Anthropic Opens Claude Duet, an Opus 5.5 Agent, to US Pro and Max
TL;DR
- Claude Duet launches as a research preview behind a waitlist, limited to Pro and Max subscribers in the United States.
- Duet runs on Opus 5.5 and ships as a standalone app across web, iOS, and Android from day one.
- An automatic classifier screens outbound content for sensitive data leaks and requires explicit user confirmation before any payment, message, signature, or deletion.
"Get back to what needs you," reads the top of the new Claude Duet product page. Anthropic describes it as "a proactive agent that understands what needs your attention. It takes on tasks of all sizes, keeps working while you're away, and waits for your ok when it matters."
The product is powered by Opus 5.5 and is being rolled out as a research preview on a waitlist for Pro and Max subscribers in the US. Team and Enterprise plans are not included yet. The page says Duet "works with more than 6,000 connectors and plugins," with logos for Stripe, 1Password, Shopify, Gmail, Google Calendar, Slack, Intuit QuickBooks, DocuSign, Google Drive, HubSpot, Gusto, Microsoft 365, Notion, Canva and Ramp.
Instead of waiting to be prompted, the page says, "Claude Duet comes to you. It tells you what needs your attention each morning, takes tasks you hand it by message, and reaches out when one is done or needs your approval." Example jobs on offer include "finding unpaid invoices and drafting the reminders, preparing payroll for you to review, and getting contracts ready to send," plus putting together "a brief, deck, or dashboard."
Sensitive actions are gated. "Claude Duet asks you before sensitive operations like sending messages or paying," the page says, and "approvals, logins, and safety checks run in your own cloud computer, so sensitive details stay private."
The caveats are stated plainly. "Claude Duet is a research preview. It may misread a thread or miscalibrate what's urgent, and it can miss something that arrives between checking in with you." Background work is not free either: "its background checks count toward those limits," meaning a Duet left to monitor an inbox draws from the same Pro or Max cap as a chat window. It joins a run of agent-shaped Claude releases from Anthropic this month.
What others are reporting
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Reuters Read →
Wire-service record of the launch; Reuters' 'research preview' headline framing signals the outlet treating this as early-stage rather than a full product release, adding editorial caution the primary lacks.
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SiliconANGLE Read →
Details the trust architecture: a sensitive-data classifier gates every outbound action, and named Anthropic employees are already using Duet on live scheduling and engineering work.
Duet is available as a standalone app on the web, iOS and Android for Pro and Max subscribers.
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MacRumors Read →
Covers the standalone iOS app and Apple ecosystem fit, surfacing the consumer-app distribution angle that trade press oriented toward enterprise misses.
It sends a short brief each morning on important items from connected apps, then checks apps every few hours.
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247 Wall St. Read →
Anchors the competitive math in hard numbers: Meta's 3.64B daily users versus Duet's paid waitlist, and flags infrastructure cost burn as the structural risk in Anthropic's subscription-dependent model.
Duet is a proactive agent. It handles tasks such as shopping and reading email without waiting for you to ask.
Originally reported by claude.com
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