / Enterprise seat.

OTel is **monitor-only**: it reports on activity after it happens and cannot block. For how it compares to hooks, see Hooks vs. OpenTelemetry.

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**Availability:** Requires a **Claude Team or Enterprise** plan, and the integration must be configured by an Anthropic **organization owner**.
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**1. Copy your OTLP values from Nightfall**

In the Nightfall console, open **AI Agent Security → AI Agent Security Setup** and select the **OpenTelemetry** tab. Nightfall generates three values scoped to your organization — use **Copy all values** to grab them together:

| Field             | Value                                                                                  |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **OTLP Endpoint** | An HTTPS URL for your environment, e.g. `https://<your-nightfall-otel-host>/es/otel/…` |
| **OTLP Protocol** | `http/json`                                                                            |
| **OTLP Headers**  | `X-Nightfall-Company-Identifier=<company-id>,Authorization=Bearer <token>`             |

Copy each value exactly as shown — the endpoint host and the headers are specific to your organization and environment.

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The **OTLP Headers** value contains a bearer token that authenticates your organization's telemetry. Treat it like a secret — copy it directly from the console into Anthropic, and don't paste it into tickets, chat, or screenshots.
{% endhint %}

**2. Paste them into the Anthropic console**

1. Sign in to `console.anthropic.com` as an organization owner. (You can use **Open Anthropic console** on the OpenTelemetry tab to jump straight there.)
2. Open **Organization Settings → Cowork → Observability**.
3. Paste the **endpoint**, **protocol**, and **headers** you copied from Nightfall.
4. Save.

**3. Verify the connection**

Back on the **OpenTelemetry** tab in Nightfall, the collector status card starts as **"OTEL collector not yet connected · Not configured."** Once Cowork sends its first telemetry — usually after the next Cowork session — the status flips to connected, and **Claude Cowork** appears as an active client on the **Devices** page.

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Connection status reflects a rolling **72-hour** activity window. If no Cowork telemetry is received for 72 hours, the collector shows as inactive again until the next session.
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**What Cowork OTel captures**

Across every Team / Enterprise seat, with no per-device install:

* Prompts and session metadata
* Tool calls and file access
* Model name, token usage, and cost
* API errors and retries

Capturing full prompt text and tool input/output (rather than metadata only) depends on Anthropic's OTel logging options being enabled for your organization — see Hooks vs. OpenTelemetry and Anthropic's [Cowork monitoring docs](https://claude.com/docs/cowork/monitoring#events).


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