Anthropic's Claude Duet Agent Joins Muse, Dots in Personal AI Race

Anthropic announced a new personal AI agent called Claude Duet on Wednesday. It can do tasks for you. Built around Claude Opus 5.5, it is designed for professionals and small business owners. It is now available as a preview on the web at claude.ai and through a dedicated app for iOS and Android.

The personal agent connects to apps you allow it to use. Each morning, it sends you a report of the tasks planned for the day. During the day, it quietly tracks activity in those apps and alerts you when something needs your attention. With your permission, it can also do many kinds of work, from scheduling a meeting to building web apps.

Anthropic says plug-ins and connectors let Claude Duet do much more. It can find Gmail and Slack messages you missed and prepare draft replies, write and post job listings on LinkedIn, prepare and run payroll using Gusto, set up your Shopify store, and buy items for your business using Stripe’s Link.

Anthropic says it created a new system to check messages and prevent sensitive information from being shared. The system uses a classifier and a system prompt. Together, they “reject requests to share the strictest tier of information, including credit card numbers and government identification. Other sensitive information, such as health or personal finances, are let through only when you’ve explicitly instructed Claude Duet to send it,” the company says in an announcement post.

Personal AI agents have become a new area of competition among AI companies. Anthropic’s Claude Duet comes shortly after Meta’s Muse and OpenAI’s Dots. What makes these agents different from regular chatbots and other AI tools is that they take action on their own initiative. Instead of waiting for you to give them instructions, they reach out first with tasks they can do for you.

During the preview, Claude Duet is available only to people with Claude’s Pro and Max plans, which cost $20 and $100 per month, respectively. People who want to try it must join a waitlist to get access.