Claude Duet works while you step away

What changed

Juggling more apps than you can keep track of? Claude Duet is a new Anthropic app where Claude works as a proactive agent: instead of waiting for you to open a chat, it comes to you with what needs your attention.

What it makes possible

• A short brief each morning on the most important items across your connected apps, then a message only when something needs you.
• Hand it a task in one message, from scheduling meetings to building a dashboard or a sales forecast. It works on its own virtual machine with its own browser, so your laptop or phone doesn’t need to be on, and it lets you know when the job is done or needs your review.
• It uses the memory, skills and connected apps from your Claude account, so there is little to set up.

A real example

In Anthropic’s announcement, broker Jess Provencher of Pro Homes says Duet flagged a property showing that was on her calendar for the wrong day, without being asked.

Before you join the waitlist

Duet shows you exactly what it is about to do and waits for your approval before it sends a message, makes a payment, signs a document or deletes anything.

It shares your plan’s usage limits, its background checks count toward them, and it may misread a thread or misjudge what needs you first. Invitations go out in waves, and the preview is open in one region for now.