Early hands-on with Claude Duet: great task design, 'ridiculous' Opus 5.5, rough edges remain
signulll · x · 2026-10-24
A user's early review of Anthropic's Claude Duet standalone app is largely glowing.
- Highlights: separate app form factor, intuitive to-do list design that spawns chats into tasks, pinnable artifacts in the tab bar, well-calibrated proactive assistance, and a sensible work-focused positioning
- The reviewer calls Opus 5.5 "absolutely ridiculous" in capability
- Complaints: no iOS share sheet integration, excessive permission prompts for trivial actions, and a barebones web version that can't even show tasks
The author argues the implications for how we work and how companies are structured are enormous.
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