Everything About Claude Duet

Claude Duet is Anthropic’s proactive AI agent for professionals and small business owners, announced on October 21, 2026. Rather than waiting for a request, it monitors your connected apps, flags what matters, and works on tasks in the background.

Claude replies when you ask. Duet speaks up when something needs you.

• A limited research preview, through a waitlist
• Pro and Max subscribers in the US, at launch
• Team and Enterprise plans left out at launch
• Usage drawn from your existing plan limits, background checks included

Morning brief

A digest of what matters across your connected apps

Regular checks

Reviews your apps every few hours

Alerts

Lets you know when something needs your attention

Background tasks

Runs in its own cloud computer with a browser, even after you close the app

It runs on Claude Opus 5.5 and can draw on Claude’s large library of connectors and plugins.

• Inbox and calendar triage
• Meeting preparation
• Tracking of invoices, deadlines, and follow-ups
• Research and drafting
• Simple web apps and tools

• Asks first before it sends messages, makes payments, signs documents, or deletes files
• Has no view of your passwords or logins
• Reportedly blocks high-risk financial actions like stock orders and wire transfers

Read each approval request before you tap yes.

Claude Duet

Proactive briefs and alerts, built on Claude’s connectors and plugins

Meta Muse

Meta’s personal agent, with its own cloud computer plus shopping and booking partners

OpenAI Dots

OpenAI’s personal agent for daily tasks

All three are new and evolving quickly. Compare them on the tasks you truly need.

• “Give me a morning brief of urgent emails and today’s meetings.”
• “Alert me when a client replies or an invoice goes overdue.”
• “Prepare a one-page brief ahead of every external meeting.”
• “Track open quotes and remind me to follow up after three days.”

• Connect only the apps it requires
• Define what counts as urgent for you
• Set quiet hours for your alerts
• Review the first week of briefs and adjust

Background checks and tasks draw on your plan’s limits. Begin with fewer checks and connected apps, then add more once you see the value.

• Keep separate work and personal accounts where possible
• Review your Claude data and memory settings
• Disconnect any apps you no longer need
• Never paste passwords or one-time codes into chat