What can Claude Duet actually do?

It can send a morning brief, flag inbox and calendar items needing you, draft replies for approval, find unpaid invoices and draft reminders, prepare payroll for review, get contracts ready to send, and build briefs, decks, or dashboards.

How does usage and billing work during the preview?

Duet shares your plan's usage limits with the rest of Claude and consumes them differently than a conversation — background checks count toward limits, and larger tasks like building a financial model require more model turns and background work.

Is it safe to let it act on my behalf?

Duet asks for your approval before sensitive operations like sending messages or paying. Approvals, logins, and safety checks run in your own cloud computer so sensitive details stay private, and you can see everything it has done and is doing.

Claude Duet — A proactive AI agent that handles what needs you

Claude Duet is a proactive personal AI agent from Anthropic that you message like a teammate. It works through your inbox, calendar, and connected apps on its own cloud computer — sending a morning brief of what needs your attention, taking on tasks of all sizes (like building dashboards or decks), and messaging you when something is done or needs your approval. Your existing Claude memory, skills, and connectors carry over into a single ongoing thread. It's currently in research preview.

Key Features

Proactive morning brief

Briefs you each morning on what needs your attention across hiring, deals, operations, and inbox/calendar, then stays quiet until something requires you.

Autonomous task execution

Handles large tasks end-to-end — e.g., filling and paying a county health permit form, rebuilding a pitch deck with new data, or prepping partner meeting research — and reports back when done.

Approval-gated actions

Asks for your OK before sensitive operations like sending messages or making payments, with payments surfaced inline for approve/decline.

One persistent thread

Your history, memory, skills, and connectors from the Claude app are available from the first message, all in one conversation — via text or voice, with no prompts or setup.

Live dashboards

Can build ongoing artifacts like 'Marlo Pulse' — a daily 5:30 AM dashboard pulling from point of sale, Shopify, CRM, support inbox, payroll, and bank data to flag things like churn spikes.

Business operations support

Can find unpaid invoices and draft reminders, prepare payroll for review, get contracts ready to send, and summarize contract redlines.

Transparent and steerable

You can see what Claude Duet has done and is doing at any time and steer it mid-task; approvals and logins run in your own cloud computer to keep sensitive details private.

How It Works

Message it like a teammate

Open Claude Duet on iOS, Android, or the web and hand off work via text or voice — no prompts or setup required. All history lives in one thread.

It works in the background

Claude Duet operates on its own computer in the cloud using apps you've connected, running background checks and completing multi-step tasks while you're away.

It comes back to you

It returns finished work as docs, sheets, or decks for your review, asks for your OK before sensitive actions like payments or sending email, and knows what can wait versus what needs you now.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Proactive rather than reactive — it surfaces what needs attention instead of waiting for you to open a chat
Approval gates on sensitive actions (payments, sending messages) plus visibility into everything it's doing
Reuses your existing Claude account memory, skills, and 6,000+ connectors — no separate setup
Can execute multi-step, real-world tasks end-to-end, not just draft text
Built on Opus 5.5 with access to Claude's full model lineup depending on plan

Cons

Who It's For

Best for

Busy founders and owner-operators who want an agent to run operational tasks — permits, payroll prep, invoices, renewals — with approval che
Existing Claude Pro or Max subscribers who want proactive, hands-off task execution from their AI assistant
People managing many simultaneous workstreams who need a prioritized daily brief rather than on-demand chat

Not ideal for

Teams and enterprises — Team and Enterprise plans aren't supported yet
Users outside the US during the research preview
Free-plan Claude users — Duet requires Pro or Max

Use Cases

Founders and owner-operators running day-to-day business ops (openings, payroll, permits, renewals)

Fundraising prep — deck updates, data room assembly, and partner research before investor meetings

Inbox and calendar triage with drafted replies awaiting approval

Daily business-health dashboards pulling from POS, Shopify, CRM, support, payroll, and bank data

Customer issue tracking — spotting patterns like wrong delivery orders and drafting refunds

Pricing

Claude Duet itself is free during the research preview but requires a Claude Pro or Max subscription and waitlist access. Claude plans: Free at $0, Pro at $17/month billed annually ($200 up front) or $20 billed monthly, and Max from $100/month with 5x or 20x Pro usage. Duet usage shares your plan's limits with the rest of Claude.

Free

Free for everyone — chat on web, desktop, and mobile, web search, file creation, code execution, memory, connectors, Artifacts, and up to 5 Projects. Does not include Claude Duet access.

Pro

$17/mo annual ($200 billed up front) or $20/mo monthly

Everything in Free plus more usage, task handoff and scheduling, Claude Dashboards (beta), Claude Science, Projects, more models, Claude in Chrome and Microsoft 365, and Claude Code. Required for Claude Duet research preview access.

Max

From $100/mo

Everything in Pro plus 5x or 20x more usage, higher output limits, early access to advanced features, priority access at high traffic times, and $100–$200/month in Claude Platform API credits.

FAQ

What is Claude Duet?

Claude Duet is a proactive AI agent you hand off work to through messages. It works on its own computer in the cloud using your connected apps, messages you when it's done or needs a decision, and uses judgment about when to reach out and what can wait.

How is Claude Duet different from Claude?

It uses the same Claude account — your memory, skills, and connectors carry over — but while the Claude app waits for you to open a chat, Duet comes to you: it briefs you each morning, takes tasks by message, and reports back when done or when it needs your approval.

Who can use Claude Duet and what does it cost?

It's a research preview on a waitlist for Claude Pro and Max subscribers in the US. Team and Enterprise plans are not included yet, and there's no separate charge — it draws from your plan's existing usage limits.

Where can I use Claude Duet?

Claude Duet