Overview
- Anthropic opened Claude Duet as a limited research preview available by waitlist to US Claude Pro and Max subscribers through standalone iOS, Android and web apps.
- Duet runs on the Claude Opus 5.5 model and imports a user’s existing Claude memory and skills while linking to thousands of third‑party connectors such as Gmail and Slack.
- The agent monitors email, calendars and other connected apps to surface and carry out chores like scheduling, invoicing and building forecasts, and it seeks human sign‑off before sensitive or consequential actions.
- Background processing for Duet counts against a subscriber’s plan usage limits, which could speed quota consumption, and Anthropic has not announced availability for Team or Enterprise accounts.
- The launch places Anthropic alongside OpenAI and Meta in the race for always‑on personal agents and signals possible gains in productivity for professionals and small businesses as well as new tradeoffs around cost and oversight.