Anthropic launches Claude Duet, a proactive agent app powered by Opus 5.5
_catwu · x · 2026-10-22
Anthropic has opened a research preview of Claude Duet, a proactive agent app that notices work needing attention and does it before you ask, checking with you before acting on your behalf.
Key points:
- Powered by Opus 5.5, available to Pro and Max plans in the US via waitlist
- Delivers a morning brief, drafts next steps, then stays quiet until something needs you
- Handles large tasks end-to-end (scheduling meetings, building dashboards) and reports back
- Shares memory, skills, and 6,000+ connectors/plugins with the existing Claude app in one thread
- Demo shows it juggling hiring deadlines, a $410K contract redline, a health permit payment, and Series A deck prep — with payments requiring explicit user approval
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