Two weeks with Claude Duet: Every's reviewer switches from mostly ChatGPT to 50/50 with Anthropic
every · x · 2026-10-22
Every's Dan Shipper got two weeks of early access to Claude Duet, Anthropic's always-on personal agent launching in research preview — and came away impressed enough to move from mostly ChatGPT to a 50/50 split, his most time in Anthropic's ecosystem in a year.
- Duet ships as its own iOS/Android/web app, separate from the main Claude app — a break from Anthropic's bolt-on pattern
- It runs on Opus 5.5, released last month; Pro and Max subscribers get first access off the waitlist
- Pitched as a chief of staff for knowledge workers and small business owners: plans trips, proactively follows up, keeps working between conversations
- It enters a crowded category against OpenAI's Dot, Meta's Muse, X's Grok Bot, and Instinct
- His Dot had grown less proactive and started dropping tasks (a tax job silently failed); Duet does better, though the plumbing is still unfinished
The most detailed hands-on look at Duet so far.
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