The Verge tests Anthropic’s Claude Duet consumer agent
Original title: Claude’s Duet agent is a little neurotic and surprisingly helpful
The research preview is limited to Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers in the US and links email, calendar, Docs, and Slack.
A Verge hands-on describes Claude Duet, Anthropic’s consumer AI agent aimed at professionals and small business owners rather than coding. It remains a research preview for Pro, Max, and Ultra subscribers in the United States, with a waitlist. After connecting email, calendar, Google Docs, and Slack, it suggests swipeable task cards, morning highlights, drafts, and calendar or document updates. The reviewer found some suggestions useful and others poorly timed, and notes Anthropic is still testing when Duet should message users.
Unconfirmed: The review is one tester’s experience; broader availability and future judgment changes are not confirmed.
- Duet has its own app and is positioned as more work-focused than Instinct, Muse, or Dots.
- Anthropic says it is more consumer-friendly than Claude Cowork and Claude Code.
- Connected services included work email, calendar, Google Docs, and Slack.
- Slack messages sent through Duet were labeled as sent with Claude.
- Anthropic says it is still testing Duet’s judgment about when to message the user.
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