# Claude Duet Proactive work agent for daily briefs, connected apps and background tasks. Canonical profile: https://ki-agentenkompass.de/en/agents/claude-duet/ Editor: [Michael Meierhoff](https://ki-agentenkompass.de/en/about/) Sources reviewed: 2026-10-28 Basis: provider documentation. Examples are editorial suggestions, not hands-on product tests. ## Overview Standalone app in the Claude family; launched as a research preview on October 21, 2026. - Provider: Anthropic - Product family: Claude - Profile type: Personal work agent - Environment: Cloud computer; web, iOS and Android - Connections: Email, calendar and authorized business apps - Setup: Requires Claude Pro or Max, a US account and a waitlist invitation. - Pricing model: Included in Pro and Max at no extra cost during the research preview. Background work consumes the shared Claude usage limits. ## Key features ### Daily brief Summarizes email and calendar items in the morning and flags tasks needing attention. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Background cloud work Continues working on its own cloud computer after the app is closed. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Connected business apps Uses authorized apps for tasks such as invoice reminders, scheduling and preparing contracts. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Approvals before actions Is designed to present the specific action for approval before sending, paying, signing or deleting. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Existing Claude context Uses the Claude account’s memory, skills and connected apps; tasks can be assigned by text or voice. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ## Example workflows ### Prepare unpaid invoice reminders - Your input: Check connected invoice data and draft reminders for overdue invoices. - Possible result: Drafts linked to the underlying invoices for approval. - What to check: Check payments received, amounts, recipients and tone before sending. ### Prepare for a meeting - Your input: Review authorized email and calendar data for my next customer meeting. - Possible result: A brief with open questions and references to the underlying information. - What to check: Check names, dates and conclusions against the original messages. ## Requirements and limits ### Setup Requirement: Requires Claude Pro or Max, a US account and a waitlist invitation. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Usage costs Limitation: Included in Pro and Max at no extra cost during the research preview. Background work consumes the shared Claude usage limits. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Preview limitations Limitation: Microsoft 365 is not yet available. The cloud browser cannot be watched live or taken over. Urgent items can arrive between checks. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### European launch Limitation: The preview is for US accounts only. The reviewed pages give no launch date for Germany or the EU. Source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ## A good fit if … - you hold a US-based Claude account on Pro, Max or Ultra and have been invited from the waitlist - you want to connect Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive or Slack and have tasks handled in the background - you want to approve payments, messages and signatures yourself before they run ## Less suitable if … - you are outside the US; the help article makes the preview available to US accounts only - you use a Team or Enterprise account; those plans are not supported yet - you want to control the model or the work in the cloud browser yourself; neither is possible in the preview Editorial assessment based on provider documentation. Not a product test. ## Usable AI models Own models only Claude Duet runs on Claude Opus 5.5 and decides itself how much effort a job needs. You cannot choose a model. The preview is invitation-only, in the US, for Pro, Max and Ultra. - Model families named: Anthropic (Claude) - Model choice: The product chooses - Your own API key: Not stated - Router or custom endpoint: Not stated - Local models: Not stated Documented · Sources accessed on: 2026-11-05 - [Claude Help: Get started with Claude Duet](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet) - [Claude Duet: Product page](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet) ## Europe & regional availability The research preview is explicitly limited to US accounts. Reviewed scope: Product access in Germany and the EU Reviewed on: 2026-10-28 ### Currently US-only Partly restricted Requires Claude Pro or Max, a US account and a waitlist invitation. Region covered: Germany / EU Documented reason: Anthropic specifies a regional preview restriction. The reviewed sources do not state a specific connection to the AI Act, DMA or GDPR. Official source: https://claude.com/product/claude-duet Official source: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ## Accounts & permissions Based on provider documentation. Permissions depend on the account, integration and organization policies. Review the permissions actually requested before use. Configuration covered: Claude Duet in the research preview with a personal Claude account (Pro, Max or Ultra, US) Sources reviewed: 2026-11-05 ### Account used Documented: You sign in with your Claude account once you are invited from the waitlist. Access is tied to the email address you gave, so you use the Apple or Google account linked to it. You start every app connection yourself and can disconnect any app at any time. Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Admin approval Documented with conditions: Team and Enterprise plans are not supported yet; the reviewed pages mention no administrator controls. Control is individual: app access in Claude settings, and chat search can be switched off. Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet Evidence: https://claude.com/product/claude-duet ### Data access & team sharing Documented: Duet reads connected apps such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Drive and Slack, plus your Claude memory and skills. It does not see all projects or local files and cannot make calls or send texts. For sites without a connector it uses its own cloud browser. Earlier memory is kept after you disconnect an app. Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ## Prices and included usage Pricing checked: 2026-10-28 Included in Pro and Max at no extra cost during the research preview. Background work consumes the shared Claude usage limits. Team and Enterprise are not currently included. Pricing details: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ## Operation & oversight Based on public provider documentation. Assessments are editorial inferences from the stated properties. Actual time requirements and reliability have not been measured. Deployment covered: Hosted cloud computer with web, iOS and Android apps during the research preview Sources reviewed: 2026-11-05 ### Files and working state Documented with conditions: Duet runs on its own cloud computer and keeps working when you close the app. Larger results appear as files in the Make tab. Duet uses your Claude memory; the article gives no retention details and points to the privacy policy. Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Sign-ins Open in reviewed sources: The help article gives no validity period for connections. You can disconnect apps at any time; the product page says approvals, logins and safety checks run on the cloud computer. Evidence: https://claude.com/product/claude-duet Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Starting further runs Documented with conditions: Duet looks across your email and calendar each morning and checks your accounts at set intervals. The article does not describe user-configurable schedules; you give tasks by chat. Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Human intervention Documented: Duet is designed to ask before sending messages, making payments, signing documents and deleting anything. If you cannot answer at once it finishes other steps and asks again later. Only you can mark a task complete; each purchase uses a one-time card. Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Detecting errors Documented with conditions: Duet posts to the main thread when a task finishes or needs a decision; the Tasks tab shows active work. The article concedes that Duet can make mistakes, misread threads and misjudge urgency. It describes no error messages. Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Resuming after failures Open in reviewed sources: The article describes no retrying or resuming after a failure. You report problems in chat and Duet passes the report to the team. You cannot watch or take over the cloud browser. Evidence: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet ### Editorial assessment Duet works in the background but asks for your approval on sensitive actions, so you need to follow notifications and approval requests yourself. As a research preview without team management it is currently a personal tool. ## Memory and conversation continuity Scope: Anthropic · Research preview Sources accessed: 2026-11-04 Claude account memory ### Storage and scope Partly documented: Duet uses memory, skills and connectors from the Claude account. Filenames, database and physical storage location are not publicly established. - [Anthropic: Claude Duet](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet) ### Selection and timing Not publicly established: Not publicly established in the reviewed sources. - [Anthropic: Claude Duet](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet) ### Inspect, edit and delete Partly documented: Duet-specific inspection, editing and propagation of deletion to account memory are not publicly established on the reviewed product page. - [Anthropic: Claude Duet](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet) ### Agent and channel boundaries Partly documented: The provider describes an ongoing thread with existing Claude context. Boundaries between multiple roles and contact channels are not publicly established. - [Anthropic: Claude Duet](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet) ### Retrieval Partly documented: Account memory is available from the first message; internal selection and search mechanisms are not publicly established. - [Anthropic: Claude Duet](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet) ### Session reset and compaction Partly documented: The continuous visible thread is documented. Internal session rotation, reset and compaction are not publicly established. - [Anthropic: Claude Duet](https://claude.com/product/claude-duet) ## Context Microsoft 365 is not yet available. The cloud browser cannot be watched live or taken over. Urgent items can arrive between checks. Official sources reviewed. Capabilities are provider claims; example tasks are editorial suggestions. Hands-on testing is outstanding. ## Sources - https://claude.com/product/claude-duet - https://support.claude.com/en/articles/17631495-get-started-with-claude-duet - https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-duet ## Provider Proactive work agent for daily briefs, connected apps and background tasks. - Operator: Anthropic - Organization: Provider - Website: https://claude.com/product/claude-duet - Reviewed: 2026-10-28 - Provider source: https://claude.com/product/claude-duet - Provider source: https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-duet [Sources and method](https://ki-agentenkompass.de/en/sources/)